My D was accepted ED and so withdrew from her RD schools (well, 2 we forgot about) but she is getting admission decisions just as if she never w/drew! Anyone else having this happen? I was worried her ED school would find out & get mad so I called but they didn’t seem that concerned. Maybe because we paid the deposit? I just thought it was very strange.
It happened to my nephew. He just informed the school that accepted him after the withdrawal immediately that he would not be attending and it was fine. I would have your D do the same.
My son was accepted ED two years ago and also received acceptances from schools he had withdrawn applications from. We didn’t worry about it and neither should you. You’ve done what your suppose to do (withdraw), that’s all that can be expected.
Yep, my D’15 had the same experience. Especially with larger schools, they simply don’t have the staff resources to spend time deleting the applications of every student who emails them about being accepted ED elsewhere.
If you forgot about 2, of course she is going to get a decision because the application was still live.
Just have your daughter contact the schools to withdraw her application.
@sybbie719 Oddly, we never heard from the 2 we forgot about, just the 6 we called, lol! We have called those 2 since we remembered so who knows how long it will take them to process it. When I called her ED school to tell them, they said to just provide emails if asked for proof but we called most & didn’t email and I told them that. They didn’t seem at all concerned & didn’t really even seem to know how the school handles that situation so I don’t think they care too much! I’m glad, was fun finding out where she got in after all those essays! And we withdrew the apps so we did as promised and still got to find out! Was just curious if this had happened to others and it appears that it has, surprises me!
As long as your D is attending the ED school (congrats to her, by the way), has paid the deposit, etc., there would be no point for that U to give you any trouble about these other schools.
I think part of what happens is that the schools have a lot of incomplete applications and applications with ambiguities – which could include completed applications that were withdrawn over the phone. So to avoid any questions, they send out rejection letters to everyone in the database who isn’t accepted or waitlisted. It’s not such a terrible practice. My kids got rejection letters from colleges where they started applications but didn’t complete the application.
That’s what I was thinking @Nrdsb4 we paid the deposit so I should think that is all that’s required at this time. I mean I guess people forfeit deposits & go to other schools anyway sometimes but RD kids could do that, too.
Not quite the same thing, but we had one school that kept hounding my D about scheduling orientation despite her having told them she wasn’t coming, and the fact that we had paid no deposit. I think these schools just don’t communicate very well internally.
My D withdrew several EA apps after getting an ED acceptance and she did not get a decision from those schools.
Curious @cloudysmom - how do you ‘forget’ you applied to a school?
They were schools she knew little or nothing about & got emails to apply for free. She was feeling very low about getting denied at W&M ED so she read a little about them & applied. Colby, a great school but she thought she had no chance & put it out of her head as it there was no essay, no fee, did it all in 5 mins & never thought about it again. The other was Arcadia, they do the same thing with their emails about free application, no essays, however, it certainly isn’t the school Colby is. For such a great school it was weird they sent those emails, made it seem like they needed applicants or something. That is how you “forget”.
Surprised that everyone here (except wisteria100) continued to get acceptances/denials after the fact, thought it would not be so common!
You posted this on the Gettysburg college forum. It’s unusual that you would you care…since your kiddo got accepted ED2 to Richmond and supposedly deposited? All other applications should have been withdrawn…a requirement of accepting an ED offer of admission.
And this about Elon:
Posted yesterday and today.
My daughter applied ED 2 years ago and immediately withdrew all her other applications in writing (mostly email). Her college counselor told her that it can take a couple of days so not to worry if she received an EA acceptance. She did get one of those the following day (it was already processed, basically) but as for RD, no. And even most of the EA colleges sent her an email response thanking her for letting them know. Some people let the apps ride to “see what happens” but that’s against the ED rules.
@thumper1 So what are u trying to say? I am hoping we hear, what’s wrong with that? I have called or w/drew from every where but am still interested in hearing back as they all seem so bad about removing them. I did my part but the schools didn’t do there’s, you clearly think there is something wrong with that. Why shouldn’t I hope to hear? Why does that matter in the slightest to you?
All you really need to be confirmed is that your daughter has withdrawn her applications from these schools…and they are very clear that she will not be attending. Do this in WRITING ASAP. It can be an email,to,admissions. But get it done.
To be honest, it shouldn’t matter to you at all when RD decisions are being sent…or how…to any other school.
Your daughter has committed ED2 to University of Richmond.
Your posts make it sound like you are waiting for those acceptances…which should not be the case.
@thumper1 I called & sent emails. I even CALLED Richmond & told THEM, they weren’t concerned so why are you?
Why shouldn’t it matter to me if she gets accepted RD at the other schools? And why do you get to say what should matter to me? Really, you get to decide what should matter to me? So you don’t think I’m allowed to be curious? There is nothing wrong with being curious. Why would I have even created this thread if I were trying to do something against the ED rules, which you clearly think I am. Why would I call attention to it like that? That would be stupid. And why would I risk loosing her acceptance to UR after all we went through getting denied at W& M, you know about that, you were on that thread.
And not that I need to explain myself, but as you are so interested, my D’s very close friend is waiting to hear from Gettysburg, she is not on CC so I was asking that question for her so she can know when to expect her decision, but yes, my D applied there as well although would no longer be interested, even if there were no UR. She is also waiting to hear from Villanova so, since you seem to be interested in all these schools yourself, you will probably see me posting on that one too, fair warning!
Also, we did not get our FA award letter for quite some time after her acceptance, then it took us about another week to decide if we would accept. UR gave us an extension, so it was just a couple of weeks ago since we w/drew her applications, clearly not enough time for the schools to get it into their system, perhaps because it’s during their final push in getting out their decisions.
My D has no intention of going anywhere but UR, it doesn’t matter where she may get accepted we are only curious to see if the withdrawal went through or if she was accepted/denied.
^^ But you also said you ‘forgot’ to withdraw from some schools. Sorry - that’s not playing by the rules
@wisteria100 Yes, we forgot about 2, I explained that above, have you never forgotten about anything? As soon as we remembered we called them. I do forget things, it’s been a busy time & my mother has had several life threatening surgeries out of state so I have been driving 10 hrs each way twice a month. Things get forgotten. I can’t imagine appointing myself judge and jury on other people’s threads. Clearly several others have had the same thing happen but apparently I’m the one that must be up to something shady! I hope I am never very this suspicious of others, and in a college info website, good grief!