<p>D had applied and interviewed at a school a while ago. After her visit, D had decided not to pursue the application at that particular school. We had recently received communication from the school indicating they are missing some app materials. Is there a nice way to communicate to the school about not pursuing app? Or should D complete the app process anyway?</p>
<p>I don’t think you should complete the application because you could be taking someone else’s spot who would love to go.</p>
<p>Maybe if D doesn’t complete her application, they’ll get the message?</p>
<p>You shouldn’t complete the application because it would COST you the application fee (unless of course you already sent it because it needed to go in before the interview with a preliminary app).
We have gotten similar letters stating that we have “missing” material - which inlcudes the application itself to schools we have crossed off the list. I think they just want to be sure you did not forget in case you DO want to apply. They have goals to meet too - schools pride themselves on how many of the kids that come to interveiw actually apply. I’d bet the admin officers have goals that are based on those numbers.<br>
You could call and say you have decided not to apply, so you could just not apply. I wouldn’t feel obligated to apply anyway at all.</p>
<p>We recently recieved a letter from one school updating us on items missing from her file. They asked us to let them know by email or a letter if we were going to complete the submission. </p>
<p>My D does not want to apply to this shool. We are sending them a nice email saying we are not going to be applying.</p>
<p>Last year, we went to one school information interivew and did not fill out any more application and we received rejection letter on March 10. I felt it is odd.</p>
<p>yan – that is funny. I wonder if they counted your student in their acceptance numbers. I could see a small school bragging – “we got over 1100 applicants this year and only accepted 30%” by just counting everyone who asked for info or came to an info session in their numbers.</p>
<p>If she’s waitlisted/rejected everywhere else come March 10th, will you regret not completing the application? Or, would she consider attending that school, if it were her only option?</p>
<p>If she would not attend the school, then you should write the school a letter, informing them that you will not be completing the application.</p>
<p>Honestly, we visited and interviewed at 12 schools. We are applying to 5. There is no way I am spending the time to write a letter to SEVEN schools informing them I am not completing an application. I see no reason to, unless they ask, even if they do send a “we are missing” notice.</p>
<p>Periwinkle - well, she is pretty sure about this year, but would not want to be ‘blacklisted’ from the school in case she decided to reapply in future (with the intent of attending).</p>
<p>alpha1: if she might want to apply in the future, it doesn’t hurt, and might help, long term, to send them a courteous letter.</p>
<p>Where is this school?
I would recommend to send them a nice polite email or letter saying that you are not applying.
If you apply, not only will you take away the chances of another desperate ones to be admitted, but you will also waste money on your application money.</p>
<p>Please let the school know. We expend a tremendous amount of energy trying to be sure someone didn’t accidentally forget to send a piece of the application. We would much prefer to know that you have changed your mind, than to waste our time (and bug you).</p>
<p>Some schools may inflate their application rates (thus lowering their acceptance rates) by encouraging non-serious applicants but I don’t know of any. What is most important to us is to have a realistic picture of the number of inquiries, applications, acceptances, and, most importantly, matriculations.</p>