Vassar, my dream school <33 what are my chances?

[vonlost]

<p>“Plus, most liberal arts colleges (and I believe Vassar is one) don’t make an ED acceptance binding. …”</p>

<p>They do unless the financial aid they offer is insufficient to enable attendance.</p>

<p>“… While they could legally force you into enrolling, smaller schools generally realize that it’s in neither party’s interests to force a student to attend a school they don’t want to go to or can’t afford.”</p>

<p>Forget it, there’s nothing legal ANY school would or could do to compel attendance. What would be the point of expelling a student when the bill couldn’t be paid?</p>

<p>Here is the rule from the ED agreement of the Common Application:

Should a student who applies for financial aid not be offered an award that makes attendance possible, the student may decline the offer of admission and be released from the Early Decision commitment.

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<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This might be interesting:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;