<p>The college admissions officers and the people on the waitlists would rather that you tell the colleges your plans now instead of not giving the colleges any notice that you're not coming.</p>
<p>Instead of hanging out on CC feeling guilty, at least send admissions officers an e-mail, along with a thanks for accepting you.</p>
<p>Think about it: How would you have felt if colleges that rejected you didn't bother to ever send you a rejection letter?</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm in the same boat, people on here said that got e-mails from CMU with directions, but I never did. So I didn't bother. And washu didn't have an "I don't want to be on the waitlist" option either. So, yeah.</p>
<p>I hope it's not a big deal!</p>
<p>Gee, I hope you never want to transfer to the schools you didn't respond to.</p>
<p>I wanted to tell them all I'm not attending, but I was really busy the last 2 weeks of April, I guess it's too late now haha</p>
<p>It's not too late. Just e-mail them. That will only take a minute.</p>
<p>Right now, for all the college knows, your acceptance of them has been delayed by the mail or is lost. Have a heart for people on the waitlist, and let the college know.</p>
<p>Again -- how would you have felt if a college rejected you, but didn't bother to let you know because it didn't feel like taking the time to send the letter or e-mail?</p>
<p>Some schools make it difficult. One of D's schools had enrollment all done online, but we couldn't find anywhere to decline. Even when searching for an e-mail address for admissions, the page only gives snail mail and phone numbers. If I have to spend more than 10-15 minutes to find out how to decline, I am less likely to do it. And this was the most selective univ. among her choices. Maybe they think no one will decline them?</p>
<p>i couldn't find the e-mails for some of the colleges and i don't think they included a decline option in their acceptance packages, so i don't know how i am supposed to tell them.</p>
<p>Can't you find e-mails for their admissions offices?
If you list the colleges, probably people here can help you with the e-mails.</p>
<p>Try "admissions@[school].edu" or "admit@[school].edu". </p>
<p>I bet that if you had something that was important to you to tell them, you'd find the address!</p>
<p>Marist and Loyola College in Maryland. if you can find them, i will e-mail them</p>
<p>The majority of colleges have a "Contact Us" section on their website. It's usually right there when you go to the website or it is in the Admissions section.</p>
<p>" was accepted at a couple of places (Cornell, Northwestern, JHU etc.) that I did not plan to attend. Being caught on senioritis as I was, I did not bother to tell these schools about my plans (MANY MANY APOLOGIES to people still on waiting list >.<) , right now, I'm thinking...will the schools retaliate in any way? Crazy right? But it's bothering the heck out of me....."</p>
<p>I don't think it's hard to find contact info for the schools the OP mentioned. It's the height of selfishness that the OP is more concerned about whether the schools will retaliate than getting it together to inform the schools so that if necessary, they can reach out to students on the waitlist for whom the schools that the OP is rejection may be their dream schools.</p>
<p>In fact, there's the parent of a Northwestern waitlisted student who's posting on CC Parents Forum now. Northwestern is her student's dream school.</p>
<p>Northwestern is my dream school too, and I am on the waitlist</p>
<p>thanks for the PM nkmc, i just e-mailed them.</p>
<p>i still need Loyola College in Maryland, if anyone knows it</p>
<p>Restating the obvious here. Please send a courtesy "thanks, but no thanks" note. Surely you must have gotten an email or 2 from these schools? Just check your email history to reply. Or send a generic one to the admissions office. Marist's is <a href="mailto:admissions@marist.edu">admissions@marist.edu</a> . Loyola didn't make it easy to find without having to register on their site. A student who has applied would have access to their website. check it out, or simply write or call Undergraduate Admission 4501 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210 .410.617.5012 Toll free 1.800.221.9107 </p>
<p>One of the schools where my s was wait-listed gave an email link to complete IF he wanted to stay on the wait list. If not, he was to do nothing. Some waitlists (and admissions lists) do simply drop names of people who do not respond by a certain date. But when they ask for a response, really, the right thing to do is to respond. MY s sent back two cards- one to decline a school's admission offer and one to decline a spot on the waiting list. Both postcards asked him to indicate which school he would be attending. He was thinking about writing in Harvard just for the heck of it (since he didn't feel he was really responsible for providing this data to them). Instead, he just left it blank. I think that was fine-- he's not obligated to tell them shich school he chose, and who their competition was. But, IMO, as his parent, I feel he was obligated to respond to them about declining the admission/waitlist spot. Yes, you are busy, but so are the admissions staff. Put yourself in their shoes. When you wanted something from them, you probably emailed or called them. Now it is time to return the favor, as it were.</p>
<p>I find this thread a little hard to believe. Every school's website has an admissions section, and every admissions section has contact information. If you are smart enough to get into college--any college--you can find the e-mail address. Just do it.</p>
<p>Here ya go-- from the CB website:
Admission Office
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210-2699
(410) 617-5012
(800) 221-9107
Fax: (410) 617-2176
<a href="mailto:admissions@loyola.edu">admissions@loyola.edu</a>
Contact: Elena Hicks
Director of Undergraduate Admission</p>
<p>thanks guys, i just e-mailed them both</p>
<p>here ya go!</p>
<p>Contact Marist
Email Addresses
Contacting the Office of Admission:
Undergraduate Admission: <a href="mailto:admission@marist.edu">admission@marist.edu</a>
Graduate & Adult Admission: <a href="mailto:graduate@marist.edu">graduate@marist.edu</a> </p>
<p>Talk</a> To Us from the Loyola website, this gives a list of the counselors by region so that you can contact the rep. for your state.</p>
<p>oops, I was too slow, sorry!</p>
<p>I wholeheartedly agree with geezermom. Why did we parents have to dig up this info for you (and it was easy to do, btw). </p>
<p>BTW, mrchipmunk, I do know of someone who recently decided to decline Northwestern, and instead selected the Honors program at Maryland. I don't know if she emailed Northwestern to let them know of her decision, but I imagine you are hoping she did. There are probably people on the Loyola and Marist waitlists who would appreciate the same courtesy. </p>
<p>OK-- scolding over. Just do it.</p>