"The binding nature of early decision means that a student can apply to only one college through early decision. In most cases students applying through early decision are asked, along with a parent and their school counselor, to sign an early-decision agreement attesting to their understanding of the commitment to enroll if admitted. Early decision is in no way legally binding, but colleges take the early-decision commitment seriously and are appalled and disgusted when students back out of the commitment."
"Tulane University's admissions office has banned students from four high schools from applying to Tulane through early decision this fall, according to reporting from The New York Times. Though three of the schools have not been publicly identified, the one-year ban (or "suspension") for Colorado Academy comes after a student from that school backed out of the early-decision agreement they signed when they applied to Tulane last year."
"I have had admission deans tell me that they would hold it against a school whose students did not follow through on the early-decision commitment, but Tulane is the first college I've seen publicly penalize schools. The Tulane ban raises some interesting and thorny ethical questions. The most obvious is whether it is permissible to punish students in the Class of 2026 for offenses committed by students in the Class of 2025."
Tulane imposed a one-year ban on early-decision applications from four high schools after a Colorado Academy student backed out of an early-decision agreement. Early decision requires students to apply earlier and commit to enroll if admitted, typically with signatures from the student, a parent, and a school counselor, though it is not legally binding. Colleges generally accept backing out only when institutional financial aid cannot meet demonstrated need. Colleges treat broken early-decision commitments seriously. Tulane's public sanction of schools is unprecedented and raises ethical questions about penalizing current students for prior students' actions.
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