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<p>Good point, dmd77. That's a mistake we might have made.</p>
<p>my D was accepted ED and withdrew in writing her 3 other complete applications. she did not (at my suggestion) bother to contact the other schools that recieved her support documents (transcripts, SAT's, letters of rec) without any application on her part... if colleges want to accept/deny/waitlist students who do not send in an application or an application fee, then that is their problem. seriously, they should have better things to do with their time, let alone whine about unethical behavior (as mjmom reports!)</p>
<p>fairburn --
I agree for he most part. Still, I contacted the schools where I had put in only part of an application because I am so grateful to my college counselor and I wanted to make sure that I wasn't responsible for a misunderstanding that might make things more difficult for her the next time with that school. Also, these schools knew my stats and I knew classmates with lower stats were applying to them. I didn't want to have my stats hanging over their applications or to mess it up for them. Probably couldn't matter with big schools but these were small schools.</p>
<p>Hi, same boat here. I have emailed all the schools that I’ve sent parts of applications to. However, I’ve sent SAT scores to around 5 additional schools but didn’t send anything else. Should I still “withdraw” the applications?</p>
<p>Something - if it’s not too difficult you could send one e-mail to the colleges you sent SAT scores, put the e-mail addresses in the “blind” address line and push send. You could say something as simple as “I have been accepted to a college ED and while I have sent my SAT scores to your college I will not be completing an application.” </p>
<p>Whether or not they “close your file” or whatever they do is up to them. You’ve “checked the box” so to speak and it might cut down on the ensuing e-mails and promotional literature you are bound to receive between now and June.</p>
<p>Seriously, how long does it take to contact every school with info on your child? These people are inundated with info so if you can take 10 minutes to email or snail mail them your withdrawal wouldn’t that be nice?</p>
<p>Besides, you never know when one of these schools might be back on your radar for whatever reason and in this computer age you might find a strike against you before you even begin. It’s only courteous!</p>
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<p>The kids can do it. Parents don’t need to do this. They applied…they can withdraw. E-mail is fine. Not a big deal. Theoretically we’re talking ED students here and theoretically they don’t have apps in at a dozen colleges.</p>
<p>thanks so much for your help! </p>
<p>@amtc, so true! you never know about grad school…</p>