They said "Yes", what do I do now?

Applying to College
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<p>On an earlier thread I explained a problem that I was having with one of my classes (ap european history). </p>

<p>I have already gotten accepted to a very prestigious 4 year engineering university and I have already sent in my deposit.</p>

<p>I am basically forced to drop my apeh course due to me only getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night (due to the course load), and me not being able to spend enough time on subjects that for me are more important (my calculus course, ap chem course, ap physics 2 course, latin 3/4 honors). I am taking more than this course load this year, those are just the ones that relate to math/engineering.</p>

<p>I talked with my guidance counselor today and explained this to him and he understood what I meant, he called the university's admissions department and talked to our regional person. She ran it past the committee and got back to us saying that it would be fine for me to drop the class, given that I take up an additional elective second semester. This is FINE with me, I have absolutely no problems with it. I had an above than failing grade on the APEH class, it will just show up as a "w" on my transcript (or something like that). </p>

<p>My question is - What do I do now?</p>

<p>I haven't gotten it in writing so I guess I need to ask if the lady can send me an email (or my counselor?) confirming that it is ok I do this.</p>

<p>Should I send a thank you letter to the specific woman thanking her for both admission to the university and for understanding my case, or should I try my best to lie low?</p>

<p>My other courses have very high grades (with exception to my chemistry course... C... which I will now be able to bring up), I do not believe I will have to fear being rescinded.</p>

<p>Thanks,
Joshua</p>

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Why not take the initiative yourself? Write an email to the lady, copying it to your counselor so she knows the counselor got it too. That creates a written record, and is a little easier to do than calling now and asking for her to put the promise in writing (which, to be honest, your counselor should have done when he was talking to her – eg “ok, glad we cleared this up; can you shoot me an email for the school’s files?”)</p>

<p>In your email, thank her for taking the time to assist you with this. Include a separate paragraph (so it stands out) that says something like “To sum up our discussion, I will drop AP European History and take an additional elective 2nd semester. All my other classes remain the same as listed in my application. The committee at X has approved this and my acceptance remains in place.” Then in closing add “If if I have misunderstood anything from our discussions, please contact me and my counselor as soon as possible”. Or, even better, write in closing “Can you please confirm my understanding is correct?” which prompts her to reply yes/no and then you have it in writing.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much Mike, I will do exactly what you said</p>