<p>I was accepted SCEA and have already formally enrolled for the class of 2012. However before I was notified of my acceptance in November, I applied to 5-7 other schools payment and all because I thought I would never get into Stanford. Am I required to formerly withdraw from these schools, or is it okay to wait until April to see where I am accepted just out of curiosity? Does not withdrawing my other applications affect my Stanford enrollment?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>You probably are not required to withdraw your applications from the other schools (unless there is something about that in the enrollment form you signed) but it is certainly the CORRECT thing to do.</p>
<p>If you were so curious about whether or not you got into the other schools, you shouldn't have already enrolled at Stanford. Why waste the admissions officers' time just to satisfy your own ego? Also you would potentially be denying other students the opportunity to get into the schools that you are no longer interested in but may well be their first choices. That seems pretty selfish to me.</p>
<p>No, you DO NOT HAVE TO WITHDRAW from other colleges. Stanford's early acceptance program is EARLY ACTION, not decision. BUT, the right thing to do is withdraw from other colleges now since you have made your decision. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Does satisfying your curiosity really outweigh taking a spot from kids who didn't get in early? Then again, it's your choice.</p>
<p>If you got in to Stanford, assume you will get into 50% of the other schools. So withdraw your applications because the 50% could change right up to the last minute.</p>
<p>withdraw.</p>
<p>.....</p>
<p>You are not formally required to withdraw. If you are curious about getting into other schools keep your applications in those schools.</p>
<p>Unless you're positive you are going to attend Stanford, don't withdraw your other applications. Your applications will not affect your enrollment. Don't worry about "taking someone else's spot" at another college either--that's why colleges accept more students who can attend based on a projected yield rate anyway.</p>
<p>He already enrolled. That's different from already getting accepted. I would check with the RD colleges.</p>
<p>Only after May 1st does it become a problem that you are enrolled in another college, at which point both colleges can reject you.</p>
<p>You should withdraw so that there is more room in other schools for kids who haven't gotten into college yet :)</p>
<p>Don't withdraw ... what if your enrollment is taken away? Drop in grades, etc.</p>
<p>Play it safe.</p>
<p>Here is what I would do... only if you are 100% sure you are going to stanford (which it seems you are - finances are good? accepted? paid enrollment? just keep up grades and it should all be good) then I would withdraw. It might be fun just for your curiosity. But you're basically taking a spot that someone else might really want - and you have absolutely no intention to fill it.
of course all if you are positive about stanford. I would be if I got accepted!!</p>
<p>^ Guys, check the date. Year-old thread FTW ;)</p>
<p>^ lol. For the record...I saw a similar post this year, and the whole "you are taking another person's spot" thing is b.s. for the yield-prediction reason and the fact that there is such a thing as the waitlist.</p>
<p>Yes, but "I want to gratify my ego by seeing which other colleges accept me" is ugly. And someone who does that is essentially asking multiple admissions people to spend some real time evaluating his applications for no purpose other than to get stroked.</p>
<p>^ I do not think anyone does it for that reason. It's just playing it safe. It's especially smart to not rescind your applications in a volatile economy so you can weigh all your F.A. options. There is nothing to lose from keeping your applications at other schools. However, there is potential for regret if you enroll early and rescind all your other apps.</p>
<p>^The OP was saying he/she was doing it for that reason! </p>
<p>I wouldn't call the FA rationale ugly at all, but it's a little bit of a red herring. The differences between Harvard or Yale and Stanford are such that one or two thousand dollars a year probably shouldn't make a difference, and that's probably what the delta is on financial aid offers at that level. If you are going for substantial merit scholarships at institutions that offer them, that's a whole 'nother thing, and you have got to be pursuing them actively, not sitting around waiting to see what happens. The fact of the matter is that, for most poor-to-middle-income kids, HYPS is going to be their best FA option unless they go to their in-state public or snag a really competitive megascholarship.</p>
<p>A few years ago, when Harvard still had EA, two of my daughter's friends got into Harvard EA and kept their applications alive at 5-6 other schools. Neither had any intention of not going to Harvard (well, one might have thought about Princeton), but neither was well-to-do at all, and they wanted to see whether they got a better offer, and maybe use that to get Harvard to ante up a bit more. Well, they each got in everywhere but Princeton, but the only college that topped Harvard for FA was Penn (not surprising, since it has money that has to be used for Philadelphia kids, and these were very high quality, superdeserving Philadelphia kids). And even then, it wasn't massively better, and for the needier of the kids wasn't a big difference at all. When the kid with the difference tried to get Harvard to raise its offer, they had one question: "What did Yale and Stanford offer?" When they learned that they were higher than Yale or Stanford, barely, the attitude quickly became, "If you want to turn us down for Penn for $2,000/year, good luck at Penn."</p>
<p>^ Thanks for that anecdote JHS. That reaffirmed some of my suspicions as to how the whole FA end game works out. I also did not realize that "just for fun" was the OP's reason (I for some reason enjoy reading threads backwards).</p>
<p>My worry is that I have only received an FA estimate from Stanford. While it is really good (good enough where I could pay if off myself if I worked part-time year round), it's just an estimate. There are also many other factors that come into play for me personally (upcoming sports season, family situation, etc) that make me hesitate on making final decisions.</p>
<p>In general I think of it like Pascal's Wager: there is nothing to lose. If a student has not visited the school, then it is wiser to hold off on enrolling and keep the other applications out there. Also, for a student from the midwest or east, Stanford, holding potential FA equal, is still an extra $1000/year taking into account airfare.</p>