ED - when to withdraw other college apps?

woody35
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:08:45 +0000

Regarding Early Decision - when does a student withdraw their other college apps?

1) Upon notification of ED acceptance
2) Upon actual receipt of financal assistance package
3) Upon student’s official acceptance to that college by their ED enrollment deadline (made after reviewing FA pkg)

What if there’s ED acceptance but delayed financial assistance information? Does student continue to regularly follow up with other college apps & ongoing FA document submissions until the ED college FA info arrives? If it turns out the delayed FA pkg isn’t enough to attend ED college, couldn’t the student be missing important deadlines that would still give them opportunities with their back-up schools? Assume ED college could be sharing ED info with some other colleges student has submitted apps to. When exactly should ED students officially stop speaking to other schools?