<p>Back in May, I declined admission for every college (except for the one I enrolled in, obviously) that I could using their online services. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how for one of my safety schools (University of Houston), so I figured I'd just do nothing and they'd get the message. I realize it might have been a better idea to write an email to admissions, but honestly I was super stressed with finals/choosing which college to attend, etc. And then I sort of forgot about it and had to fly out of the country 3 days after I graduated. </p>
<p>Now, it's AUGUST, and I still get constant emails from them (orientation, etc etc). I've been ignoring them until now, but I just received an email, and I find out that they actually made me an @UH.EDU EMAIL. Which sort of freaked me out, and now I just want them off my case. How can they not get the message by now?</p>
<p>What do I do? Obviously I can't call them because it's a weekend, and I'm not really sure who to email... I sort of regret applying to UH big time... (they had a BS/MD program that I backed out of halfway because I realized I wasn't even that interested). And I'm sort of paranoid because it's like they just ASSUMED that everyone who got admitted was going to start preparing for orientation (that's the message I got from their webpage). Are they like secretly charging my parents for tuition or something? </p>
<p>I'm just really annoyed right now. I really wish they gave people an option online to check off "decline admission."</p>
<p>Sorry for the long rant. Any advice is appreciated! </p>
<p>You need to email them asap. They do automatically assume you’ll enroll if you don’t decline. You should have emailed them when you decided not to.</p>
<p>Send an E-Mail to the admissions dept and say you will not be attending. Thank them for their consideration. Leave it at that.</p>
<p>And I’m sorry but you have no right to be "annoyed’ that a school you didn’t notify you declined is still contacting you. Not all things are going to be easy to do by E-Mail or on the web. Consider this a learning opportunity.</p>
<p>You really have some nerve to be annoyed. You did the lazy thing - you didn’t bother to make a 30 second phone call or write a 30 second email - and you’re mad at THEM for contacting you when in good faith they have heard nothing from you to indicate you weren’t coming?</p>
<p>That’s like making a dinner reservation, deciding you’re not going to go, and then being mad at the restaurant for calling to remind you your reservation is tonight and they look forward to seeing you. </p>
<p>When the school offers you admission, it is not binding unless it is ED. They can not assume you accept the offer. It would be a nice and appropriate way to notify them your declination once decided. Otherwise, once you did not give a positive response by the deadline, they would get the same information. Unless you did something to make them feel you’ve accepted their admission, or it said on the admission letter that you have to decline the admission officially, it is not your fault although you are not being nice. My D declined the admission from several schools and notified them all but one. Most of them still communicate with her for weeks even after the May 1 deadline. A couple already gave her email access long before the May 1 deadline. She received account closing notices in the last couple months though. The one she did not take any action sent her a follow up email to confirm her declination. So it would save them a lot of work if you do let them know you are not going directly and promptly.</p>
<p>@Pizzagirl I realize I should have contacted them. I didn’t realize at the time what the proper procedure for declining admission was. I wasn’t mad at them for contacting me. I was slightly annoyed that there wasn’t a way to decline online. I just feel like that would make the lives of both me and the college easier. </p>