Turning down admission offers

[Anonymous]

People you are giving these schools too much power. Just decline the offer!

[Anonymous]

When a family turns down a top school and enrolls the older sibling in another school they are not likely to accept the younger sibling. They really hope to accept children that intend to stay for their entire program. It is also saying you are applying but not your families first choice. Most people want to keep siblings together.

[Anonymous]

I know lots of families whose children attend different schools!

[Anonymous]

It is definitely good to go ahead and let the school know that you are declining the offer. Otherwise you may well be subject to an awkward phone call checking to make sure that you have declined rather than just that the papers got lost in the mail. You have been invited to something and it is the polite thing to do to respond one way or the other.

[Anonymous]

What's the best protocol for declining a school? Writing a letter, or simply making a phone call? I don't believe I saw any declination forms in any of the acceptance packets we received. Please advise.

TIA!

[Anonymous]

Letter, definitely.

[Anonymous]

PP, the best thing to do is to call the AD, explain your decision then follow-up with a note which can be placed in your child's file. The sooner you decline an offer, the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People you are giving these schools too much power. Just decline the offer!

It's not about power but about politeness. If that has to be explained, then there's no hope.

[Anonymous]

It's polite to return the card - the poster is trying to say an additional note may be nice, but it's not necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's polite to return the card - the poster is trying to say an additional note may be nice, but it's not necessary.

In our case, only one out of three schools provided response cards. Even if a card is provided, a handwritten note is gracious, not a bowing down to power!