<p>I thought we can only apply EA/ED to one college?</p>
<p>You can only pick one ED school. If the EA isn’t SCEA and you’re not EDing, then you can apply to as many as you want.</p>
<p>What are the differences between EA and ED?</p>
<p>EA – Early Action. You get all of your paperwork in by a certain date (say November) and the school lets you know early – say by Mid Dec-Early January. You are not committed to the school in any way. You can apply to multiple schools EA – in general, unless prohibited by SCEA or ED policies of another school, most consider applying EA to be slightly increase your chances of acceptance (unless you’re borderline, and your first semester senior year grades will make the difference). The great thing about it for students, is you know you’re in somewhere by Christmas!!</p>
<p>SCEA – Single Choice Early Action. Basically the same as EA, EXCEPT that if you apply SCEA to a school, you can’t apply ED or EA anywhere else. (BTW, Guidance Counselors generally enforce this). I think only a few schools have this – Stanford and Yale come to mind – I think Harvard and Princeton are putting in SCEA. This may become more popular among the top top schools in years to come.</p>
<p>ED – Early Decision. Essentially when you apply, you agree that if you’re admitted ED, you WILL attend that school and withdraw all of your other applications (with limited exceptions if the financial aid package doesn’t work out, but VERY limited). Obviously, you can only apply to one school ED. The biggest problem with ED is that it severly limits your ability to financial aid package shop. Some schools with ED will allow you to apply EA elsewhere, others won’t.</p>