I know a kid they did that to and then rejected. Ugh. That’s kind of mean.
Yes. He signed the contract online and she had to also. But she did not get a notification that he was accepted.
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Yep! For us the rules. But was also confused about this post: “S24s counselor only knew about his ED because he updated SCOIR. I was suprised the school doesn’t let the HS know.”
You bring up a good point. Is it in poor taste to celebrate on social media? In years past, I e enjoyed seeing my friends’ posts, but I’ve never had a dog in the hunt before.
one more here. So far, D24 only heard back from one school and it is his safety. He has been telling me “I won’t be unhappy at all to go there”
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This was a big discussion last year with D23. Most kids where we live wait until May 1 to post on social media with the exception being D1 Athletes.
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At S24’s school, the counselor won’t send out the ED2 agreement until the ED1 decision is being released and the office knows for sure.
I am against posting every acceptance, but I think its okay to celebrate, and announce on social media, when someone has committed to a school. D24’s school sent out an email, discouraging social media posts, but I have still seen some commitment posts this week.
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To add to this, what about college t shirts? Do kids accepted early wear swag during spring semester, prior to a May 1 college t shirt day?
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I think it is perfectly fine to celebrate it! I also think it is a service to kids applying RD to see who is already in there.
My D22 didn’t advertise her acceptance because she was worried friends would feel bad. I told her, (a) you were a recruited althete–your true friends already know where you are going, and (b) it would be nice to give the kids applying RD a heads up that you have already committed. (She went to a small LAC that of course doesn’t have quotas but does tend to only take one person a year from our HS.)
And as a parent lurker, I like being able to see the unofficial HS insta decsions page. I have looked back over the ones from the past couple years to get a feel for trends in where kids are going and when they are getting in. (Some kids post right after ED, some are re-posting with a different school at the end of April.)
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Same for us. My daughter, her counselor and we, her parents, had to all sign the ED document.
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D24’s school (all girls) has a big to do on May 1 where everyone wears their sweatshirts (including a few kids in GAP shirts which I thought was clever). In most years past, people tend to post to social media when they accept, and so not a ton this time of year except athletes and ED, but a steady flow in January/Feburary/March.
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My D24 has been rocking her top 3 choices gear to school ever since we went on the tours in September…lol
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We’ve been told there’s no hard and fast rule as to a timeline to withdraw. Simply make a good faith effort as you’re able.
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LOVE the GAP T-shirts idea!
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At D24’s school, it’s taboo to wear any college swag before you commit, but the minute you do commit, its fair game. Crossing my fingers that D24 will be returning from winter break with college swag to wear! 
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Oh my DD24 is waiting to hear from Edinburgh alongside other UK and USA applications
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As far as I can tell, on any given day about 1/2 our school is wearing a college shirt. There is no way we have that many kids going to harvard/middlebury/ucla. 
My son generally rotates thru the various college Tshirts and sweats he has–a couple from schools he has zero interest in.
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I have given my son a shirt for every acceptance but he doesn’t wear them (and his school has uniforms). The school does do a college acceptance celebration about once a month and all seniors with a new acceptance take pictures with pennants and most wear tshirts.
So far, I have not celebrated any acceptances but was thinking about sharing if D24 gets in to her ED. But I certainly don’t want to upset people
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The timing phrase for withdrawals that I have seen in ED contracts is usually something like “promptly”. Note, though, you do NOT need to withdraw if you are waiting for financial aid from the ED school.
I’d personally suggest “promptly” includes at least a full business day. So he could do it right away, but if he doesn’t get some withdrawn until close of business on Monday, I’d think that is fine too. I really doubt you would ever get in trouble for even longer, but I think it is a good courtesy to let them know soon.
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