<p>My daughter did not withdraw her other incompleted applications to the other schools she applied to. I guess better late than never. Do you send an email or letter? What happens if you don't withdraw? Because the other applications were not completed, I assummed she didn't have to withdraw. I guess I was wrong on this one</p>
<p>Lisa</p>
<p>Send them a letter, and keep a copy.
My daughter withdrew her applications after ED admit, and still got acceptances with scholarships, they are handling large volumes of mail, with mixed results.</p>
<p>My S started an app to one school, but only did the pre-app (name and address) plus had SATs sent. Since he hadn't done the actual app, sent a transcript, or essay, or recs, he didn't realize he needed to formally withdraw. They formally turned him down (guess it helped their selectivity numbers.)</p>
<p>If they were "incompleted applications" you really don't have anything to do because she has not officially applied to those colleges.</p>
<p>The way this started was that I wrote an email to my daughter's GC, telling her that my D heard from a few other schools... extending deadlines as early as last week... I didn't tell her that she never sent in complete applications, I thought she knew. She emailed me back to say that D had to send withdraw notices. I began to worry as this is my first go around of things. I then emailed the GC and told her they were incompleted app's which she responded not to worry about it, just know for the next time.</p>
<p>I started this thread when I was in my panic mode as I knew that I would get great quick responses.</p>
<p>What a great site, thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Lisa</p>
<p>Even though D withdrew her other apps, some of which were incomplete, and received responses, she still got a couple of phone calls from schools (one on a Sunday night) asking her to submit additional information because they were about to go into deliberation.</p>
<p>I would immediately send withdrawal notices and apologize for not withdrawing earlier noting that you hadn't felt the applications had been completed.</p>
<p>It will keep you from looking like a cheat on the ED process. This came up a few times last year, and in one case, I think, it appeared that the person in question was simply very interested in who else might accept him. A very risky type of affirmation to pursue, because if it happens and gets shared with someone, you might see a revocation. </p>
<p>Send the letters, and don't use your GC's "Oh its ok" as an excuse not to do it. The only reason not to do it is to "see" what "they would have said".</p>
<p>Its been well documented in other cases on CC that some schools will accept people even though some parts of their application may be incomplete. If the incomplete aspect is simply a teachers recommendation or perhaps the fee, you could reasonably expect the schools to ignore it and admit you anyway, especially if you were a strong student.</p>
<p>My D has sent emailed notices to all the schools. She asked for a confirmation reply email. She also emailed all the coaches that had been nice to her during the process.</p>
<p>There are still 3-4 schools that have never confirmed receipt of the withdrawl. We've kept my D's "Sent Emails" in order to show that they were done, just in case.</p>
<p>2 schools have accepted her despite the withdrawls! They handle too great a volume to react so quickly...</p>
<p>I will send out notices... just in case. But just note that the common application or any other was not submitted. Only the school report which is why the GC said not to worry.</p>
<p>i was accepted ED to a school and tried to withdraw my apps. didnt work out too well, for some reason two schools accepted me with scholarships. For some reason i guess maybe the notice i sent to the schools back in december didnt get through to the people in charge of giving out merit scholarships. i asked my GC to call my ED school to let them know.</p>
<p>I think I remember reading somewhere that a person is considered to have applied (and thus can be used for the selectivity) if they submitted their application fee, regardless of how complete the app is. So I would suggest that if you paid the fee, formally withdraw; if you haven't, ignore it.</p>
<p>no application, no fee, no essays, no teacher recs, only school report and GC rec...letters are going out tomorrow morning anyway. I rather be safe then sorry.</p>
<p>lbridge - I think you're on the right track -- for the cost of a stamp, you can be safe and courteous. Hard to see how you can go wrong.</p>
<p>Last year a girl at our school was accepted RD to a school after an ED acceptance. The girl claimed she never completed her application, the school presumably would not have reviewed the application unless it was complete, the GC (who told me the story) isn't sure what happened either.</p>
<p>It doesn't hurt to be very careful. THese sorts of things have the potential (I would guess, though I do not know) to derail the process for others in future years, as well as being a mess for a given student.</p>
<p>After my son got accepted ED at his first choice, we withdrew an app to another University that required apps be in by Nov 30. We sent email and called by phone to withdraw. </p>
<p>He still got an acceptance letter yesterday...</p>
<p>my S is currently a junior and is going to apply ED. i thought that you could only apply to ONE school ED. if so then why are there other apps to rescind??</p>
<p>You could have submitted other apps before you find out from the ED school (given that most ED schools notify mid-December, you likely will have submitted other apps to the RD schools).</p>
<p>Cevonia is correct. The deadlines get very close together during mid-Dec, plus it is finals time/semester break for most high schools, just as the ED notifications come in.
Also your child can apply to rolling admissions schools, and sometimes to EA schools, depending on the specific combination of schools. In fact, I and others on this board, highly recommend a rolling admission application - relieves some of the pressure.</p>