Respond to scholarship offers?

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• LSATisland Free Trial Inactive Sage

  February 2016 1878 karma

  Are you referring to offers you will accept or reject?
• cahunt5221 Alum Member

  February 2016 47 karma

  Fair question, remains to be seen so I guess I could use advice on both scenarios.
• LSATisland Free Trial Inactive Sage

  February 2016 1878 karma

  Well, if you will be responding with an acceptance or a rejection, then it seems like a thank you in the response would be appropriate.
  
  But if you are asking whether you should send an independent thank you note, I don't think it is necessary, as it can be included in the acceptance/rejection.
• allison.gill.sanford Alum Inactive Sage

  February 2016 1128 karma

  I don't think it is less than gracious to receive those offers and sit on them without communicating until it becomes necessary.
  If you are very enthused about the school, by all means you can reach out to them. But the admissions process - and many of these scholarships - are essentially a business transaction. They probably told you how long the offer is on the table - so you have plenty of time to get in touch with them if you are interested in accepting.
  
• cahunt5221 Alum Member

  February 2016 47 karma

  Understood thanks! my main concern was in appearing ungrateful.
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  Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  February 2016 8021 karma

  I wouldn't write anything until you're ready to negotiate, accept or withdraw. I never responded to a school after acceptance and scholarship offer and then they randomly gave me an unsolicited increase from $15k/yr to $25k/yr.