<p>Hi! Does anyone know where we can decline the acceptance? I've already made up my mind on where I want to go, and I want to withdraw my space ASAP so someone else who really wants to go to UF can be accepted off the waiting list. </p>
<p>I've read some some colleges send a postcard that you send back with your response, and others have it on their websites, but I couldn't find either for UF. Do I just write a note thanking them for the acceptance, but that I'll be going to ___ University? </p>
<p>joefrommiami- I think it’s bad form… I mean, what if a college decides you’ve been rejected, but never gives you an official notice and instead, waits for 4/1 to pass, assuming the lack of acceptance letter will tell you you weren’t accepted? You should tell them as soon as possible, if you know for sure you’re not going.</p>
<p>I would suggest you go a step beyond declining the acceptance on the Admissions site. In addition, send an email message to the Director of Admissions thanking him, saying you were honored to get accepted, but for this and that reason have decided to attend X university. In all likelihood, you’ll get a polite thank you for letting them know and wishing you success, and that will make you feel good. Some schools (not UF I suspect) will even tell you they would love to hear from you again if things don’t work out at X university. I suggest EVERY APPLICANT do this for EVERY SCHOOL they are turning down. It’s just common courtesy, and may actually help you if do reapply later. Remember, those folks in admissions spend a lot of time going through applications, and a little courtesy will be appreciated.</p>
<p>Just for the record, I’m not an admissions officer, just a parent of a college student that I gave the same advise to and saw the results of those efforts.</p>
<p>goodday, while that is nice advice… for at a school like UF where around 20,000 kids got declined it would be way too much work for the Director of Admissions to sift through 20,000 letters thanking them.</p>
<p>Gatormomma, I think you missed the point. I was suggesting that kids who got accepted but who are not going to attend send an email to the Admissions Director declining the offer of admission. Since around 10,000 get accepted, and 65% of those actually accept the offer of admission, you are only talking about at most 3,500 letters/emails to the Director. And of course, only a small fraction of those 3,500 will actually write the email I am suggesting, so the Director is likely to get only a relative handful of those letters. Thus, your courtesy stands out even more.</p>
<p>As I said in my first post, I went through this recently with my son. Virtually every school he sent a letter to (including UF) replied back with some nice words for him, and a couple even suggested the door was wide open if he decided to transfer. UF, of course, did not go that far, but they did thank him for the notification and wished him success.</p>
<p>My d sent an email to admissions when she turned down GaTech last year, and she received a very personalized letter, asking if she wouldn’t mind taking a minute and telling them “why” she chose not to attend. She did as they requested (and they really appreciated the input), and then encouraged her to keep them in mind for grad school. </p>
<p>Sent in our decline on Thursday… you can have my D’s spot. UF has already responded with a response email. Goodbye UF see you in 4 years or so for graduate school</p>
hahahaha</p>