Can you apply early action to one school and early decision to another?

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Can you apply early action to one school and early decision to another?

I want to apply ED to University of Pennsylvania

I want to apply EA to University of Chicago

Thanks in advance!!!

-Welcometomylife

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It depends on the school’s policies…

Chicago is an open early action program. So yes, you may apply to Chicago early action and Penn ED. I actually know a ton of people who did exactly that. https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/applicants/firstyear

However, Georgetown has an early action program that bars you from applying to another school ED but allows you to apply EA elsewhere. So you may not apply to both Georgetown EA and Penn ED.

Then there are programs like Harvard’s in which a student may ONLY apply to Harvard’s single choice early action program and to no other private university’s early program besides Harvard’s.

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The above is correct, but it should be reinforced that should you be accepted to Penn ED, you would need to accept Penn’s offer barring some major disconnect on FA.

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Thanks penncas2014!
Question: while uchicago is okay with my applying to other schools even if I apply to them (non restricted) EA, is upenn okay with me applying to upenn ED and UChicago EA?
I am asking because I don’t want any conflict which could cause either upenn or uchicago to rescind my admission.

Skieurope: I am unfamiliar with the “FA.” Can you either define “FA” ot reword your comment for me?

Thanks so much!

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FA=Financial Aid

Yes.

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^ Correct. Both will be fine with you applying to the other Early. But as Skieurope said, if you get into Penn you are contractually obligated to attend.

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@PennCAS2014 said

I’ve often wondered about this. Would UChicago care if the OP was contractually obligated to attend Penn? And if not, is this UPenn ED contract really enforceable? Has a school ever tried to enforce this?

On another note, would the decline of the EA admission in this situation count against UChicago’s yield? Wouldn’t seem fair to count it if the OP was forced to go to UPenn.