can anyone tell me which schools are EA and which are ED??!!

Applying to College
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which schools are EA and ED?

i dont want to check every…single…website

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<p>Well....do you have a list of ones you're considering? We can't just post the policies of every school in the country :).</p>

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<p>early action: <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlyact_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlyact_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>early decision:
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>What is the difference?</p>

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<p>hehe that would be the longest post ever...every school offering EA, ED, ED1 and ED2, SCEA, and EA and ED</p>

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<p>in short,</p>

<p>ED: if you are accepted, you legally must go to that school.</p>

<p>EA: you just find out early if you have been accepted or rejected.</p>

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<p>there is also different varities of the ea and ed programs</p>

<p>EA: look up</p>

<p>ED: look up</p>

<p>ED1 and 2: same as ED but with 2 deadlines (depending on which one you do)</p>

<p>SCEA: you can only apply to 1 ea school</p>

<p>EA and ED: some schools offer both programs</p>

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<p>wait.. are chances better with EA than RD? then why doesn't everybody apply EA? it beats procrastinating..</p>

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<p>If you apply to EA, your senior grades and ecs are not taken into account (could be a bad or good thing depending on your junior grades) and you have to have all your testing done usually by October for EA.</p>

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<p>A lot of EA schools are also SCEA, preventing you from applying everywhere EA.</p>

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<p>You don't legally have to go to a school you get into ED. It's an ethical bind. But yeah, ditto to what everyone else has said.</p>

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<p>Yes, like say you have school #1, with say a 10% acceptance rate. If it offers SCEA, but you're below the 25th percentile, or in the 25-75 percentile range on the lower end, it would probably only hurt you. You also don't have as much time for the application. Applying early is almost always more competetive than RD, because your URM's, athletes and (sometimes) legacies get 1st preference. So RD is actually giving you a better chance even if it technically doesn't based on acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>For early action actually, few people are rejected outright. Most are deferred to the regular admission date. The rest are accepted. So in theory, you actually have a better chance at early action than regular decision.</p>

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<p>Largely depends on school though. And being deferred and sending in materials when it's not going to help, and you're just going to be rejected is a waste. It can be more useful to wait for RD in some cases</p>

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<p>wait...so does anything have any specific information on how EA is handled at Fordham? </p>

<p>Also, I find out what offices/ et cetera I am going to hold next year, at the end of this year...so wouldn't my senior year ec's be taken into consideration.</p>

<p>For example, I just found out I will be editor-in-chief of the newspaper next year, that isn't taken into consideration for ea?
also, if I enter EA...can't I just send them my first quarter reports/SAT 2 afterwards..like don't I have until January?</p>

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<p>Rehashing an old topic… Can anyone please inform us what top colleges have an EA policy instead of ED? I am specially looking at top 100 National Universities from USNWR.</p>

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<p>Does your child have access to Naviance through their school? My kids have found Naviance to be very helpful. </p>