<p>I've always been confused about this, and it may be scoffed at, but</p>
<p>Can you apply to schools in both EA and ED? Say if I were to apply to Georgetown and BC EA, could I apply to Cornell ED?</p>
<p>Generally, if you apply ED somewhere you must agree to not apply anywhere else and to guarantee your acceptance at that school if admitted.</p>
<p>Yes, you may apply EA to BC and Georgetown( I presume they are EA schools) and Cornell ED. If accepted at Cornell, you must attend.</p>
<p>If you apply SCEA, then you can only apply to that one school, with the acception of rolling admission schools, but you are not bound to attend.</p>
<p>i think georgetown is SCEA, though</p>
<p>I thought Georgetown says that if you apply there EA you are expected to refrain from applying anywhere else ED since you "would not be free to choose Georgetown". I actually think those exact words were used. No???</p>
<p>yeah, exactly^</p>
<p>At most ED schools you can apply to EA schools, but I this isn't the case for Princeton, Brown, and maybe others. </p>
<p>Georgetown isn't SCEA, it's just EA where you can't choose any ED schools. The only SCEA schools are Stanford, Yale, and Harvard.</p>
<p>You need to carefully check each school's website to see what that school's rules are for ED and EA. If it isn't clear, you can always place a phone call to both school's admissions office to clarify (without needing to identify yourself).</p>
<p>Even though many EA schools allow you to apply to other ED, EA as well as RD schools, Georgetown specifically forbids applying to other EA schools.
It is important to check on each schools website their application and admission policies, as you could jeopardize your acceptances.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for all of your help!</p>