American in Beijing Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 I've recently been informally notified of a rejection from Columbia. However, I have yet to be officially notified. In the meantime, I've decided to attend another school and I've been told that normally in such situations you should withdraw your other applications. Since I haven't been officially notified yet, should I still withdraw my application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someDay Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 No. Although this is an awesome strategy - apply to crappy state uni (not implying anything here!) + Harvard, be accepted at crappy state uni, be informally told by Harvard you're rejected, then withdraw your application and brag to all your friends that you "are so elated to go to crappy state uni cos it perfect fit + you love the brutalism architecture that obviously you withdrew your Harvard application - only morons go there anyway". sD., regretting he didn't apply to Harvard. frogstar, limeinthecoconut and 4ty2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American in Beijing Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 No. Although this is an awesome strategy - apply to crappy state uni (not implying anything here!) + Harvard, be accepted at crappy state uni, be informally told by Harvard you're rejected, then withdraw your application and brag to all your friends that you "are so elated to go to crappy state uni cos it perfect fit + you love the brutalism architecture that obviously you withdrew your Harvard application - only morons go there anyway". sD., regretting he didn't apply to Harvard. Lol, no no no. I didn't mean it like that! It's just that my field is rather small, so I'll probably be seeing these people at conferences and whatever. I didn't want to magically end up on some wait list of some sort and then have to tell them "oh, I accepted this other offer long ago . . . sorry about that . . . " Although I also don't want to look like I'm saying "Well! I'm too good for you! I'm going to withdraw my application before you reject me!" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genomic Repairman Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Just wait until you receive an offer from them and immediately reject it so they can go with (presumably) one of their backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybe2001 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Don't worry about it too much. Remember: this is the time where WE get to make THEM want, wait and weep.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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