A local school once looked so wonderful has been out-shadowed by some NE schools that we visited later. So much so that now dd would rather retry next year than going to there if it becomes the only school she is admitted.
It was hard decision with so much uncertainty as we need full FA, and the school indicated dd’s good chance yesterday over a phone call. But I feel much better after sending the withdrawal email.
One less school to feel sorry for being admitted but not accepting.
Hmmm…if the application was submitted and application fee paid, I would have left the option open. Needing full FA puts anyone in a tougher admissions category.
@doschicos, you are very right. But she has a backup. And the backup now feels like a better option. Especially after we saw the amazing NE schools. If she gets into none else, she can use the backup and retry next year as a repeating 9th.
We’re feeling the same way about one school but left the application active. Not sure if that’s the right decision or not.
Who can really tell if it’s right or not? 
I would have left it if I wasn’t contacted by the school yesterday. Then it really hit us that they are going to admit daughter but she won’t be accepting. Felt guilty. The least we can do at this point is saving them more effort, and not hurting their acceptance rate.
Probably I would have kept it if I didn’t have a backup, because daughter will go to a boarding school this Fall, one way or the other.
How can you be sure you have a backup? Your daughter sounds quite extraordinary, but that certainly doesn’t guarantee she will get any acceptances. Not when she needs full FA.
Lots of extraordinary kids out there…
I have a signed official offer that I don’t want to disclose yet.
BTW, my new profile picture is a pencil tip and a small paper crane. Daughter used to make them when she was a child. And canter in four limbs like a horse. Old times.
Well you know what they say about the first offer…maybe that is what she is meant to do
Maybe. It’s a lovely JBS where daughter will surely be very happy for one year. But right now we hope to avoid repeating the application cycle next year, if we could. Ideally her dream BS can admit her for 2017. But they don’t seem to do that.
ah. well good luck!
In the end, it’s a family decision. The online chorus doesn’t know our children “in real life.” At my advanced age, I’ve come to believe that success comes in many forms. There is no one perfect path.
If you know you would be happier with a secure alternative, then it is fine to withdraw the application. It might help someone else get an acceptance on March 10th.
I perceive that the phone call from the boarding school was perhaps one to access her interest. I think you did the right thing, especially with the indication that full financial aid would be forthcoming. Your D has no interest in attending, so let them allocate those funds elsewhere.
Good luck to her with the rest of the decisions!
meant “assess her interest” not “access”