<p>We got the official hard copy of my daughter's ED acceptance today. Deposit is due January 3rd (they don't waste any time, do they?). It says "You are expected to withdraw all other applications filed". What is the proper way and wording to do this? Is online OK or do you need to really keep a record and use certified mail?</p>
<p>Please withdraw my application to so&so University, as I have been accepted early decision at such&such College and plan to attend that institution. That you for your time and effort spent in considering my application to so&so. Sincerely, Jane Doe followed by date of birth, ss#, address & telephone. </p>
<p>Some places will accept this as an e-mail. Others want a signed hard copy. You can call each school and ask.</p>
<p>Audiophile:</p>
<p>My S tried several times to withdraw his app to Stanford by email after he was admitted EA elsewhere. He was still admitted in April. I suggest sending a letter with the wording suggested by northforker.</p>
<p>My S just got accepted to his ED school. We were told by his GC to immediately withdraw his other applications (he had completed and sent 5 additional ones while we were waiting for the ED one to come). He jotted off a letter similar to the poster above and mailed it off. I intend to call in another week to make sure the withdrawals arrived and that the application process was stopped. I do not want anything jeopardizing his ED acceptance.</p>
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<p>LOL. I know the feeling. I keep pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming...</p>
<p>Son's school college counselor recommended a letter instead of email (she felt that emails tend to get lost/not logged in appropriately). My son mailed off the letters, saying he had been accepted ED at another school and was withdrawing. He received acknowledgements from most schools (some asked where he was going). One school took a bit longer to actually get the "withdrawal" into their system - my son received a phone call a month or so later asking for his SAT scores via fax for scholarship consideration, and in that case he sent off a polite email saying that he already withdrawn his application.</p>
<p>Perhaps if you send by snail mail you can put a self-addressed postcard in the envelope - then you'll have confirmation of receipt.</p>
<p>Have her write a letter like the one above. Just be polite and friendly, as always, and let the school know where she's going. </p>
<p>Congrats to her!!</p>
<p>Checking with DD, she has three other apps out, two privates and a public. We decided to have her e-mail. If she doesn't receive a response, we'll call to follow up.</p>
<p>My daughter had only sent out Middlebury's pre-app before we found out she was in ED elsewhere. Do pre-apps need to be withdrawn also? I'm thinking her file will just die of natural causes when the school never gets the Common App?</p>
<p>Keep copies of the letters and emails you send so you have proof that you sent them. Chicago enclosed a form that you send back either accepting or declining the offer of admission. It was easy to fill out and send back.</p>
<p>My daughter e-mailed the withdrawals last night. Two of the three already replied thanking her for letting them know.</p>
<p>basil: if you don't complete the app, your D's file will never be acted upon.</p>