Do I REALLY need to withdraw my other applications?

Cards4Life
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:12:13 +0000

Withdraw them. Simple enough.

1.) It’s part of the contract. If they thought it was okay to not withdraw apps, they wouldn’t have made a rule about it.

2.) Like a previous poster stated, if you’re accepted to your ED school and don’t withdraw apps from other schools, you’re wasting the time of that school’s admissions committee/counselors and if accepted to those schools will be taking the spot of another student who would then be put on a waitlist. Imagine if you were a student waitlisted and knew that there were students already accepted ED at another school but still “just wanted to see if they’d get in” and took your spot.

And if you’re spending almost $500 on apps, why not wait until you hear about your ED admission before submitting (unless applying to schools like the UCs, for example)?

Sorry if it sounds harsh, but the fact that you’d be breaking a contract and potentially taking a spot away from another student should be reason enough to withdraw your apps.