<p>mit and penn ea and ed? i just want to clarify before i maybe make a big mistake?</p>
<p>A LOT of ED schools explicitly discourage this. It's really not a good idea. You need to directly contact an adcom before you do this, because it can be risky. You really shouldn't do this at all. I mean, it's ED for a reason. I know for a fact Brown looks down on anyone who does this, and they say that there may be consequences to such actions :p</p>
<p>well, i'd def take penn if they accepted me, i just want to see if i'd get in at my dreamschool mit</p>
<p>No you may not. If you apply to Penn ED you may not apply to any other school early. You may apply to unlimited RD and rolling admissions schools.</p>
<p>^now i'm thoroughly confused</p>
<p><em>technically</em> you can. But...you might find yourself in a mess you don't want to be in</p>
<p>further clarification plz? :)</p>
<p>oh cujoe you are a needy child. :) You're really not supposed to, and some college, when they find out, may defer and/or deny admission because of it. So even though you can do it, it is highly discouraged and you are running a major risk. However, I am only familiar with brown's policy, why don't you call up penn and ask them directly? Making sure not to identify yourself lol</p>
<p>maybe i'll just ask the gc, haha i don't want penn thinking they're not my first choice...</p>
<p>CELEBRIAN YOU'RE EVERYWHERE!</p>
<p>This question has come up repeatedly. In the past, some ED schools (such as Cornell) did not prohibit you from applying to an EA school, such as MIT or Univ of Chicago and some specifically did prohibit you (such as Brown). You must check the specific rules of both the ED school (Penn) and the EA school (MIT) to make sure that this year, Penn does not prohibit an EA application and MIT does not prohibit an ED application elsewhere. (But you cannot apply ED to one school and early to a Single Choice EA school, such as Yale, because the SCEA school's rules prohibit this.) The information you need to sort this out should be available in the application materials and/or on the school's website. If you go this route though, be aware that if you are accepted at both an EA and an ED school, you must attend the ED school as it is binding.</p>
<p>MIT does not specifically prohibit applications elsewhere if you apply there EA.</p>
<p>Penn states that if you are applying there ED, you may not apply ED somewhere else. I personally would take this to mean you cannot apply early-anything anywhere else, but you should contact them to ask them to clarify their policy with respect to applying to Penn ED, and also to somewhere else EA. I would be astounded if they said it was acceptable.</p>
<p>You can apply EA+ED, but not SCEA+ED. If accepted ED, you'll have to give up your EA chool.</p>
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NOTE: A student may apply Early Decision to only one institution. Accordingly, if an applicant for Early Decision to the University of Pennsylvania also applies for Early Decision to another school, the Early Decision application to the University of Pennsylvania will be withdrawn. Further, if any Regular Decision applicant to the University of Pennsylvania is accepted Early Decision under a College Board approved Early Decision plan by any other school, the application to the University of Pennsylvania will be withdrawn.
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<p>This is actually somewhat confusing as it does not make reference to EA or SCEA, but only ED and RD. Best to call and ask for clarification.</p>
<p>As for MIT, it allows multiple EA applications as well as RDs. This means it also allows ED (but the ED school may not allow EA or RD).</p>
<p>You should call Penn on an anonymous basis and ask. (My son did this last year because his ED/EA schools' rules were confusing).</p>
<p>I agree that calling the admissions office and asking your specific question is the best way to resolve this as just reading Penn's statement is subject to different interpretations. Mootmom thinks it would preclude an EA application, but I interpret Penn's statement differently. Because it only prohibits another ED application, I think it means that an EA application is OK. Otherwise, the school would have said that you can't apply elsewhere ED or EA. Compare Penn's language to that of Brown's which specifically mentions EA:<br>
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Early Decision is reserved for applicants who have not applied to any other Early Decision or Early Action programs (Ivy League or non-Ivy League institutions). Brown reserves the right to withdraw the applications of Early Decision applicants who do so. You may, however, apply to other colleges at any time under their respective Regular Admission programs.
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<p>Just spoke to Brandeis Admissions --they permit ED (binding , of course) as well as EA non-binding to another institution.</p>