Would there be any disadvantages to applying ED 2 instead of ED 1? For some Florida schools they don’t even consider applications after the EA date even though they technically say they do, so I was wondering if the ED 2 might work like this. Hopefully not.
Are you allowed to apply to a different school ED 1 and if you don’t get accepted apply ED 2 to Vandy? Or would that seem too obvious to the adcoms?
Vandy now only gives combined acceptance rates but ED 1 is markedly higher than ED 2, which is closer to RD. ED 2 gives you the advantage of more time, the ability to ED 1 somewhere else, and a smaller applicant pool. It does not give you the same acceptance advantage of ED 1. Also, Vandy doesn’t defer, so you want to be a very strong applicant if applying ED 2 since there’s not the same advantage as ED 1.