<p>“I understand that you are allowed to withdraw your ED decision (if accepted) if you are unable to attend due to not enough financial aid, but who determines this?”</p>
<p>You do. Rice accepts the Common Application; from its ED agreement:
<a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf</a></p>
<p>Consider the alternative, that you are somehow compelled to attend, and then expelled when you can’t pay the bill; it doesn’t happen.</p>
<p>But ED is only for your one dream school above all others, where the only question is: can I afford it? If you want to compare FA packages, apply RD.</p>