<p>Or do we just ignore the schools' calls and letters that we do not wish to attend?</p>
<p>Is it rude to do this?</p>
<p>Just Curious</p>
<p>Well , if you take the time to call or send a polite note , it might make it easier for someone on a waitlist to attend.</p>
<p>Yes it would be rude to not decline. </p>
<p>They are taking time to set a place on their roster, you can let them efficiently do their work afterward. </p>
<p>Example: you’re planning a surprise party for your parents and you contact relatives and friends. No one gives you an RSVP. Is that rude or not?</p>
<p>It’s very simple to decline. Just check off the reply card that’s sent with your admit package.</p>
<p>It won’t really affect anyone on the waitlist. They turn to waitlist after May 1 when all acceptances are in and then determine how many waitlisted to offer admission to based on total who have actually accepted admission. Thus, not sending a note declining the offer of acceptance does not impact on that process.</p>
<p>However, sending a note declining the offer of admission is the courteous thing to do. In the admission package, most provide a response card or sheet you are supposed to send back to tell them whether you either accept the offer of admission or decline it. So just send that back showing you have declined admission. If you don’t have that just mail a short note showing you will not be attending to the admissions offcie of the college.</p>
<p>If they decide not to accept a student, does the college really need to send a notification? After all, won’t the student know if he or she doesn’t get a letter or e-mail by April 1?</p>
<p>If that sounds wrong, then your idea that you don’t need to decline an offer is equally wrong.</p>
<p>And drusba, you’re wrong too - college staff will often try to contact those from whom they haven’t heard by May 1 to ensure that a response had not been misdelivered.</p>
<p>Just simply contact them and tell them you have decided to not attend.</p>
<p>It’s a small effort but it makes things much easier for the school, so do it.</p>
<p>They usually have an online form where you can just login and click a button to decline, and I think a lot of colleges’ acceptances stipulate that you must actually decline any other colleges if you want to attend that college</p>
<p>Okay I will make sure to officially decline acceptances from the colleges I won’t be attending 
Thanks</p>