How soon after an ED acceptance does a student need to withdraw EA applications?

[Anonymous]

My DS had a rolling acceptance and two pending EAs when he received his ED acceptance 2 years ago. He emailed them all within 3-4 days to decline acceptance/withdraw app. He received a very kind email back from his ad officer at the rolling school. Point is, I think the sooner the better.

[Anonymous]

Ideally, the sooner the better. But our college counseling office says it just needs to be done no later than the ED enrollment deposit deadline.

[Anonymous]

My kid got in ED yesterday and turned to withdrawing within an hour. Some schools have an option in the portal to withdraw, but others do not, so he had to email. So those are in process - he sent the email but the school has to respond. I don't know why all schools don't have the withdraw option on their portal, it seems it would be in everyone's interest to have that.

My kid is aware he's lucky to get in ED, and didn't want to take any spots away from any of his classmates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird. In our experience there's always been a button on the portal

These people who said it took days must have done this before portals. It takes a few seconds. There's no reason to wait. Time to celebrate being done with this stressful process!

Look, just because that was your one experience doesn't mean it was universal. My kid got in this weekend and went to withdraw and not all portals have the withdraw option. That's this year, so our experience isn't dated. Yours may be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird. In our experience there's always been a button on the portal

These people who said it took days must have done this before portals. It takes a few seconds. There's no reason to wait. Time to celebrate being done with this stressful process!

no it was 2 years ago and there were portals then, but not all schools had a withdraw option on the portal. so had to email some.

Amazingly, things change every year! Your experience is not longer current. The withdraw is in the portals.

Actually we have also done it this year and there are still some schools that have portals but no withdraw option on them. You don't know everything.

[Anonymous]

Only when you are comfortable with the financial negotiations. I know someone accepted to Penn ED a couple of years ago — they negotiated with the FA office for months. Withdrew after EA decisions were released end January that year.

[Anonymous]

School counselor emailed everyone this week. Upon acceptance to ED school, kids must withdraw every other application including EA within 24 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School counselor emailed everyone this week. Upon acceptance to ED school, kids must withdraw every other application including EA within 24 hours.

Private school counselors are cute. My kid's public school counselor doesn't even remember her name, let alone where she applied ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School counselor emailed everyone this week. Upon acceptance to ED school, kids must withdraw every other application including EA within 24 hours.

Private school counselors are cute. My kid's public school counselor doesn't even remember her name, let alone where she applied ED.

So true. My kid's public school counselor couldn't figure out how to send a 1st quarter reports (for a college that is requiring them by Nov. 20) since the school is not on the quarter system and there's no way to force teachers to provide a grade if they're behind on grading. She acted like no one has ever requested this before and that my kid was being difficult for asking for this non-existent thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another way to look at: If your ED-admitted kid struggles in the beginning at their college next year, will knowing all the places they “could have gone” help them or make it tougher? There’s something to be said for focusing on where you’re going to go/where you are rather than wondering how greener that other grass might have been!

Exactly why we withdrew her (many) other apps within 24 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only when you are comfortable with the financial negotiations. I know someone accepted to Penn ED a couple of years ago — they negotiated with the FA office for months. Withdrew after EA decisions were released end January that year.

You aren't supposed to go ED if you need to negotiate aid. I realize you don't believe this, but that's how it's supposed to be.

[Anonymous]

My dc withdrew apps the next day after acceptance and paying the deposit to clear potential spots at other schools for classmates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School counselor emailed everyone this week. Upon acceptance to ED school, kids must withdraw every other application including EA within 24 hours.

Private school counselors are cute. My kid's public school counselor doesn't even remember her name, let alone where she applied ED.

So cute! Our public school counselor couldn't figure out how to sign the ED agreement, so DD's ED college kept emailing her that it was started but not complete. She had to go in multiple times to try and help the counselor finish it off. And the counselor consistently calls her the wrong name in email replies. Luckily, we all have a sense of humor about it, because what else can you do? I wouldn't want that job!

[Anonymous]

Does the financial aid package come with the ED result at the same time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the financial aid package come with the ED result at the same time?

yes, but if you appeal, that's one reason to keep the other apps active. and really, you should be appealing if the NPC didn't match actual (using same info)