<p>I feel like everyone here is doing ED...</p>
<p>I'm not... haha</p>
<p>haha i'm not either. I'd like to do ED to someplace like Hopkins or WashU or Columbia (even though i'm not applying there), but if there's a chance I can get into UCB, UCLA, or UCSD, i'd much rather go there. Plus, you never know when you'll get a great scholarship from one of your schools.</p>
<p>my 1st choice doesn't have ED...LOL</p>
<p>I EAed which is basically RD because I will get deferred, haha.</p>
<p>Where did you EA, arduouspallor?</p>
<p>I'm not doing ED to my first choice because I think that I would have a better change if I do RD. I am doing EA to five schools though lol</p>
<p>poisondart90: Georgetown SFS and Lewis & Clark.</p>
<p>I'm too indecisive a person to even consider applying ED</p>
<p>SCEA at Stanford. I could never restrict myself to one choice especially considering I can't visit any school I would possibly consider for ED</p>
<p>poisondart90, you're applying to Lewis & Clark?</p>
<p>Definitly no ED for me and only one EA (Georgetown)..which I'm pretty sure I'll just get deferred to regular decision for</p>
<p>I'm not doing ED.</p>
<p>I've always wondered what would happen if you were to just say no if you got accepted into ED. I know that it supposedly "ruins your school's reputation"?</p>
<p>I'm EAing at places. No ED for me.</p>
<p>Unless you have an interest in only one school, why would anybody do ED? Most people do NOT do ED. At every school my D and I visited, only 1/3 of all slots are filled by ED.</p>
<p>If you believe you have an equal chance at say Cornell, Swarthmore, Amherst, Brown, and Wesleyan, and you don't know what you want to major in, how can you possibly pick one of them for ED? Spin the bottle? Come on. I don't think ED gives so much of an advantage in admissions that you should gamble on giving up a better financial aid package from a different and equally attractive school.</p>
<p>Better to hear from all of your choices at the same time, including their competing financial aid packages.</p>
<p>Student1991: more than ruining your school's rep. How about ruining YOUR rep? Schools find out that you went ED elsewhere and welched on your agreement. Some schools have rejected such applicants on that principle alone.</p>
<p>ED is for people addicted to the idea of one particular school, whatever the reason, especially if financial aid is not an issue. If you're either very well off (200K+) or living below the poverty line, and you've got a woody for a particular school, then go for it. If your family is in the 90k - 180K range, which means you'll need financial aid and probably won't qualify for a full ride based on need, don't do it. That's my opinion.</p>
<p>I'd never apply ED, mainly for financial reasons and the fact that I'm too indecisive and would like to procrastinate with my choice as long as possible =)</p>
<p>I'm not applying ED. Making such a big decision at this point seems too premature and risky.</p>
<p>MosheA, no I'm not. I applied SCEA to Stanford just a week ago.</p>
<p>I'm not, because my parents think that it is "unwise" to commit myself to a school so early. Plus, there's the whole financial thing...I'm doing EA at Fordham, though.</p>
<p>No ED for me. I can't be committed financially. RD lets me see how much the private will give me. If it's too low, I'll stay instate. I am doing regular EA.</p>