Accepted to ED - How to withdraw other applications? Email? CommonApp?

[Anonymous]

DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

[Anonymous]

Each portal has a withdraw button.

[Anonymous]

Good on you for doing this quickly. Other applicants and the admissions offices themselves thank you.

And congratulations to your kid!

[Anonymous]

Most schools have withdraw buttons within portal, but some do not and my DS had to send emails to those schools - he just sent a request to withdraw to main admissions email and received emails back confirming and then portal later showed withdrawn status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

[Anonymous]

Most colleges have a withdraw button in the portal.

For colleges that don't have a withdraw button, she would email the admissions office.

Presumably you are either full pay or you have already seen the financial aid package. If you applied for financial aid, you would not withdraw until you have seen the package and know it's affordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

Why are you in the college forum if your child should be doing everything themself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

Why are you in the college forum if your child should be doing everything themself?

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Each portal has a withdraw button.

No they don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

What bonus points do you want from a school when you are telling them you're withdrawing your application? What would you do with those bonus points? Would they roll over to your grandchildren in case they apply to that school someday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Common sense must not have been an attribute needed for acceptance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

Why are you in the college forum if your child should be doing everything themself?

I enjoy seeing where other people are applying. Yes, my DD researched schools and completed apps 100% by herself. I didn’t see anything other than signing off on her ED choice. This is her project. Not mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

Why are you in the college forum if your child should be doing everything themself?

Seriously! Plus, who gives two sh*ts. lol I was more involved with my kid--yes kid wrote essays, filled out common app--but asked me to weigh in, help edit, etc., or advise on order of activities, etc. We did not have a private counselor or any of that. I figure if I'm going to pay $90k/year for college I should help in anyway if asked. Kid monitored portals and did that stuff on their own. A It makes me laugh somebody always parrots this stupid crap about 'my kid did everything 100% alone, blah, blah'. We never helped in HS homework, etc or ever even looked in Canvas. Their HS only communicates directly to kids, no parental involvement. Somehow my kid is at an Ivy now and fully functioning and self-sufficient, even with some assistance feedback from me during application process .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD got accepted into her ED choice We are going to withdraw all applications today What is the best way to do it? Email the Colleges, or anyway to do it through the application portal or Common App?

Congrats on DD’s acceptance, but shouldn’t she be the one to figure this out?

Schools need to figure out a way to determine whether parents are doing the application or the students themselves. Bonus points should go to kids doing it all and points subtracted from applications completed by mommy and daddy.

Why are you in the college forum if your child should be doing everything themself?

Seriously! Plus, who gives two sh*ts. lol I was more involved with my kid--yes kid wrote essays, filled out common app--but asked me to weigh in, help edit, etc., or advise on order of activities, etc. We did not have a private counselor or any of that. I figure if I'm going to pay $90k/year for college I should help in anyway if asked. Kid monitored portals and did that stuff on their own. A It makes me laugh somebody always parrots this stupid crap about 'my kid did everything 100% alone, blah, blah'. We never helped in HS homework, etc or ever even looked in Canvas. Their HS only communicates directly to kids, no parental involvement. Somehow my kid is at an Ivy now and fully functioning and self-sufficient, even with some assistance feedback from me during application process .

Ok. I get it now. You’re paying $90k a year. No way would I pay $90k/yr. for a degree. Not even for an Ivy.

[Anonymous]

So far out of six schools applied to EA in addition to the ED school, only one (Richmond) had a "withdraw application" button. The rest you have to send an email.