<p>My son sent notices to the colleges he will not be attending. One sent him a note that said thank you and they would cancel his application. I’m guessing it’s a numbers game. </p>
Anyone know why a college would cancel you application after you tell them you've accepted elsewhere
<p>Isn’t that what they’re supposed to do? He’s not attending, so what’s the point of having a file open for him?..</p>
<p>Why would they not cancel/delete etc. if he’s told them he’s going elsewhere? I’m sure colleges appreciate being notified as many kids do not notify colleges they won’t attend after they have been accepted and then they “wait” to see if deposits roll in to see who stays on the freshman list and who is deleted. </p>
<p>I think you are reading too much into this. I think all they mean is that they got the message your kid isn’t interested.</p>
<p>Thank you for having your son send notices to the college he will not be attending. I’m sure that helps the other colleges with their planning, and cuts down on the waiting for those on wait lists. </p>
<p>I just wondered if canceling increases their yield or whatever. Probably it’s just standard policy.
Thanks</p>
<p>The question doesn’t make sense. If he’s not coming, then there’s a spot that can go to someone else. How does that “increase yield”? </p>
<p>Because they said they’re “cancelling” the application . . . in other words, they’re going to treat the OP’s son as if he’d never applied. And, yes, I’d assume they’re doing this to increase their yield.</p>
<p>If there were 100 applicants offered admission, and 40 accepted, the yield would be 40%. If 20 students notify the school and they cancel the applications, then the yield when 40 accepted would be 50%. I think math mom had it right, just me “overthinking it.”</p>
<p>Yield is meaningless except to admissions and the college administration. Yield tells the consumer very little in my opinion. The meaning went out the window when kids started applying to more than a handful of colleges/unis. </p>
<p>I expect that is just the phrase they use to respond and you are reading too much into it.</p>
<p>His application was “canceled” because he made the decision to go elsewhere; it is no longer an active application and does not need love and attention. Nothing out of the ordinary to read into it. A school’s yield rate is how many students go from application to deposit not just application to accept. A student withdrawing/canceling their application will negatively effect yield, but that’s the cost of doing business for a university.</p>
<p>@momofthreeboys—I still look at yield and go so far as to calculate RD yield. Some smaller schools accept almost 50% of their class via ED but then need to offer admission to five times the # of remaining spots just to fill all seats. Of course, I have no idea what I am doing with this information……just one more random variable.</p>
<p>At my university, at least, yield is admitted to deposited. What US News uses in its rankings is the admission rate, that is the admitted to applied ratio.</p>
<p>By “canceling” they likely mean that the student has been marked as declining admission. The application is still counted as is the admission. There will be an effect on the yield in this case but that is usually not an issue.</p>
<p>Why does it matter? Your student won’t be going to that school, and has politely informed them.</p>
<p>I’m sure by cancelling they mean they’ve stopped processing it. I don’t think there’s anything more to read into it.</p>
<p>They will probably cancel the applicant’s online account where they received their admissions information -maybe that is why they call it “cancelling” Many students do not tell schools they are declining and the school’s automatically consider them decline after a specific date. Telling them you decline is the proper thing to do.</p>
<p>I too think they just mean cancelling as in - his file is no longer active. Not that they’re going to pretend as if they never received his application in the first place. I too think you read too much into the phrase.</p>
<p>@1214mom: I agree w/the others. If you’re looking for some sinister motive behind the canceling, it makes no sense. Indeed, if a school were inclined to make their numbers look better, they would do their best to BOOST the number of applicants (and keep your kid’s application ACTIVE) in order to decrease the admit rate in order to supposedly look more selective.</p>
<p>I seem to recall some schools being flagged for including incomplete or student-withdrawn applications in their numbers to finesse the admit rate.</p>
<p>If cancelling the application will increase the yield rate, the schools may cancel all applications not responding by May 1 and have 100% yield rate. ;)</p>