<p>I remember reading some discussion in one of last year’s threads where this “scholarship contingent on early commitment” was identified as a violation of an ethics code agreed to by schools within a certain association. If I’m recalling correctly, the family was advised to accept with the tacit understanding that this was not a binding agreement. We can all understand that if your daughter chooses to go elsewhere OCU would like to use that money to meet the needs of a different candidate but I’m pretty sure this demand violates the rules of the game.</p>