<p>Does anybody know what Stanford's EA policy actually is? I want to apply EA to Stanford and non-restrictive EA to several public schools. I've gotten conflicting information from them in two different places. Capitalization for emphasis is mine.</p>
<p>From the Common App: "I understand and agree that by applying under Stanfords Restrictive Early Action program I MAY NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY under any type of early action, early decision, or early notification program, "</p>
<p>From their website: "The student MAY APPLY TO ANY PUBLIC college/university with a non-binding early application option."</p>
<p>So if you apply single choice early action to Stanford, you cannot apply SCEA, EA, or ED to any private school
But you can apply to public schools</p>
<p>^^OP. roxy481 is correct. No worries. If you want to apply to Stanford REA and some public EA schools…you can. So…good luck.</p>
<p>You should follow Stanford’s instruction rather than the CommonApps as each school may have a different REA/SCEA policy.</p>
<p>Restrictive Early Action Policy</p>
<p>Applicants agree not to apply to any other private college/university under an Early Action, Restrictive Early Action, Early Decision or Early Notification program.
Applicants may apply to other colleges and universities under their Regular Decision option.</p>
<p>Exceptions
The student may apply to any college/university with early deadlines for scholarships or special academic programs as long as the decision is non-binding.
The student may apply to any public college/university with a non-binding early application option.
The student may apply to any college/university with a non-binding rolling admission process.
The student may apply to any foreign college/university on any application schedule.</p>
<p>[Restrictive</a> Early Action : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/decision_process/restrictive.html]Restrictive”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/decision_process/restrictive.html)</p>