<p>First off: The email idea was a joke</p>
<p>Second off: I loved SPS, just that after some serious thinking I will eliminate it. I have to draw the line somewhere and cannot go to all revisits.</p>
<p>I don’t see the problem with a letter similar to what was initially posted. It took less than a minute to read and is written in similar style as the letters the schools send to us. I see no harm in sending a letter of this length, (although I wouldn’t go much longer.) </p>
<p>To be fair, my letters were of the short and sweet variety.</p>
<p>Principal did you get accepted to Choate?
I heard(this may or may not be true) that they specifically request that you don’t send a letter. That you fill in on a form of why you didn’t pick their school and what school you picked.</p>
<p>I have no idea if this is true, or if they just want to make sure that you at least fill out that form. I think it is the latter.</p>
<p>Hmm. No I did not apply to Choate. </p>
<p>That probably is smart, though. I am sure other schools are thinking along the same lines.</p>
<p>The admin people just went through a brutel admin season, with the economy and changing financial horizons. They are too tired to read your long letter. You’ll get about one sentence of attention.</p>
<p>And, you know, as tired as they are they may not be looking for your critique as to why you did not choose them. Its a bit insulting. Don’t insult tired people who just offered you a precious seat. </p>
<p>The letter approach is nice, but limit it to a nice statement, such as: dispite your programs strengths my family and I have chosen to explore other options.</p>
<p>In fact…if you look a little closer to your online acceptance you will notice a link saying “Let us know if you will enroll in the fall”. You simply click that, they give you 2 box, you will or you won’t. You type in what school your going to, and click send. Not that hard, no where does it ask for a description or anything. I don’t think they really care to much about a few kids.</p>
<p>Find a rejection letter posted online and use the exact same wording. (Ha! Turn the tables!) I’m just kidding, of course.</p>
<p>@Neato: Haha. </p>
<p>@Toadstool: I think they like to know why you chose another school over them. In the end I am going to have to go to 1 of 6 schools and the 5 I do not go to will be extremely prestigious. I don’t think their self esteem will be hurt if someone as insignificant as me politely tells them why I did not go. </p>
<p>I guess the job world is different but my father, when he hires (which, in this economy is not often) likes to know why someone did not chose his/her. A school such as SPS does not need consolation as to why I did not chose it, they have a truly amazing program.</p>