<p>If so, what is the limit?</p>
<p>No. Some college have an ED2 round, due date for applications is after ED1 decisions come out. It is equally binding. But it gives students rejected at their high-flying ‘dream’ school another shot at ED. You have to check each college admissions website to see what they have. BUT, don’t apply ED unless you have no need to compare financial aid offers between school to find the best deal. Run the Net Price Calculators on the financial aid web pages for each school to see if it look affordable. If the calculator results don’t look good, your real offer likely won’t be either, so don’t apply ED in that case.</p>
<p>The whole point of ED is that you are telling ONE school that they are your first choice and you promise to attend if accepted. That is why you can’t apply to more than one.</p>
<p>You cannot simultaneously have two ED applications outstanding at any one time, since applying ED means that you agree to attend if admitted and the cost is ok with you.</p>
<p>However, if you apply to one ED school and get rejected or deferred to RD, you are released from the agreement to attend, so you can then apply ED to another school with a late enough ED deadline.</p>
<p>You can apply to any number of non-binding EA schools early, unless any of them has you agree to restrict your other EA applications (commonly called single-choice EA or restricted EA).</p>
<p>Early Decision is a term used for selecting one college that offers this option only. So the rules for ED do not allow you to apply to more than one ED school since the terms include accepting the school’s offer if financially feasible. You can only go to one school, so applying to two schools with that same stipulation and having two choices is not allowed in the rules of ED. However, ED schools often do permit students to apply to any other schools that are not ED as long as those other schools do not have provisions prohibiting it. Some Early Action school , for example, are require it to be a single choice and do not permit applying to other early programs. The rules can differ from school to school. There is no limit except as exists through those rules. The only general rule is that you cannot have two ED apps out there at the same time. </p>