<p>Places like Georgetown and BC say that you can apply ea, but cannot apply ed elsewhere simultaneously. Do people really listen to that, or is that more of a request than a requirement??</p>
<p>That's how it goes. The place you apply to ED won't let you apply anywhere else anyways, so it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>Though ED colleges generally allow you to apply EA elsewhere, a number of EA colleges, including those you mention, do not allow you to apply ED elsewhere. Colleges have been known to exchange identity of those who have made early applications and if you ignore rule and are found out, it is grounds for rejecting you and for rescinding your acceptance. And, yes, most applicants are honorable and honest people who obey the rule.</p>
<p>Plus, most places that limit you to applying to one school early will make you and your counselor sign an agreement that you won't apply early anywhere else, so I doubt your counselor will be willing to sign that twice...</p>
<p>That's really tough, not sure why they would require that...</p>
<p>"Though ED colleges generally allow you to apply EA elsewhere..." </p>
<p>Are you sure about this? My college counselor told me that this used to be the case with most schools, but now many, including Princeton and Brown, have changed it so that you may not apply ED OR EA at any other institution. I was going to apply to both Princeton ED and UChicago EA, but my college counselor ran to tell me not to do it, saying that the policy changed.</p>
<p>Most ED colleges do allow you to apply EA at other colleges. A few have changed policy, as you say, but not the majority.</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Stanford all have SCEA (single choice early action) which means if you apply EA there, you cannot apply ED or EA at any other school.</p>
<p>*Students applying to Harvard under the Early Action program are not ordinarily permitted to apply early elsewhere in the fall, either under Early Action or Early Decision programs. Harvard will rescind its offer of admission to a student who does so.
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<p>Princeton has an ED process that indicates you cannot apply EA/Ed at any other school.</p>
<p>*Early Decision applicants may not apply under Early Decision or Early Action plans at any other college or university (but may submit Regular Decision applications elsewhere). *</p>
<p>Brown:</p>
<p>Early
Decision is reserved for applicants who have not applied to any early program (Early Action or Early Decision).</p>
<p>The ivies do share information and they all honor their joint statment:</p>
<p>Most other schools that have ED policies, have no problem with you applying EA at other schools.</p>
<p>Georgetown has an EA process where if you apply EA there, you cannot apply ED at another school.</p>
<p>*In keeping with this principle, students applying under the Early Action program may not apply at the same time to binding Early Decision programs since they then would not be free to choose Georgetown if admitted. Students are welcome to apply to other Early Action programs or other Regular Decision programs while at the same time applying to Georgetown's Early Action program.
*</p>
<p>most early decision/early action applications do require the signature of both you and your GC stating that you understand the terms of applying ED/SCEA</p>
<p>Then which schools can you apply EA to it even though you are already applying ED elsewhere?</p>
<p>u chicago. maybe mit and caltech, but why would you apply EA and not go if you get in?</p>
<p>At this point, it's very hard to generate any kind of list of which schools allow what, and most of the cut and dried statements (like saying you can't do EA and ED) are not always true and should not be taken as the final answer. There are lots of situations which a GC can perfectly legitimately sign off on (for instance, Columbia allows you to apply there ED and then apply elsewhere EA).</p>
<p>It really comes down to the particualr circumstances. The only really accurate way to approach this is to figure out which schools you are interested in, then check their particular policies.</p>