<p>I wonder if I can apply both ED1 and ED2
are we allowed?
also, for some schools, they state that the deadline for ED2 is Dec 15
But we only know our ED1 result by 15 or some even 20
so how is it possible?</p>
<p>Why would you want to do that? Also, in most schools ED is final, so if they reject you cannot apply that year again. If you are deferred you are deferred to RD not the next ED. I do not believe you can apply twice to ED in the same school and logically it makes no sense.</p>
<p>You can apply EDI to one school and EDII to a second school. If you are accepted EDI to the first school, you will have to contact the second school and withdraw your EDII application.</p>
<p>I’d be very careful about how you do this. Look carefully at how the ED agreement for the ED I school is worded. The Common App ED Agreement clearly states that the applicant “may have only one Early Decision application pending at any time.” To me this implies that until you hear back from your ED I school, you may not submit an ED II application to another school even if it won’t be acted upon until later, on the theory that once it’s submitted, it’s “pending.”</p>
<p>For some combinations of schools, it may not be possible to apply ED I to school A and ED II to school B, because school B’s ED II application deadline will have passed before the applicant has a decision from school A. For other combinations of schools it’s entirely possible. For example, my D is applying ED I to a school that promises an answer by December 15. If she’s rejected, she plans to apply ED II to her second-choice school, which has a January 1 deadline for ED II applications. She’ll still have plenty of time to work on her ED II app while waiting to hear from the ED I school, but she won’t hit the “submit” button until December 15 at the earliest. If she’s accepted ED I, it’s over; no more apps. If she’s rejected ED I, she submits ED II to her second-choice school. The trickier part is if she’s deferred to the RD pool by her ED I school. But we’ll cross that bridge when and if we come to it.</p>
<p>bclintonk, if you daughter is deferred to RD by school 1, she can apply to ED II to school 2 without an issue after the decision date. If a person is deferred, they are let out of the ED contract, so you are not violating any contract</p>
<p>brad, explain the situation to the ED2 school and ask if their ED2 date is soft; they’ll probably say yes, because schools want top students more than they want adherence to a postmark (though you can, of course, be so late that the school has stopped processing ED2 applicants).</p>
<p>thanks everyone, i get it alr :)</p>
<p>I’m thinking about doing this if I am rejected by my ED school. Good idea? Bad idea? Also, what if I am deferred by my ED1 school and apply ED2 to another school. Will my ED2 school notify my ED1 school (making my ED1 school doubt my interest)?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>You shouldn’t apply ED2 to B if you are still hopeful for A. Apply ED2 to B if you’re willing to forget A and be happy with B (if you’re not, you shouldn’t apply ED2 to B at all).</p>
<p>Son applied ED and was rejected (which was harsh at the time, a slight shock to his counselor - she thought if not accepted surely held over for RD, but in the end it worked out just great). And while the first day was rough, as per his usual, he thought of the up side: While one or two of his schools had encouraged him to apply EDII, he admitted that even after that ED school would have been great, he would have always wondered where else he would have gotten in. While in hindsight I would have encouraged him one rolling admissions school for a little less stress through the month of March, he really opened his heart to all the schools so that when he was accepted to just about all of them, well… it repaired any hurt feelings from the ED school AND he’s happy as a clam where he is and couldn’t imagine himself at the ED school. </p>
<p>Not sure what I am trying to say except to not go Plan B unless you’re sure that’s where you want to be. And don’t just apply EDII unless 1) it’s a true second love and 2) the ED school is completely off the table.</p>
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<p>Yes, of course, that much is obvious. The “trickier part” I was referring to is in deciding whether to bother to apply ED II to her second choice school if she still has a real chance at her first choice school after deferral to the RD pool. There’s no general right or wrong answer to that; it depends on the kid, the relative strengths of her preferences, and her attitudes toward risk. Presumably her chances of admission to her second-choice school would be enhanced by applying ED II; but that forecloses any opportunity to attend her first-choice school if the ED II application to the second-choice school is successful.</p>