<p>asterikea,</p>
<p>I have seen a number of references to UNC eliminating their ED policy. However, they still have an early policy, they call it early notification. You need to apply by November 1 and they notify you of their decision by January 31. A student, if admitted, does not need to commit to attending. However, I interpret that change to be from an ED program to an EA program. Though their notification date is a little later than most EA programs.</p>
<p>For more on this see:</p>
<p>A separate thing to investigate is the University of Southern California. They do not have an EA or ED program. However, they do have 2 application deadlines. Mid Dec for scholarship applicants and early January for applications. They do not have a single admission date but rolls out their admissions decisions starting in late January and early February.</p>
<p>Anyway, this gets me back to my earlier comment. The big area of focus is on the ED and SCEA programs. I don't really see much change coming from schools with open EA policies like UChicago, MIT, Notre Dame or BC. I would lump UNC into that group of schools.</p>