Confused about Applying Early

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I've been a bit confused for a while about Early Action and Early Decision.</p>

<p>This is what I know:
ED- binding
EA restrictive- only apply to one early action, but non-binding(i.e. Stanford and Yale)
EA non-restrictive- apply to as many as one wants early action, non-binding (i.e. UChicago, Georgetown, MIT, Caltech)</p>

<p>So two questions:
1. What other schools are early action non-restrictive in the top 50?
2. If I apply to one or more early action non-restrictive schools, can I apply to another school (i.e. Dartmouth) early decision?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Really all you have to do is read the EA/ED agreement of the school, if there is one. It will tell you what you are allowed to do and not allowed to do, or if it doesn’t, you can do whatever you want as far as applying to other schools.</p>

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<p>Oh, okay.</p>

<p>So, if the EA non restrictive schools don’t specifically say that I cannot apply to another early decision school and the ED school doesn’t specificallly say I cannot apply EA (non restrictive) to other schools then I can apply EA non restrictive and ED?</p>

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<p>You can apply to as many Early Action non restrictive as you would like and still do an Early Decision at another school.</p>

<p>You may not apply Early Action restrictive and still do an Early Decision at another school</p>

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<p>Okay.</p>

<p>Thank you very much!</p>

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<p>Is this really true? </p>

<p>Wouldn’t this be a breach of contract to the college offering ED?</p>

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<p>^Not automatically.</p>

<p>Read the ED contract. It would only be a breach if the ED contract says you can’t apply under any early application programs of other schools (which I believe is usually not the case).</p>

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<p>Basically, if you are accepted at your ED school, you must withdraw all your apps from the EA schools.</p>