<p>I was accepted ED to Cornell University and have sent some letters to the colleges I was accepted to saying I was withdrawing my application but was wondering if there is a certain date we have to withdraw the college applications. What happens if you don't? Wouldn't the colleges know that you will not be attending since you are not sending their enrollment fee? Please help</p>
<p>I recommend that you withdraw all of your other applications asap. While I am not sure what action(s) Cornell might take in your case, I think its best to be better safe than sorry and withdraw. After I was accepted ED into Cornell in 2007, I had withdrawn all of my other applications within 2 weeks. Apart from the fact that I had an obligation to do so, I did not want to be unfair to the other applicants who were serious about attending the said colleges, if I was accepted.</p>
<p>idk when you should do it - probably asap, but i have a funny story. there was a girl who was accepted early to MIT and Caltech from my high school and then she withdrew her app to CMU immediately afterwards. come april, she gets a letter from CMU saying she's accepted AND they're giving her a $20,000 scholarship.</p>
<p>just goes to show, sometimes colleges mess up too.</p>
<p>Yes, if you have not completed the other apps or paid the app fee, you have not much to withdraw. A simple e-mail to those colleges would suffice. Otherwise, they may send you an e-mail this month -- "we're still missing xx and hope it did not get lost in the mail...."</p>
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he withdrew her app to CMU immediately afterwards. come april, she gets a letter from CMU saying she's accepted AND they're giving her a $20,000 scholarship.</p>
<p>just goes to show, sometimes colleges mess up too.
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<p>Not likely a 'mess up' at all. CMU was trying to "buy" someone from MIT. It happens frequently. I know an ED kid (saw his letter) that essentially said: We know you have "deactivated your application", but we'd like you to reconsider our college and are offering you tuition, plus research stipend....the letter arrived in mid-April even tho he withdrew his app in Dec.</p>
<p>Oh wow that's really interesting bluebayou! That happened to a friend of mine too, and when he told us, we all assumed it was a mess up as well.</p>
<p>you should really pull your applications this month. it isnt fair to the other universities to think that you are still interested. plus, you are potentially keeping someone else from being accepted because you are still holding a spot (if you were accepted to the other school). believe me, i wanted to know how many other schools i would have been accepted to. but since you are in your first choice, it shouldnt really matter, right?</p>
<p>Other than the UCs, which required a handwritten letter faxed, I've sent emails to all my other schools saying I need to withdraw my application. However, none of them confirmed it. Should I still call each of them and make sure?</p>
<p>Silver:</p>
<p>I would suggest following up your e-mail with a short letter to Admissions withdrawing your app. That would cover everything.</p>
<p>shouldn't students be allowed to keep at least one application submitted?
what if he/she ends up being rescinded from cornell? then the student wouldn't have anywhere to go, if all applications were withdrawn.</p>
<p>@accept100:
If you got accepted ED your grades are probably not in risk of plunging. But if they are, you need to keep them up.
It was in the contract the person signed when applying, so...</p>
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Wouldn't the colleges know that you will not be attending since you are not sending their enrollment fee?
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The point is that you should no longer be considering any other schools, and thus the other schools should not waste time, financial aid money offers, and acceptance slots on someone who is obligated to not attend.
The colleges should know you're not attending well before when you don't send them money on May 1st. You should not have the ability to send them money by May 1st, or attend.</p>
<p>I had the same thoughts as accept100 of at least keeping one application in case the worst comes. How hard is it to get rescinded from a college? Would one or 2 Cs hurt on a Mid-Term Test? I was wondering if colleges even see our Mid-term tests or do they just see the 2nd Marking Period grades? Thank you for all the help</p>
<p>its really hard to be rescinded...ie failing every class (and not CC level of "failing" iwth 1 B or 1 C) it means all Fs and probably committing a national crime. really, dont keep your applications in.</p>
<p>@araneno: Whatever constitutes the end of the 1st term, probably.</p>
<p>Ours would include our mid-terms, because our transcript just lists semester grades, which are calculated from the 3 grading periods and the exam grade.</p>
<p>I guess it could be different for different schools.</p>
<p>If you were accepted do you have to tell them you're not going (early action) , or jsut withdraw the ones that you applied to regular decision. I was worried as well because my senior year grades are not as high as my grades were the previous three years.</p>
<p>x3xkimiex3x: If it was early DECISION, you need to withdraw. If it was early ACTION, then you can leave them and still have a choice.</p>
<p>there's no specific date, if they don't have some way of withdrawing your application built into their application process just send them a letter which they likely won't read till they are going over your application anyway. Nothing really happens if you don't withdraw your aps, Cornell isn't going to know or really care unless you actually accept another offer, however you should at least send a letter or email to the other schools you applied to as it is more courteous.</p>