Applying in Early Action

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am an international student and I was wondering whether I should apply to Stanford and Caltech during EA.</p>

<p>I'm going to give my SAT reasoning test in October & SAT subject tests in November. So, if I apply in EA, I wont be able to send the universities my SAT subject test scores before Dec 15. </p>

<p>So should I take the risk and apply in EA, or wait & apply during regular decision?</p>

2

<p>You can’t apply restrictive early action to two schools.
Check the schools’ websites. They state specifically when the last testing date for EAers is.</p>

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<p>I’ll apply to any one of them but the thing is that it won’t be possible for me to send them my SAT subject scores before Dec 15.</p>

<p>And, if my SAT reasoning test is not gppd enough, they might even reject me.</p>

<p>So thats why I was thinking whether to apply in EA or not?</p>

4

<p>How are you doing on practice tests? That’s the best way to gauge whether or not you will be ready to apply without retaking.</p>

5

<p>For SAT reasoning,
CR: 500-600
Writing: 600-700
Math: 700+</p>

<p>For subjects
Math, Physics & Chem: 650+</p>

6

<p>SCEA at Stanford is not a good choice for most unhooked applicants, whether they’re statistically qualified or not (check out the SCEA results thread from this year). I don’t know specifics about the idiosyncracies of Caltech’s EA policy, but I do know that Caltech is traditionally a very stats driven school (one year they had a freshman class where each and every person got an 800 on the math portion of the SAT). </p>

<p>Without the stats for Caltech, and without some kind of compelling hook for Stanford, applying early at either is a reach. Without better SATs, RD will be a stretch as well.</p>

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<p>If you apply EA to Stanford, you cannot apply EA elsewhere. Caltech does not have that restriction. However, Caltech takes through October tests for EA and you would need to complete both SAT and SAT IIs by then to apply EA. Stanford does not actually require any SAT IIs and thus if you submit just SAT, you will still be considered but it also requires that any test be completed by the October date for EA. Right now your practice scores are low for either of them.</p>