<p>Hello CC. I have been accepted via ED into my first choice college. I was offered admission into two other colleges who offered me a sizeable amount in financial aid and scholarhips.</p>
<p>I plan on attending my first choice college. I decided to send letters to the other colleges stating that I choose to decline their offer. What are some things that I should say to not sound too arrogant? </p>
<p>And what do I do to 'withdraw my applications' from these colleges?</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>
<p>" I am formally withdrawing my application from further consideration as I have been accepted by my ED college. Thank you for your time."</p>
<p>simple enough?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>My d told them what she was looking forward to in her ED choice, which the EA schools were lacking.</p>
<p>^hahha. I wouldn’t try to put down the other schools 
But yeah, T26E4’s idea is perfect.</p>
<p>highland: if you can’t say anything nice (or constructive), why say it? If I read your D’s letter, I’d definitely find no other explanation than the writer’s rudeness. </p>
<p>These people genuinely are trying to serve their college communities and be as fair and humane to the many aspirants to their colleges. To say: “Well, here’s why I’m going to go to a better school than yours” is rather bad manners.</p>
<p>It is possible that other schools might be quite interested in and benefit from knowing what tipped the scales toward their competition. It doesn’t have to be in the form of put downs. It could be very constructive.</p>
<p>My son took the time to write what (and who) he really liked about the colleges he rejected and thanked specific people for their time and interest in him. In his case, these colleges spent a considerable amount of time recruiting him, and it actually hurt to turn them down! So he basically said that, after a lot of thought, he’s accepted admission at “x” university but that he’s so grateful for their time and their generosity in regards to scholarships. He said it in his words, which were very nice and better thought-out than my own!</p>
<p>It wasn’t meant as a putdown at all, sorry for the confusion. It was meant to say why her #1 school was her #1, that’s all. Each of her EA schools included a form for her to complete with her final decision, and they requested the reasons why she turned them down. As digdig said above, I guess they felt the specifics would be helpful to them. In one case, she preferred the location of her ED school over the other school ;)</p>
<p>^^I know what you mean, HighlandMom. My son did the same on those forms. The schools do want to know why a student chooses one school over another. It did come out a little mean at first glance – but I noticed from the start that it could be read the way you meant it.</p>
<p>highland: my apologies for my assumptions of your DD.</p>