<p>Jamimom:</p>
<p>How confusing. If S had wanted to apply to Princeton ED and seen the FAQ, he might have stopped right there and not dug deeper. Thanks for looking it up. We do have the Princeton app, but have not read that bit carefully since S decided against applying ED anywhere.</p>
<p>Yes, it is very confusing. And with kids doing apps on line, you can see how the instructions are often overlooked. That's why I was not so hard on the kid who missed. There is no excuse--after all he is seeking admissions to elite colleges and the mom has had elite college experience, but really it requires careful reading. I did not look at the app to see if the signature section for ED also includes that statement. I don't think there will be any ramifications if they just immediately withdraw ALL of their other applications and just keep their mouths shut.</p>
<p>Go for the eggnog!</p>
<p>Seriously...assuming Cangel, Jr. has sent the confirmation deposit back to Dartmouth, that will take care of any potential concern. That's the commitment they expect from an ED applicant.</p>
<p>My daughter sent an e-mail and follow-up letter officially withdrawing her applications at the two other schools where she had actually submitted an application fee.</p>
<p>Her other schools had not received a completed application (and application fee); therefore, she had not technically applied. However, they had received transcripts, test scores, etc. She handled these schools in the same way that they had treated her. </p>
<p>Adcoms who had communicated with her during the app process got a friendly e-mail from her explaining why they would not be receiving a completed app -- a courtesy to let them know so they could cleanly close her file and thank them for being so friendly and helpful. Those schools who never made an effort to communicate with her didn't get that courtesy. She just ignored them.</p>
<p>In fact, the ONLY communication my daughter EVER received from Wake Forest came in late January when they wrote asking if she still wanted to send a completed application (and a $60 check). She just ignored that.</p>
<p>That's seems reasonable, ID. It's funny, the process of getting essays written had much in common with Chinese water torture, but she had that response card packed up and in the mail before I even got home from work and read the official letter!
The problem iiiisssss I read the acceptance letter, looked in the envelope for the reply - no form, "DD, where's the form?" "Oh, I put it in the mail already" "What about the deposit check?" "Didn't say anything about a deposit"
40K a year, and they don't want a deposit, I think?! Well, she is quite responsible, always getting her school forms signed, checks written, etc. I'm assuming they'll want the money, think it is an oversight, and get back with us. Lord, I need that eggnog, maybe a double!</p>
<p>Interesteddad, it isn't Cangel with the problem, it is Futureadcom. Cangel is the OP whose daughter has been accepted to Dartmouth (Congrats to D!! And to you, Cangel) and there is no EA/ED issue there (at least I don't think--did not scrutinize the Dartmouth application instructions). Futureadcom has the student who has been accepted ED to some school , nonspecified and should stay that way, and has just found out that this school does not permit EA/ED combinations, and the student did apply to a couple of EA school in addition to the ED school. </p>
<p>I feel they should just withdraw all of the apps EA and RD and leave it at that.</p>
<p>Ah, ID, you answered my question before I even asked it. D doesn't have to get in touch with every single school which has received nothing but her standardized test scores. Right? Right. And she too is planning on sending notes to the two schools whose admissions people and alum were particularly welcoming during the process.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>D doesn't have to get in touch with every single school which has received nothing but her standardized test scores. Right? </p> </blockquote>
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<p>Right. Since those schools wouldn't actually process the application until they got their grubby little mitts on the $60 application fee check, there is no way anyone could consider that sending test scores constitutes an application. I always go back to the fact that college and applications are commercial transactions.</p>
<p>I think it's nice to send a quick note or e-mail to adcoms that would reasonbly be expecting an application. There were several adcoms that my daughter had met and/or had very friendly e-mail conversations. Thanking them and letting them know why they aren't getting an app is just common decency. I don't think that any of them would have been upset that a Swarthmore ED cost them an app. In fact, I think at least one of them e-mailed back a congratulations and best wishes.</p>
<p>I think of notification to adcoms less as a courtesy to them as a favor to other applicants. Letting adcoms know that you are withdrawing your app allows them to consider other applicants for the sport you might have taken up. That's why, when my S found out that he'd been waitlisted by one college, he immediately notified that college he was accepting admission elsewhere and did not wish to remain on the waiting list.</p>