<p>Basically what would happen if I apply Early Decision to multiple schools?</p>
<p>No, colleges will not know if you’ve applied to 1947394 other colleges ED. However, if you happen to get accepted into more than one school and you don’t have a legitimate reason for not enrolling (eg not enough financial aid - which is the only reason that’ll be accepted in rare cases, given that you have the financial documents to prove it), you will be royally screwed. Also, you will have to convince your high school guidance counselor to lie for you, since he has to sign a document professing that you are only applying to that school ED. Highly unlikely to happen unless your GC enjoys jeopardizing his career.</p>
<p>Applying ED is like saying “You are my first-choice school; marry me.” After that, you are committed, no excuses. If you want to apply to several schools early, try schools with an EA plan instead.</p>
<p>Don’t attempt to game the system. The risks are not worth the potential benefits.</p>
<p>The schools do share information and you will have any acceptance rescinded. You want to start cheating even before begining college?</p>
<p>Consequences will never be the same.</p>
<p>Many colleges require your high school guidance counselor to certify that you have only applied early decision to one college. So, if your counselor is honest, you won’t be able to do it, even if you are dishonest yourself. When (s)he stops you from doing this, (s)he will then write your letter of rec…</p>
<p>I’ve read about horror stories of students being accepted early and then not matriculating, they say that the college that you’ve avoided going to immediately has someone call your guidance counselor, ask what other schools you applied to, and then notify them to rescind your offer of acceptance.</p>
<p>So yea, that’s a bad idea. Do not do that (if you were thinking about it, it’s possible you were just curious). It’s disingenuous to say the least to say you’re committing that you will go to two or more schools.</p>
<p>jonri is spot on. Your guidance counselor will not be a party to your deceit. The consequences for the school (blacklisting – won’t consider future applicants) are severe and long lasting. You’ll be turned out on your rear.</p>
<p>Why do you think you deserve a special accommodation that no one else gets? Is this going to be your habit? Ask yourself</p>
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<p>exactly. (10char)</p>
<p>It’s risky but it’s not unheard of. Back when Columbia still had ED, my sister applied to both Columbia and Cornell ED and was accepted to both! She never even made up an excuse not to attend Columbia - they just never chased after her. Honestly, at schools that big you can easily be replaced and it’s not that big of a deal if you break your ED contract because there’s 1000 brilliant students eager to replace you.</p>
<p>regardless of whether you can ‘make it happen’ its just plain wrong. At that point one may as well forge their diploma…</p>
<p>There are rumors that elite colleges share ED information with each other. The worst case scenario is that the college(s) you turn down if accepted ED will communicate that information with each other, and you’ll end up with no acceptances in hand. Even if that doesn’t happen, it’s likly that, as others have said, your GC won’t agree to it in the first place or, if she does, that your school will be blacklisted in the future.</p>
<p>I was just asking guys, this was not a serious consideration of mine.</p>
<p>I don’t know whether this is true, but at a Yale admissions thing, one of the presenters said that they have had a student at Yale who was already a Junior once they found out that he/she broke the ED agreement. As a result, they retroactively stripped the student of all credits at Yale and kicked him/her out.</p>
<p>Also - many ED forms require the PARENTS to sign it as well as the student and the GC - so you’d have to get your parents to join in this fraud as well.</p>