My parents made me withdraw an application

Applying to College
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  1. My parents and I had a confrontation
  2. My parents made me withdraw an application that I submitted for EDII
  3. My parents will claim that I forged their signatures and that EDII is not valid, and are willing to file a lawsuit to settle this
  4. I really, really want to go to that college

What should I do? Should I email admissions?

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You only switched to EDII yesterday per your posting history. Did you forge your parents’ signature?

Your parents likely do not want to make the financial commitment that may be required for Vanderbilt and there is nothing that you can do about that.

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Did you forge the signature? If they signed it, their law suit won’t have much power. In fact I think all they have to do is call the school and say they no longer give permission for the ED2 and want it withdrawn.

But who is going to pay if you do get into this school and your parents don’t support it? What is the point of fighting for your application if you can’t go to the school anyway?

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No

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I will pay

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Was the confrontation about the ED commitment, or about something else?

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my parents and I are not on good terms

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How will you pay? And loans will require your parents’ cosignature.

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Federal loans or work study

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Anything more than $5500 will be parental loans or cosigned private loans. No 18 year old can pay for college on their own.

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unless you have POTS of your OWN money- federal loans and works study will not pay for you to go to Vanderbilt.
If your parents HAVE to pay pots of money, and feel they can’t afford it, then you will just have to realize that you applied to a college that your parents wont pay for and Vanderbilt can’t happen.
NO ONE should submit a binding ED application unless they CAN afford to go to a college.

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They just don’t want to pay. They want me going to state school

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Then you are out of luck.

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College is a privilege, not a right. If your parents are paying, they have the right to have parameters. If you don’t accept those, you have to be prepared to do it completely on your own and as others have correctly noted above, you cant get traditional college loans without your parents signing for them. Our kids had to learn that lesson, too.

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So did they sign the ED agreement the other day and now regret their decision?

Is this a fight about money, or are they mad at you for something else?

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^^^^

pretty much

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Does “pretty much” mean that they are mad at you for something else and this is their “punishment”?

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So did they sign the ED agreement the other day and now regret their decision?

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Now looking at it, guess there’s nothing I can really do. Sigh

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You could take a deep breath and a long walk, then talk to your parents in a rational manner. Don’t be defensive - be mature and apologetic, and hopefully you and they can work out a resolution where everyone is happy.

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So you haven’t withdrawn the ED2 and you want to know if you should? That’s up to you. It’s your application, and you say it was correctly signed and filed.

If you get accepted and they won’t pay, where does that get you? You say you can pay the $70k you’ll need for Vandy, so why do you need them? (I’m kidding, you need them).