<p>So I was accepted early, and I know I will have to withdraw all of the applications I have submitted.</p>
<p>Do I just call the schools and let them know??</p>
<p>They might want you to send an email so they have something on record. But a phone call isn’ t out of order. Congrats on Colum</p>
<p>Thanks and thanks! (:</p>
<p>I just waited until I got a result and then declined my acceptance later. It’s not a big deal as long as you don’t commit to both schools and then back out of Columbia. You don’t get blacklisted for forgetting to withdraw.</p>
<p>Don’t follow neiro’s footsteps. Frankly he’s playing with fire – likely to sate his ego. If he were at my kid’s school, I’d report him and the guidance counselor to the principal.</p>
<p>Well, thanks for that attack. I quite honestly forgot about withdrawing until the results came out for the other school, at which point I simply declined. In the event that overachiever01 ended up in the same situation, I would hope that my experience of not being penalized would be helpful. Lots of risky assumptions being made here…</p>
<p>Plz accept my apologies neiro: I made several assumptions of your post that I shouldn’t have.</p>
<p>I’m still confused what you would report to the principal? Being accepted to multiple schools and then forgetting to deny admissions to each one you don’t go to? I’m just curious because I’ve been accepted to CU and 5 other schools, but I’m hoping to visit the schools before making a decision…</p>
<p>assume your other acceptances are state public EA’s because Columbia’s ED is exclusive and binding. What could and should be reported IF you are breaking the ED contract, is that info to Columbia which could result in a rescind of your acceptance, a blacklisting of your high school and even a blacklisting of your app at other colleges. Be careful! Don’t know your particulars but the ED contract is clear and you are expected to withdraw (not wait for replies) your other apps immediately. Besides, how bout some good karma to all the other applicants??</p>
<p>Oh answer to your original q: you should send an email. There should be a written record of the withdrawal. Goes to show how seriously they take this. Let’s say you did it by phone and it gets messed up. They could rescind and you’d have no proof of the withdrawal. This is not a joke! Generally, your GC should also be involved in the process; the ramifications for the HS are severe when this is not done properly.</p>
<p>@WarreJor: It is clear that you did not fully research beforehand or understand the ED process. But, I am sure you will do the right-thing! </p>
<p>If you were accepted under ED to Columbia, you pledged to be bound to Columbia (i.e. obligated to enroll and attend) and withdraw from all active applications and decline any admissions already secured. There is an Acceptable Financial Aid exception clause (some call it the get-out-of-jail card) which gives you some extra time …</p>
<p>Reference: <a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/2013EarlyDecision_download.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/2013EarlyDecision_download.pdf</a></p>
<p>Ohh ok haha, that makes sense. No I already sent in my Letter accepting CU’s acceptance I was just curious about the whole ‘blacklist’ thing. No worries there. I just need to tell the other colleges I got into CU it sounds like. Easy day.</p>
<p>@WarreJor: You seem headed in the right direction, just follow through - don’t spin it! In post #8, you wrote: I’m just curious because I’ve been accepted to CU and 5 other schools, but I’m hoping to visit the schools before making a decision…</p>
<p>I did right that, because it is true. However, I also sent in my acceptance paperwork the day I received it. I was just hoping to visit CU one last time and sit in on a class or two, but if that isn’t an option then no worries. I’ll be fine at CU, thanks though for all the insight. :)</p>
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<p>Neiro, here (I think) is why you drew fire in the first place: you seemed to be suggesting that overachiever should do the same thing you did. No matter your motives, and no matter whether you acted deliberately or by mistake, you didn’t actually follow the terms of the Early Decision agreement. Students who are admitted are obliged to withdraw their other active applications promptly, except in the case of an inadequate offer of financial aid.</p>
<p>Maybe you didn’t mean to suggest overachiever should do what you did. But it looked to me as if that’s what you were suggesting. Maybe you didn’t mean to suggest that it’s OK not delay withdrawing those other applications. But it looked to me as if that’s what you were suggesting.</p>
<p>Honestly, if I’d gotten there before T26E4, I’d have jumped to the very same conclusions. If what you wrote didn’t portray your character or your actions correctly, I’m glad, but I don’t think T26E4 interpreted your post any differently from the way any other competent speaker of English would.</p>
<p>I don’t want to belabor the point. You seem to be a basically upstanding person, and everything seems to have turned out well for both you and overachiever. That’s all great! But the way you worded post #4, it looks like advice that could be dangerously incorrect–or at least dangerously misconstrued.</p>