<p>Hey, I was just thinking if I got accepted by ED, and I appied to like 5 schools before the results. Should I just tell the colleges that I want to withdraw or can I reject the colleges after they send me letters. Because it is kind of wasteful to just withdraw without seeing the results.</p>
<p>Yes, you should withdraw your apps. You're wasting the admissions officers time, they're already overworked enough without looking at peoples' apps that aren't even going to go there if they're accepted...and you're taking someone else's acceptance letter that may really want to go to that school.</p>
<p>Politeness dictates that you follow arky's advice. Resist going the distance just for the ego strokes. It'll annoy your GC too.</p>
<p>Finally, I'm almost positive that your ED contract requires you to immediately withdraw all other active apps regardless.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>As T26E4 says, it's not just polite. It's part of the ED contract, and you agreed to do so. So do it.</p>
<p>Please immediately withdraw - it is something you agreed to when you applied ED.</p>
<p>i got in ed in november and i asked my counselor how to withdraw my other applications and she just clicked something on her computer and said, "ok, done." could it really be that simple or do i have to email my schools (and what about the ones i only sent preliminary parts to)?</p>