Politely declining to a College that has accepted me

Applying to College
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<p>Hello! </p>

<p>I wasn’t entirely sure where I should post this thread, hopefully I’m in the right area.</p>

<p>Anyways, I applied to 3 schools: USC, LMU, and APU as a transfer student from College of the Canyons.
I was rejected from USC (I got the rejection about 2 weeks ago), and I was a bit conflicted choosing between APU and LMU. APU offered me a better grant, but would take me 3 years to complete whereas LMU, despite offering me a lower grant, said I would finish in 2 years. I was speaking with a counselor & she was recommending LMU over APU just because it’s more well known and various other statistics. </p>

<p>The thing is, by recommendation by my transfer counselor, I put a commitment deposit on both schools (I was worried at the time because my parents and I were waiting for what USC would decide & so to be safe, in case of rejection, I would still have a school to attend). Since classes are beginning in a couple weeks & both schools have already registered me for classes, I was wondering how to politely decline from Azusa Pacific. </p>

<p>I haven’t paid tuition to either school yet. The only thing I’ve actually paid for was the commitment deposit. But I received a letter from APU today saying that I would have to pay or there will be a hold on my account. I don’t really care about that since I am planning to attend Loyola Marymount, but my sister was “scaring” me in a sense saying that even if I am not attending APU, I would continue to get billed. </p>

<p>So I’m a bit confused. Is my sister lying to me? Is there a certain procedure I have to follow to tell Azusa “sorry, I do not wish to attend this school”? Is there anything else I have to do? I’m really new to all of this and I have no clue what to do. </p>

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<p>Whether they bill you or not, it’s rather rude to leave them hanging like that. How to tell them? Call or email saying “Thank you. I will not be attending”

In the time it took you to write your post, you would have been done. It’s not difficult.</p>

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<p>That’s it!? Really?! </p>

<p>Oh my gosh, I thought it was something so complicated! At least, that’s how some counselors made it seem to me! Wow…so really, I just have to call? Ok! Thank you :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>You may loose your deposit To APU, but that’s all.</p>

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<p>I would email them so you have it for your record. Write a simple email, thank them for the offer, but you have decided to take another offer. This happens all the time. It is up to you if you want to let them know which school you will be attending.</p>

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<p>If you had two dinner reservations, how would you go about canceling one of them? Really, this is just common sense. Phone or email. Done. </p>