<p>I'm applying early action. first of all what are the benefits of going EA vs RD or vice versa?</p>
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sat: 580V 720M 700W
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<p>should i apply EA/ at all?? my sats are soo bad especially the damn critical reading...im retaking it 10/14...cross your fingers. sighh. please gimme some advice</p>
<p>There really aren't benefits other than hearing about your status sooner, and with where your scores are now, I probably would just wait for RD unless you can get them up. That is just me though. Good luck!</p>
<p>I definitely agree with Irish on this one. Do a little test prep on the verbal section, take the SAT again or the ACT. You're obviously very smart in science and math--just drill some on the verbal stuff and you could be a much stronger candidate come the Regular decision deadlines...</p>
<p>Honestly, it depends on if you decided to apply RD or EA. This is why we caution against EA sometimes. If you are applying RD, yes, it will help. If it is EA, it just depends on if it will get there in time. I think it will, so yes I think it will help, but I just thought I would bring that up so people don't think I am nuts when I hesitate on EA.</p>
<p>Ok i may be wrong on this.. but i thought somewhere we were talking that the EA average SAt was liek 1520... or something like that .... am i wrong?</p>