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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He didn't forget, he wanted to see if he'd get accepted for bragging rights. So many kids now are counting off mid level school after mid level school where they were accepted and the ED kids miss out.[/quote]

This, for sure. You don't accidentally forget one school.[/quote]
Not all the schools make it easy to withdraw.  
For one school my son tried and the process was so cumbersome just gave up. It was at a safety so we did not feel as if he was messing up another students opportunity or the school's stats. The school had rolling admission and he declined as soon as the acceptance came. [/quote]

So you email the admission counselor that you want to withdraw your application and cannot find it in the portal.  Or you CALL.  Only takes 5 mins max.

Even at your kid's safety, someone did not get an acceptance because your son did.  [/quote]
Even after doing these things - there are schools that processes suck and you still get the announcement in the portal.
I had my kid call.  It is things they need to learn how to do in order to be an adult.
My kid followed the directions.
I saw the email that was sent.
You do your best and you move on. These are 17 and 18 year olds and some have better awareness than others.  
Please give them grace and believe that the OPs kid made a mistake. [/quote]

She stated they forgot to do it.  Not that it was difficult to reach someone.  Just pointing out that there are 3-4 options for communicating.  Then obviously if the school doesn't respond then it's not your fault.  
But I don't get how you do 18 withdrawals and "forget" one.

It doesn't change the fact that yes it does mean that one less kid got an acceptance letter at that school.  Schools plan to send out X acceptances in RD.  [/quote]

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