<p>I called and emailed ST Johns and Hofstra. I just need to call 3 more colleges but they keep going busy when I call, do you think I can email them too? </p>
<p>Is it even nessacary? Can they bill you if you don't tell them you won't be attending?</p>
<p>you can just email those colleges asking them to withdraw your application.
or you could just do nothing, since they won’t bill you unless you tell them you are coming.</p>
<p>It’s polite to let them know you will not be attending. It also helps out waitlisted students.</p>
<p>A gentle reminder: “You are not attending”= you’re, not your.</p>
<p>it’s polite- and if you never know if you will be applying for the school for grad school</p>
<p>Agree - the polite thing to do is to let them know.</p>
<p>Our college counselor told us it’s nice to write each of the colleges to let them know you won’t be attending and thank them for any scholarships they gave you. It’s just nice manners, makes your high school look better, and also you never know about later!!!</p>
<p>One reason it is nice to do is so others can come off the waiting list.</p>
<p>“Do we have to tell all those applicants that they didn’t get in? After all, if they don’t hear from us by April 1, won’t they know they were denied?”</p>
<p>How would that go over? Well, that’s how not responding goes over. (Email is fine, BTW.)</p>
<p>Do you really want colleges to assume that if they haven’t heard from you by May 1, you’re not coming? What if you’re the kid whose Yes reply got lost or delayed in the mail? There’s someone in admissions whose job it is to try to track down those kids they haven’t heard from. Save that person some work.</p>
<p>While “a school” is a big, impersonal thing, remember that there are real people who worked very hard to make sure apps were complete, review them, craft a class, send out notifications, etc. Be kind to them and let them know you’re not coming.</p>
<p>Courtesy never hurts, may help down the road, and it’s a good habit to get into.</p>
<p>I think email is fine. Of course the adcom people are busy now.</p>
<p>Did colleges that you applied to have to tell you that they decided to reject you or would you have just figured that out when you never heard from them?</p>
<p>Just e-mail the colleges that you won’t attend. That’s simple courtesy.</p>
<p>You don’t have to. I only responded to the ones with the reply cards.</p>
<p>Well, at this point the cards are worthless. Today is D-Day. </p>
<p>That said all the points about politeness and getting someone off the wait list are completely valid. But, it’s more than that. If they get a e-mail from someone (as late as today) who was given money to attend, that money can be used to help another kid out. There are kids waiting to hear whether a financial offer can be improved and kids telling them that they are not coming can make a sweet financial decision for a kid TODAY. Before he’s agreed to go somewhere else.</p>