<p>Hi - I didn't attend college so I'm not sure of the proper protocol to let colleges know "thanks for your acceptance but I've chosen another college".</p>
<p>Is it okay to just email admissions??</p>
<p>Thank you :)</p>
<p>Usually, an acceptance package will include a post card to mail in if you decide to decline. Although it wouldn’t surprise me if schools have an email decline protocol.</p>
<p>I’m not recommending this as a course of action but I’ll share a story. A friend of mine was accepted to both Harvard Law and Yale Law (yes, he’s a dummy). He decided to go to Yale. When writing to Harvard to decline the offer, he used a Harvard Law rejection letter that other friends had received as the template. It was hilarious. It went something along the lines of: “I received offers from far more qualified law schools than I could possibly accept and you shouldn’t consider my inability to accept your offer as a reflection of your abilities or indicative of your future success as a law school.”</p>
<p>@T26E4 - in looking through the acceptance packages, I’m only seeing instructions on how to ‘accept’. Oh, well, I’ll have my daughter ask her guidance counselor. </p>
<p>@bonanza - VERY FUNNY ;)</p>
<p>Do you see a decline check mark in the accept letter?</p>
<p>When my son was applying in 2007, every college sent him a card with an accept/decline box. If he accepted we had to send the check along with the card.</p>
<p>But when my daughter applied in 2010, she didn’t get any of those cards (granted she only got 3 packages because she was accepted ED and had to withdraw at her other schools before hearing a decision). There was nowhere in the packages to decline! So we sent an email. We also sent emails to withdraw the other applications.</p>
<p>For me, I did not receive any cards to reply, however, if your s/d logs onto his/her account there should be an online area in which he/she can decline the college’s offer. If there is not this section than I would recommend email.</p>