<p>Fir the colleges i was accepted to but am not going to, do i have to tell them im not going?</p>
<p>sure yeah.. as soon as possible,,(if youre sure already).</p>
<p>..So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice...
/billie jean-david cook/</p>
<p>lols</p>
<p>It's very important that you tell them as soon as possible that you will not be attending. That leaves more room for other people that <em>do</em> want to attend.</p>
<p>Didn't you want the colleges that rejected you to tell them your decision so you could figure out your options? The same is true of colleges that you're rejecting.</p>
<p>Please tell them as soon as possible. You might be making a place for a waitlisted student who really wants to go to that school.</p>
<p>As far as I understand you should notify colleges BEFORE May 1. Doing it earlier is not that useful as many people try to say here. Colleges will not go to waitlist before May 1. Students make their decisions during April, and there may be waves or fluctuations (admitted students days at competitive schools, beginning of spring break, rainy weekend - different things can prompt students to write "no thank you" letters) . So colleges will wait till the May 1 deadline before counting how many students are coming and how many they can take from waitlist.
At least I haven't heard about acceptances from waitlist before May 1. The only exceptions are for athlets and musicians, for whom they will need substitutes, and for kids offered huge merit scholarships or places at smaller programs, which can be offered to oters.
I encouraged my daughter to reply right away to two safeties that she will not consider no matter what. This way she will free up a merit scholarship at one and a spot in Honors College in the other. And to refuse a spot on the waitlist at one more school.
But other schools ... situation may change. You may want to get back to those options. On March 30 DD decided that she will go to one of two schools. Now she just went to one of them (#2 on her list) and was very disappointed with dorms. And she also realized that there is potential problem with getting a minor at her #1 school (she iis not sure if she will ever want this minor, but she wanted this door open). On the other hand I just learned that people negotiate merit aid, which could bring another school to the top of the list. Maybe I should call them before crossing the school as too expensive - the school is no worse than DDs top choice.
So we will not notify other schools till DD re-visits, decides and pays the deposit.</p>