Some guy in my county applied to Stanford SCEA but also applied to MIT EA and got into MIT. I was wondering how this was possible since Stanford is restrictive. I know for a fact he applied to both schools early.
It is perfectly possible if you are happy to lie to Stanford.
While this is offensive, and whoever sent the paperwork from the applicant’s school wasn’t paying attention to the differences between EA and SCEA and didn’t stop the applicant, it isn’t your problem. Make your own application list and don’t let what other applicants do make you crazy.
@happymomof1 Definitely, I won’t let this stop me from applying to both schools; I was just a little confused and wondered if there was any way that someone could apply to both.
A competent GC would not allow that; it would reflect badly on the HS and the GC when discovered.
@skieurope I’m pretty sure a teacher writing his rec letter knew, which makes it more confusing as to how he was able to apply to both without getting caught. He’s had this teacher for 2+ years and the teacher knows a lot about applying to colleges because that’s all he’ll flaunt to get people to go to said HS. It’s also strange that this person kept saying that he was able to apply to both schools through “other ways” and was able not break any rules.
Whatever, it doesn’t really affect me in the long run 
Teacher ≠ GC. The GC sends the transcripts. Without the transcripts, an app is considered incomplete and therefore will not be considered. Is it possible that the GC sent? Yes, particularly since MIT does not use the Common App. Regardless, it’s not your issue.
I suspect many GCs in foreign countries don’t know all the rules regarding early applications to US colleges, especially if their schools don’t frequently send their students to the US. What OP described may not be an isolated case.
@1NJParent he’s a US applicant.
True. But the OP specified that this is a US applicant. Even for an international applicant, the fact that MIT and Stanford will reject 98% of them anyway makes spinning wheels about it pointless.
I misread. I thought OP said “in my country” instead of “in my county”.