The combination of binding and early decision means that once students are admitted to the school, they must promise to report. Unbound is compatible with all kinds of misnamed application methods such as Early Action/Early Option, that is, even if students are admitted, they can decide whether to register after weighing the offers of all admitted schools.
Even if the admission is binding, whether there is a scholarship or not has no legal effect. Even if the school knows that you don't intend to fulfill your obligations and plan to go to other schools, at most, you will send a letter to other schools to explain the situation, which will not prevent you from reporting. Just find a reason to write a letter and explain it to each of the two schools, and you will be fine. What's more, most school admissions officers are not bored enough to kill you except to scold you.
The key reason why binding can really lock students is actually the time factor. The deadline for deciding the application in advance is generally at the end of 10, and the admission notice is generally issued at the beginning of 65438+February. The school will ask for an immediate decision two weeks later. Most of the regular decision applications are due at the beginning of 1 1 and the admission notice will be five or six months late, so it is impossible for students to bargain with schools with many scholarship offers. Because the school understands that students' chips are limited, it loses the motivation to provide scholarships. Unless it is possible for a few top universities with blind needs to enroll students who decide early, then evaluate their families and generously provide financial aid, other schools will not be able to provide additional subsidies if they do not award awards to students who decide early on the spot. However, the possibility of awarding prizes on the spot will not be too great, which is actually the most unfavorable place to decide in advance.
Students who intend to apply for prestigious schools in advance generally have the following three conditions: first, students have a positive personality and competitive conditions; Second, a psychologically prepared school will not give any money; Third, the most important reason is that students are willing to give up all other options for this school.
For an excellent but normal student, deciding in advance is actually the most unfavorable choice. Far less favorable than early selection or any other non-binding school application. What's more, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early, early.