<p>If you have not yet been admitted to F&M. Call them immediately and cancel your application! Even risk your parents displeasure, and cancel without telling your parents. ED is that bad! Avoid at all costs. See final paragraph below.</p>
<p>Apparently, the binding decision for “Early Decision” is not really a financial obligation and has no legal consequences. However, F&M might take action against you by contacting other colleges you apply to and asking them not to admit you. Unfortunately, both Ohio Wesleyan and Wooster also have ED. So they might pay attention to such a request from F&M. On the other hand, F&M might not bother to contact them.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, I encourage you to attempt to get into another school… one that you know that you like. Good news is that you have plenty of time. Try to apply to some schools that do not have ED, because they might consider it unfair (as I do, see below).</p>
<p>Personally, I strongly oppose the entire ED idea. Many elite schools are dropping it. Princeton no longer offers ED, for example. “Early Action” is okay. ED is too restrictive.</p>