withdraw

Applying to College
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<p>when you are accepted early decision to a school.. is it really necessary to withdraw from the other schools you applied to?
what happens if you dont?
thanks</p>

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<p>Yes, it is necessary to withdraw the applications. If you don't -- even if you haven't completed them -- you still may be admitted to one of the schools. One student posted last year about being admitted to a school even though he hadn't completed his app after getting in ED.</p>

<p>If you don't withdraw your application, it could get back to your ED school, which could then withdraw your acceptance. Your ED school may also inform other colleges, preventing you from getting other acceptances, which could lead to your going to your in-state university, since usually public universities don't care about whether or not you've been accepted elsewhere ED></p>

<p>Your actions could thoroughly tick off your GC and classmates. Your GC could be ticked because if the ED school learns you didn't withdraw applications, they may call your GC and blame her/him. Your classmates may be ticked because the ED school may take out its anger by not accepting anyone else from your school for several years.</p>

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<p>I've mailed withdrawal letters to schools where I've sent a complete application or a complete Part I.</p>

<p>I sent school report forms and teacher recs to some schools because my high school had an early deadline for things that the counselor needed to fill out. Is it necessary to send an official withdrawal letter to colleges that only have the school report and teacher recs or will they just discard the application as incomplete?</p>

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<p>Send the withdrawal notices even to colleges that have a partial application. There have been students who have been accepted by colleges and offered merit aid even though their applications weren't complete. I've seen such postings on CC, when students have been accepted ED to a stellar school, and had partial applications in to much less competitive schools.</p>

<p>I also suggest that you cover yourself by giviing your counselor copies of your withdrawal letters. Just in case some college accidentally or deliberately doesn't notice your withdrawal and then accepts you, you'll have proof that you withdrew your application.</p>

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<p>i dont get it. if you're accepted elsewhere can't you just decline them and go to your ed school?</p>

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<p>I was just wondering because I heard that some schools, like some Ivy schools, share lists of ED acceptances and will automatically withdraw partial applications of people already accepted. But it's definitely better to play it safe. </p>

<p>Thanks for your response, Northstarmom.</p>

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<p>" dont get it. if you're accepted elsewhere can't you just decline them and go to your ed school?"</p>

<p>Why allow the other colleges to waste their time to review your application if you have an ED acceptance that you know you'll accept?</p>

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<p>Yep...it can be a one line letter.</p>