@twoinanddone I don’t think I’m allowed to turn down ED because it’s a binding agreement and the only way I can turn it down is through financial aid that I can’t afford, but Cornell gave me really great and affordable financial aid. I don’t know what kind of record that will give me as well if I decided to back out from the binding agreement and applied to other Ivy League colleges. Also, in my school, there was no option not to meet with my GC because it was a requirement (since I guess he had no faith in any of us to do it by ourselves) and he would literally schedule days to meet with each of my classmates like every month. He had to be involved (which I honestly hated) and that’s why this happened. I’m honestly so sad about it because Cornell is such a great school, but I just can’t bring myself to be happy when I’ve imagined myself applying to other schools first. It’s heartbreaking.