<li><p>What does it stand for?</p></li>
<li><p>Can you apply to one school ED and one school SCEA?</p></li>
<li><p>Is SCEA more like Notre Dame’s ED where if you apply through it, you are actually less likely to get in than RD or is it like Cornell’s ED where you are much more likely to be accepted?</p></li>
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<li><p>Single-choice early action</p></li>
<li><p>Nope, hence the "single-choice" part of it.</p></li>
<li><p>Supposedly, it doesn't hurt or harm you. However, one argument for the contrary are that you're in a more competitive pool of applicants, which could potentially harm you. That competitiveness and Stanford's wide recruitment of athletes is also stated as a reason for Stanford's higher SCEA acceptance rate.</p></li>
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