<p>Hey guys, so I was accepted to UPenn through Questbridge and I already accepted the offer and am very excited to go because it's my number one school. However, the letter of admission states that I am required to withdraw all of my other applications. I applied to seven other schools which include: UCLA, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State San Jose, and Washington University in St. Louis.
So my question is, will UPenn know that I didn't withdraw my apps from other schools if I don't do it? I've heard that what you basically just need to write a letter to the admissions office of the schools saying that you are withdrawing your application (please correct me if I'm wrong) so do I have to send a letter to every UC even though they're all part of the same system? Also, is it really necessary to withdraw my applications from CSUB and San Jose State even though those were extreme back ups and I have absolutely no intent to go there? Thank you!!! </p>
<p>Yes, if the QB ED agreement says that you have to withdraw all other applications, then do so. Since you are presumably going to your first choice UPenn with sufficient financial aid*, why would it be a problem to do so?</p>
<p>*If you have not received the financial aid offer, then it is typically acceptable under ED to wait until you see it and are sure that it will be sufficient. Check with UPenn if you have not received the financial aid offer.</p>
<p>It isn’t a problem, I was just wondering if UPenn would know if I didn’t withdraw my app and wanted to know if I needed to withdraw each of my UC apps individually or if there was some way I could just do it for all of them at once. I also just wanted to know if sending an email to their admissions would be sufficient and correct. Thanks! 
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<p><a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors; has instructions on how to withdraw applications to the various UC campuses.</p>
<p>Cool, Thank you!!! ^:)^ </p>
<p>Yes, please withdraw, it violates your agreement not to. It is very easy to send an email. QB Match doesn’t have a family contribution or student loan so you can accept without seeing an actual package.</p>
<p>CONGRATS!!! Woo hoo! You might like to post on the Questbridge forum where students are posting results.
<a href=“Questbridge Programs - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/questbridge-programs/</a></p>
<p>As well as posting your results on the Penn thread.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1713628-official-university-of-pennsylvania-class-of-2019-ed-results-thread.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1713628-official-university-of-pennsylvania-class-of-2019-ed-results-thread.html#latest</a></p>
<p>Congratulations!!</p>
<p>First, congrats!!! Second, yes you have to withdraw all other apps. Congrats on Penn!</p>
<p>You signed on the agreement to withdraw from other application once accepted the ED admission and you should do so.</p>
<p>Congratulations. And yes, as soon as you are sure the financial award from UPenn is sufficient you need to withdraw the other applications ASAP.</p>
<p>At least some schools that use binding ED do send notice of their ED admittees to their peer schools.</p>
<p>At lease some students who tried to break the rules and apply to more than one school ED, or REA or SCEA, get caught this way and end up having their offers rescinded.</p>
<p>Do as you agreed and withdraw your other applications promptly. You should be able to do it by mail or email; some might allow you to do it by phone, but I’m sure they’d need verification of your identity.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your admission!</p>
<p>Just to clarify, if you are busy with finals and other things like that, the next few weeks to withdraw is fine. I would think as long as you submit all your withdrawals by Jan. 1, you’ll be fine. D took a few weeks last year to do it after her ED2 acceptance and no one gave her any trouble for it. Email or an online form was all it required in every case.</p>
<p>Here’s my take on this … </p>
<p>If you have the time, it is a small matter of courtesy to send notices of an ED admission. It might reduce some of the administrative work at the schools you applied earlier. </p>
<p>You most definitely should not start any new applications. </p>
<p>There are no reasons to fear any “detective” work coming from Penn. They are happy to have you and are not losing any sleep about this. The procedure is just one that has not died despite the binding nature of the ED agreements having lost their teeth a few years ago. It’s all bark and no bite, but you could play nice and spend a few minutes following the rules. </p>
<p>The other reason to withdraw your applications is to open an admissions spot for another deserving applicant. I know it’s tempting to wait just to see if you would have gotten in, but do your peers a favor!</p>
<p>^exactly, common decency to withdraw ASAP especially if they are EA apps</p>
<p>. . . and when you send those “I withdraw my application” e-mails, @Amabel21, it would be wise and courteous to thank the other institutions and briefly to explain how impressed you were with them. This is not only gracious, it also may enhance your secondary school’s reputation at those colleges. </p>
<p>Thank you, all these responses are very helpful! I have already formally withdrawn my application from all the other schools I have applied to. Thank you to everyone for their input, I really appreciate all the comments and help. </p>