<p>and if I actually get in, I'll withdraw my applications for virtually everywhere (like Penn, Columbia, MIT, Stanford, JHU, etc.) but Harvard and Princeton. Is that superficial of me? </p>
<p>What about you guys? Also, if you've already been accepted SCEA, what applications have you withdrawn?</p>
<p>Thank you for sharing?</p>
<p>You shouldn’t. Keep your doors open just in case.</p>
<p>If you really like Yale, then by all means, go for it. Applying to colleges you wouldn’t be likely to attended would be pointless and you may be taking up a spot that somebody else who really wanted to go to that/those schools could use.</p>
<p>Well, my financial situation is intact so I won’t need to worry about FA offers from other schools. I’m just saying, if I applied to all my choices at the same time and I got into all of them, I would choose Yale over Stanford, MIT, Penn, Columbia, JHU, etc. So wouldn’t it be logical, if I got into Yale early, to not have to apply to schools that I wouldn’t go to over Yale even if I was accepted?</p>
<p>Um… yes? If you get into a school you love early, it’s a waste of time/money to apply to places you wouldn’t go otherwise.</p>
<p>I second what fuzzyfirebunny said. If you wouldn’t choose that place over Yale, why would you not withdraw your applications?</p>
<p>the OP is not talking about NOT applying to other colleges. S/He is talking about WITHDRAWING APPLICATIONS ALREADY APPLIED TO.</p>
<p>Carin, withdrawing your applications to schools you are sure you won’t attend if you get accepted to Yale is a noble thing. That way, you give your spot to someone who might not have gotten it, even when you weren’t required to. In the end, do what you want. Who cares if other people think you’re “superficial”?</p>
<p>Personally, I didn’t even apply anywhere else before hearing back from Yale, and I advise you to do the same, as you could potentially be saving hundreds of dollars. </p>
<p>That said, if you know for sure that Yale is where you want to go, and have visited, I think it’s justifiable to withdraw your applications. Ultimately, the choice is yours, though.</p>
<p>^Ah, I forgot that SCEA would be about a month before the deadlines of other schools. I was deferred so ended up having to apply to all the schools on my list in the end though but if you get accepted definitely DO NOT apply to schools you wouldn’t attend. Why would you throw money away?</p>
<p>Not saying this is Carin by any means but there are those who relish multiple acceptances by top schools almost as trophies. A little mental self-booster that clicks in when meeting others who those schools – “haha, I turned them down” they say under their breath.</p>
<p>Sick? yep. Happens though.</p>
<p>I know that in my case, I waited until I heard back from Yale SCEA before I even started to apply to other schools. It was basically a money conscious decision. I didn’t want to pay a bunch of app fees if I eventually got into Yale. I was deferred though, so I ended up having to spend that money anyway lol.</p>
<p>I agree with fuzzyfirebunny. My friend got in Yale SCEA and everyone said apply to HPS and he said forget about it, “I like yale the best”. After he got in, he committed, and will be attending in the fall. Only apply to HP if you feel like you may attend. DO NOT apply simply to see if you get in.</p>
<p>Like some of these other people, I hadn’t finished most of my apps when SCEA decisions came out, so I was able to withdraw like 6 apps to schools that I was sure I would not pick over Yale, and save a good deal of money on fees this way.</p>
<p>Carin, it’s not superficial at all to withdraw apps. What’s superficial is to not withdraw apps to schools you know you won’t go to, just to “see if you get in”.</p>
<p>Carin: Here’s what I would do. Send off your SCEA app, but between summer and January 1, be working on your other apps in the event that you get deferred/rejected. Don’t submit them though (potential waste of money if you get in), but have them done and READY to submit in case you don’t get in on December 15. If you don’t, just upload everything you’ve already finished and voila… 
No need to worry about withdrawal or wasted money.</p>
<p>Fuzzy has the right idea.
I did that when I applied ED to Columbia and ultimately got rejected (my theory as to why I was rejected is on the Columbia forum if you care).</p>
<p>But, I was ready to submit all my other applications. That way I wasn’t stressed out trying to complete 1,000,000 applications by January 1.</p>