[hammy]

i need help. i understand that you could only apply to one school for early decision and that you have to withdraw from all your other schools if you get in but can you still apply for early action for other schools? Like i wanna apply for early decision for NYU but does that mean I could apply for early action for my other schools at the same time??????????? im so confused

[~S.O.S~]

You can apply for early decision and early action. Let's say you apply to NYU with early decision, then you have to go to that school, since early decision is binding. So, even if you get into other schools via early action, you have to go to the school you got in with early decision.

[misz.perfect.]

From what I know (but don't quote me on this), early decision is binding--meaning you have to go to that college if you are accepted--while early action is not.

edit;
Oops, I misunderstood the question. xD In response to the question by the topic starter, my counselor advised us not to apply early to more than one college, whether it be via early decision or early action.

[hammy]

^ thats funny cause my counselor told me to apply early to all the colleges i could because you have a higher acceptance rate

[xolove]

^ I don't think that's true. A NYU "advisor" came to our high school and told us there is no higher acceptance rate if you apply for early decision. They grade the same way.

[becky]

Some schools have Single Choice Early Action, so they don't want you to apply anywhere else. I think Georgetown, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Harvard (&etc.) use SCEA. So in that case, SCEA is like ED in that you can only apply to one school early, but you don't have to go once you are accepted.

[j i w o n.]

^ last time a chekce d(last week)
i think it was only stanford & yale with SCEA

and harvard no longer has EA/ED
georgetown is just EA i think


and to the poster
i thought, ify ou apply for ED you can't apply for EA?
hm. that's what i heard.
correct me if i'm misinformed.

[joonage]

I believe the ED policy depends on college to college.

My friend is applying to U Penn ED and they won't allow to apply early anywhere else.

But I've heard from other places that you can do one ED and multiple EAs.

And remember, don't be stupid and do two EDs. But I know you aren't that stupid. haha

Also, Stanford and Yale are the only Single Choice EAs I think.

[Clarity]

^ I don't think that's true. A NYU "advisor" came to our high school and told us there is no higher acceptance rate if you apply for early decision. They grade the same way.

This is not true at all. NYU sent me a package encouraging me to apply Early Decision and, in the package, it says (word-for-word):

Are my chances for admission better if I apply as an Early Decision student?
Possibly. The Early Decision applicant pool is considerably smaller than the regular applicant pool. Also, the number of admission offers we can make for Regular Admission is always limited by the number of spots available in the freshman class. Every year, we have Regular Admission applicants who have qualifications very similar to those we have admitted "early" but who are not offered admission due to space constraints. There is no such problem for the Early Decision students because we don't have to limit the number of Early Decision admission offers we can make.

In response to hammy's question, yes, you can EA to schools even if you ED. You just have to withdraw your EA applications if you get in early via ED.

[hammy]

^ thanks a lot. u answered all my questions