<p>Assuming decisions for ED I from School A is released before App for School B's ED II is due, and I get rejected from School A, is this allowed under ED policies? </p>
<p>Yes, many people do that.</p>
<p>I thought you could only apply to one school ED, regardless of ED I or EDII.</p>
<p>That would likely be the case, but schools that release decisions fairly early, and other schools that begin accepting ED applications late leaves a gap so this could potentially be done.</p>
<p>The purpose of only 1 ED is to avoid double-commitments. If the OP’s rejected from school A, he has no commitment/obligation to attend and thus should be available for school B. You should verify with each school, though.</p>
<p>Yes you can definitely do that because D was deferred by her ED1 school this year and went on to her ED2 school where she was accepted. Once you are not accepted by your ED1 school, either deferred or rejected, you are under no obligation to the ED1 school and you are free to apply elsewhere ED2.</p>
<p>You can only have one binding ED application under consideration at a time. If you have a rejection from one, that one is no longer pending. That’s the same as getting a rejection one year and applying to a different school ED a year later; they are not co-pending.</p>
<p>The more interesting question is whether you can withdraw one pending ED application in order to submit a different one. Because the schools require you to withdraw all other pending applications if offered ED admission, I believe you should <em>probably</em> be able to withdraw any pending application IF no decision has been made. You would probably have to forfeit the application fee, of course, but it should not otherwise prejudice you if want to apply to the same school later - after all, they have never evaluated the application. </p>
<p>So, what about the case where they have already made a decision on an ED application, but have not yet released/mailed the decisions, and you want to withdraw the application? Technically, their decision (if they offer admission) should be binding when they make it, but depending on how they word it, it might only be binding when they actually extend the admission offer (i.e., notify you or make the decision available). I really have no idea. I’m curious now.</p>
<p>You can apply EDII to a college after getting the ED1 decision from another college. Moreover, you can do that if the ED1 decison is either a rejection or a deferral to regular admission.</p>
<p>Moreover, you can withdraw an ED application before the decision although some schools may restrict that to doing so up to several days before the decison (most decisons are actually made and loaded into the computer for release days before you get them online). Also, before getting an ED decision you can contact the college and change your application to regular admission (and that would result in carry over of your application fee to regular admission).</p>
<p><a href=“Facts About Applying Early Decision or Early Action – BigFuture”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying-101/the-facts-about-applying-early-is-it-right-for-you</a></p>
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<p>Also see: <a href=“Early Decision and Early Action – Counselors | College Board”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;