Need help here-my daughter applied to nine schools, four I would have considered reach schools based on historical data for GPA/SAT and she had a slim chance to get into. She applied to her "dream" school (one of the reach) ED, figuring since she had such a longshot, she may as well pick one to increase her chances through ED. She got accepted into the ED school but also got into a gap year program where she would be deferring her freshman year. She got the deferral from ED school but wanted to "just see" if she would get in any where else RD just because she was curious and because she was deferring, she didn't think it would be an issue. Now she has gotten into three of the four reach schools she applied to and has had a change of heart about the ED school. I told her that she agreed to a binding decision when she applied ED and even with the deferral she can't change her mind. The other school she really wants to go to is in the same area of her ED school and would probably cross reference if she tried to pull out her ED and defer at the other school. I don't want her going to a school she doesn't want to go to. The RD school gave her merit money but is much more expensive so it's a wash with the cost of the ED school. Never in a million year would I have thought she would have thes choices. Her grades and SAT were on the low side of their average but she had over the top EC's with some national recognition and I believe that is what out her over the edge. I anticipated schools putting more emphasis on matrix numbers.
Does anyone have experience with withdrawing from a ED without being blacklisted at a RD school?
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