<p>I’ve applied ED to Penn, so can I apply EA to another college before I get my decision from Penn?</p>
<p>Yes, as long as the EA school allows you to apply to more than one(some are SCEA - single choice early action) , and you withdraw if you get into Penn.</p>
<p>I emailed the admissions office with this same question and they said no, even if the other school is not single choice.</p>
<p>Really? I guess I was wrong then. I mean I am getting my other regular apps out, even though I'm applying early to Penn, but I guess that's different.</p>
<p>That kind of goes against the policy of early action. But individual schools can ask that you do whatever they want. Some schools that do SCEA(single choice early action) are really breaking the policy that the college panel set when they defined early action to begin with, but somehow they are getting away with it. I think Georgetown is an example of of a school that does that.</p>
<p>oh!</p>
<p>but yea... EAs, SCEAs and EDs are all messed up i think! i mean.. as long as students commit to attending their ED college if accepted, why should the ED college care where else the students apply to!!
And what's the point of SCEA actually?</p>
<p>They shouldn't. </p>
<p>SCEA is supposed to prevent students from knowing early that they got into a bunch of places. If forces them to pick just one. But, it's a benefit, because you can still apply regular to other places, and know that you are into your one choice. It allows you to change your mind in the spring if you get into somewhere else regular and decide to go.</p>
<p>Here, I found a more official source - I remembered the general rule but forgot there were exceptions. From the Katherine Cohen book, The Truth about Getting In : </p>
<p>"You may apply to only one school ED, although you may simultaneously apply early action to other schools as well as to schools with rolling admissions policies, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES SET BY YOUR HS'S COLLEGE COUNSELING OFFICE AND THE UNIVERSITY IN QUESTION...</p>
<p>"...For example, if you apply to Princeton early decision, you cannot apply to any other schools early decision or early action, so you'd better make sure you have a good chance of getting into Princeton early if you apply there early. Otherwise, you might be missing other opportunities for admission at early action schools that you like."</p>
<p>So Penn must be one of those schools that don't allow it. They must have had trouble along the way with people who wanted it both ways.</p>
<p>That is incorrect. S was specifically told you could apply EA elsewhere. He has 2 EA applications in besides his Penn ED.</p>
<p>So I can't apply rolling admissions to UMich and ED to Penn? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, because in that case, it would completely suck, since by the time I would be able to hand in my UMich application (assuming I get rejected from Penn), it'll already be mid-December. Ugh.. what do I do?</p>
<p>I personally called admissions and was told that EA and rolling admissions is ALLOWED for ED applicants as long as I withdraw my applications if accepted to Penn</p>
<p>The guy made it verrrrry clear</p>
<p>It's amazing all the wrong things that the people answering the phones over there are telling us in just one day - the incorrect info about November SAT scores and now this. </p>
<p>A few weeks ago, I was told that we aren't allowed to submit our resume online, which someone else who called the same day was told was not true.</p>
<p>BTW, I already submitted my apps to U Michigan and Penn State, which are rolling - they'd never prevent you from doing that, in any case. </p>
<p>KRrabble - I'd get that Michigan app in ASAP. Their spots fill up and its easier to get in the earlier you apply. Also the later you wait the longer it takes to get an answer. I applied in late October, and I'm mad that I didn't do it earlier, because I don't think I'll hear from them before Dec. 14. It would soften the blow to know that at least I'm in somewhere good if I'm deferred from Penn.</p>
<p>uh... i was told it was ok as well, if not then i guess i screwed up with mit</p>