<p>OK, I plan on applying to several colleges EA. First of all, am I allowed to apply to more than one college EA? It's ED that limits to one, correct?</p>
<p>Also, is it possible to get my ACT/SAT scores in on time for colleges if I'm applying EA? I'm presuming I can send these to colleges. I've only taken SAT I thus far. I plan to take SAT II and ACT in late October.</p>
<p>My SAT I score was low, so I do not plan to submit it to colleges. I plan on submitting my ACT score instead. Am I allowed to submit an application with no scores as long as I plan on taking the tests?</p>
<p>Yes, you can apply to more than one college EA; however, be advised that some schools are Single Choice Early Action (SCEA) and would not allow you to apply EA or ED to any other school. Also, if you are applying ED to a school (which carries a binding commitment to enroll if offered acceptance), that school may allow you to apply EA to other schools but not ED or SCEA to any other school. Additionally, some EA schools are further restrictive in not permitting you to apply ED to any other school since they reason that ED would limit your ability to choose them if admitted to the ED school (Georgetown is one school that has this restrictive EA program.)</p>
<p>If you submit an application without standardized test scores including, that is OK, provided you complete your application file by having either or both of your SAT or ACT scores submitted through the respective testing services by the deadlines specified by each college.</p>
<p>The best thing you can do is to thoroughly map out on a spreadsheet the events/deadlines involved with each aspect of the admissions process for EACH school. You can generally get this information at each college's admissions website. Candidly, I wonder if you are best served by applying Early to any school. Given the short timeframe involved (whereby most EA programs have a Nov. 1 deadline), it does not appear as if you have thought things through if you are asking such fundamental questions. Do not fall victim to the frenzy of the admissions process. It is better to take your time and prepare a good Regular Decision application than to rush through with an application that is less than sterling. With the majority of the selective colleges, remember that the likelihood for being rejected or deferred is stronger than acceptance. Further, many EA programs may not provide much more than a negligible advantage to applying EA vs. RD.</p>