<p>For instance, if I apply to Harvard pretty much as soon as school starts (say around late September), will there be any noticeable advantage?</p>
<p>There shouldn't be. You'll still hear at the same time, and your app will be considered along with all the others.</p>
<p>When do most colleges open and start reading the apps?</p>
<p>The other thing to consider is you won't be able to put anything you've done in your Senior year on your app. Now, if you don't plan on doing anything of importance, then I guess applying early won't hurt. =P</p>
<p>If there is no early application process (ED, EA, SCEA, or Rolling) then colleges will not begin reading applications until after the deadline for the final applications has passed.</p>
<p>If there is, not including Rolling, then the college will wait until the early application deadline is finished and will read all the applications marked as ED, EA, or SCEA. Then they will wait until the regular decision deadline and read all applications marked "Regular Decision".</p>
<p>With rolling decisions, it actually helps to send them in early. They will read the application when they receive it. Earlier applicants actually have more of an advantage with the decision process, because there are more spots available. The later the application is sent to a rolling school, the less spots are remaining when the people in admissions get to it.</p>
<p>What is SCEA? Does Harvard have rolling or SCEA?</p>
<p>SCEA = Single Choice Early Action.</p>
<p>If you apply to Harvard under SCEA, you CAN'T apply ANYWHERE under ANY KIND of EA.</p>
<p>Harvard has SCEA.</p>
<p>If only it had rolling....</p>
<p>when do SCEA decisions come out? And if I apply to Harvard SCEA, can I still apply to Stanford, Yale, etc. under regular decision before by SCEA decision get back? And it's non-binding right? Is it to my advantage to apply SCEA? I'd imagine it would be more competitive, but how are the acceptance rateS? Worth it? Thanks to whomever answers those lol.</p>
<p>Edit: The Harvard Admissions site does not mention anything about SCEA, but rather says that it is eliminating Early Admissions of any kind ENTIRELY, so there will be a Jan 1 deadline for everyone starting fall 2007.</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>I'd appreciate an answer please.</p>
<p>You can apply ANYWHERE Regular Decision. I suspect the Admissions rates are a bit high for EA but the pool is incredibly self-selective.</p>
<p>Yes, I'd say it's worth it.</p>
<p>Harvard is discontinuing EA entirely for next year. Yale has SCEA and I believe will continue it. Yes, EA is non-binding; only ED is binding. Yes, you can apply to other schools RD while waiting for the EA or ED decision; in fact, it is highly recommended. It'll be much harder to write decent applications if you're also under time constraints and dealing with being deferred or rejected.</p>
<p>Alright thank you very much, so basically it doesn't matter when you send in an application if there is no rolling admission, as long as you meet the deadline?</p>
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<p>Yale's SCEA apps are gonna double... it's yield is gonna take a dive though. double edged sword.</p>
<p>I'm going for Yale's SCEA. Love the campus, education, everything.</p>
<p>This is very interesting, if a school has SCEA, does that replace EA?</p>
<p>Yes. A school cannot have SCEA and regular EA.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your insightful comments, I'll still ceck back here periodically if anyone has anything else useful to add. Thanks!</p>
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