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

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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.

Then your kid likely has applications w/out 7 supplementals and multiple essays, etc etc. Get it too.

[Anonymous]

If you applied to a withdraw by “send an email” school, be sure to follow up soon if you don’t receive email confirmation of your withdrawal or if the app status doesn’t change.

We had the terrifying experience of a school sending a likely letter 2 months after DD had withdrawn (with confirmation and with the app status changed). Luckily it was all resolved with a polite call to the admissions office and a very sheepish apology from them, but we were really stressed by making sure we did things ethically on our side and worried she’d made the mistake. I have no idea how these application systems work but it became clear that everything isn’t as automatic and transparent as the student-facing side of the website made it look! Clearly the admissions office struggled to process and maintain visibility into changing app status.

This was a T20 non-Ivy that is frequently discussed here.

[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?

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.

Interesting. I would think seeing all the questions people ask that their kids should be figuring out would drive you nuts. I’m struggling to think of a single question posted in this forum that couldn’t be answered with “shouldn’t your kid be doing that/figuring that out/researching that themself?” You must be in a constant state of aggravation and self-superiority. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.