<p>hey i recently got into Carolina from in-state and now i'm trying to withdraw some of my other applications to schools which I have no intentions of going. What is the best way to withdraw applications?</p>
<p>I don't think that we had to withdraw our applications to other schools if we got in early action. It did not say anything about that in the letters that they sent out......some feedback on this would be great.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't think you have to because it's not a binding decision plan. </p>
<p>You just have to tell your other colleges yes or no (they probably have some type of reply card) after they give you their decision and before May 2, the national reply date for all schools.</p>
<p>tarheelhopeful05</p>
<p>If they are schools that you are still waiting on decisions from, you can fax the admissions rep for your area a letter asking that they withdraw your application from consideration and then mail a hard copy of the letter you faxed to the school to place in your file.</p>
<p>Withdrawing apps from schools you have no intention of attending allows them to offer the spot you might have gotten to someone else that might really want to attend.</p>
<p>Although you are certainly not required to do so, it is a very courteous and thoughtful act.</p>
<p>just ignore those other schools, ignore the mail they'll send you. Just send the money and paperwork to carolina, don't worry. in a way your not even officailly part of those schools, since you didn't send the extra money or registered to get an email address or did the housing crap and what not. So to just repeat my point. If were accepted to other schools, that you have no intention of attending, just ignore them and all their mail, it will eventually stop coming and they'll get the point. Believe me this is how it works</p>
<p>that was my plan unccadet but i think like eadad posted that i want to withdraw from some schools that i haven't heard back from yet, namely bc i go to a private school and all the kids are trying to get into the same schools, some of them are my best friends and i dont want to take a spot when i have absolutely no intention of going there. I was tar heel born, tar heel bred, and when i die ill be tar heel dead, and oh yeah i bleed carolina blue. Thanks</p>
<p>ummm your not taking spots away from anyone. first off there is no fixed amount of applicants they allow in, there is a goal, but admissions knows that a lot of high school seniors apply to more than one school, so every school admits more students than they're goal for enrollment. They expect students to apply and not attend. This is why its easier to get into carolina EA than compared to RD. This is what an admission officer from unc told me when i was a senior in high school.</p>
<p>tarheelhopeful</p>
<p>There are two issues here. One is with schools you've already heard from and that is easy, send back the postcard telling them that you decline their admission. By doing it early it can free up places they might have on their wait list, thus allowing someone else to enroll. </p>
<p>The second is with schools that you are still waiting to hear a decision from. You could indeed be taking a spot from someone else by not withdrawing apps from those schools that you have yet to hear from.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what unccadet is thinking but there is definitely a maximum number of acceptances offered by some schools. It is based on a formula and historical data that schools use to to determine their eventual yield. Send them the letter withdrawing your application. If you were waiting to hear from a school you really wanted to attend, you wouldn't want someone knowingly taking a spot that they had no intention of ever using. </p>
<p>Unfortunately there are some people who like to "collect skins" to see how many schools they can get into. This is not aimed at unccadet by the way, just a statement of fact that we witnessed on CC last year.</p>
<p>Check with your school's college counselors if you want more info on this but I am sure that they would also want you to withdraw the apps because it will help them in future years with those schools when advocating on behalf of another student.</p>
<p>First off, most schools (such as Duke and Carolina) accept more students then their so called limit. The large majority of high school seniors apply to more than one school, and all colleges know this so thats why they plan for high school seniors not to send in the confirmation paperwork. According to a UNC admission officer I've talked to, UNC could have slightly more or less than this "goal" maximum limit. If a school you were accepted to has a withdraw form that they give you then go ahead and send that in. But don't think that by doing so will really help one of your friends that much. Statistically I wouldn't bet on it helping any. Now when I was a senior in high school I don't remember being given any kind of card of paper to send back declining admissions, so thats why I just ignored it. But really, don't worry about it, its nothing important.</p>
<p>I agree with Eadad on this one - it's the right thing to do to withdraw your apps from other schools if you've already made your decision. It really does open up a slot that someone else who wants to go to that school can fill. It won't take long to email admissions at each school and let them know that you are no longer interested. And, by doing so, you may make someone else very happy down the road.</p>