<p>Gatormomma, I think you missed the point. I was suggesting that kids who got accepted but who are not going to attend send an email to the Admissions Director declining the offer of admission. Since around 10,000 get accepted, and 65% of those actually accept the offer of admission, you are only talking about at most 3,500 letters/emails to the Director. And of course, only a small fraction of those 3,500 will actually write the email I am suggesting, so the Director is likely to get only a relative handful of those letters. Thus, your courtesy stands out even more.</p>
<p>As I said in my first post, I went through this recently with my son. Virtually every school he sent a letter to (including UF) replied back with some nice words for him, and a couple even suggested the door was wide open if he decided to transfer. UF, of course, did not go that far, but they did thank him for the notification and wished him success.</p>