<p>UNC is totally confusing me right now. At first, I thought it had rolling admissions, but now it seems to have early and regular deadlines... so is it EA? Only, decisions come out in January instead of December?</p>
<p>If so, would it be ok to apply to UNC under its early option and also SCEA to Yale/Stanford/Harvard (since UNC doesn't notify by December)?</p>
<p>Ok thanks that's all the info I need. :)</p>
<p>um...
SCEA= single choice early action.
key word there being single.
meaning that you can only apply to one of those schools early and RD to the rest of them.</p>
<p>So SCEA is essentially ED by another name?</p>
<p>No, it isn't binding</p>
<p>Not quite true, distantstar. I know at least two people that applied EA to UNC Chapel Hill and SCEA to Yale (they applied to UNC way before Yale). Then again, being in-state may make a different policy-wise.</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure they weren't supposed to...</p>
<p>The Ivy League policy (I don't know about Stanford) is that if you apply through a December-notification schedule at any Ivy (aka ED or SCEA), you can't apply for December-notificatoin admission anywhere else (which is why Yale and Harvard call it SCEA).</p>
<p>However, UNC-CH notifies early action candidates in January, so it doesn't qualify as a December-notification schedule, meaning students can apply to both Harvard/Yale and UNC-CH early.</p>
<p>My epiphany of the day. :)</p>
<p>(UNC-CH is one of the FEW schools that don't notify early candidates in December - in other words, it makes the term "SCEA" a misnomer. Be proud, UNC-CH.)</p>