<p>Or are you supposed to let them know that you're declining their financial aid offer and etc.</p>
<p>And what about wait list cards? Can I just not send it and would they automatically just take me off?</p>
<p>It's best to let them know that you'll be declining their offer.</p>
<p>Yes I agree with GoldShadow, also that way they can open up a slot for someone on the waiting list. </p>
<p>And if you don't send in the waitlist cards they will take you off, so I don't think you need to notify in that case.</p>
<p>Can you just call the college instead of mailing the form?</p>
<p>I think I thew away some of the forms already lol.</p>
<p>I hope they don't care too much. I mean, I'm sure like half of the students end up not returning the paperwork.</p>
<p>"Is it OK for a college not to send me a rejection letter, and figure that I'll just know that I was rejected when I don't get anything?"</p>
<p>If the answer to that question is No, then so is the answer to your question.</p>
<p>If you threw away the form, type up a brief letter (obviously you know how to use a computer) saying, "Thank you for your offer of admission for Fall 2008. Unfortunately, I must decline your offer.
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<p>You never know what's going to happen in your life in the future (perhaps you'll want to transfer to a school you've turned down), and burning bridges is not particularly smart.</p>
<p>Let them know as soon as you know you are not going. It is the right thing to do.</p>
<p>Why would you not let them know? It takes 2 seconds.</p>
<p>No, it's not OK. Besides being rude, it could prolong the agony of a student on the waitlist who desperately wants to attend the school that you're rejecting.</p>
<p>" hope they don't care too much. I mean, I'm sure like half of the students end up not returning the paperwork."</p>
<p>Of course they care. They need to know who plans to come to their college.
If they don't get info from you, they wouldn't know whether you're coming because your response could have been lost.</p>
<p>Would you have thought it was OK if a college that decided to reject you didn't bother to send you a rejection letter?</p>
<p>"I hope they don't care too much. I mean, I'm sure like half of the students end up not returning the paperwork."</p>
<p>I think that most students have the courtesy to return the paperwork. Sheesh.</p>
<p>Wow, my friends are all freaking lazy. Good thing I made this topic. Argh, I hope I didn't throw too many of those papers away.</p>
<p>Seems like you've decided to do the right thing, but one more thing to add, in case anyone else has the same question - since you mentioned financial aid offers, it's especially important that you return your card. If they know you won't be attending and thus don't need the aid they offered you, that frees up that money to offer to another student. So your response could be worth a lot to someone else.</p>
<p>It's rude not to. If you don't have a card to return to them, then it takes two minutes to send an email or make a phone call. Think of all the people on the waitlist that you're helping.</p>
<p>One easy way to reply if you can't find the forms.....is simply email them with decliining admissions in the subject slot, along with any #s they gave you as reference....</p>
<p>Or you can fax in a brief note</p>
<p>Usually, they give you a sheet of paper or something. You check if you're accepting or decling. Make sure to do it as soon as possible. The faster you decline, the easier it is for someone to take your spot. If there's no form, I guess a call will have to do.</p>
<p>This is how i thought of it.. if i don't decline all the schools i'm not going to go to.. i'm just gonna keep getting JUNK MAIL.</p>
<p>Let them know so they can move forward on someone else who is waiting</p>
<p>I have already lost some of my paperwork, so I sent a letter to the schools that didn't have online notification. Wesleyan gave me a rather annoying email back, saying "thanks for letting us know, would you please fill out the form we sent you?"</p>
<p>Um, if I had the form, I would have sent it. It's easier to check a block and dump something in the mail box than to write them an email. Sheesh, come on, at least I had the courtesy to tell them at all.</p>
<p>Weslyan is probably just wanting to better understand the reason for the declination... for marketing purposes. No biggie and no obligation on your part.</p>
<p>Please think of all the waitlisted students and those needing financial aid. Finish the paperwork.</p>