Early Action AND Decision?

Can you apply to schools early action and early decision? I’ve heard you could apply to chicago early action and somewhere else early decision. Can you tell me if this is true and what selective colleges permit such activity?

<p>Policies vary from school to school.</p>

<p>Some schools you can apply ED and EA together but if you are admitted ED, you must withdraw all other applications.</p>

<p>Early action is non binding. with the exception of Harvard, Stanford and I beleive Yale they have SCEA (single choice early action which means if you apply there you cannot apply ED or EA at any other school). The rest of the Ivies, I beleive you can only apply ED to one school and rolling admissions applications.</p>

<p>From University of Chicago's website.</p>

<p><a href="http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=374%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=374&lt;/a>
The University of Chicago offers freshman applicants two application plans. </p>

<p>Early action deadline is November 1</p>

<p>Early Action is for candidates who would like an admission decision in mid-December and a provisional financial aid assessment by early January. Candidates must complete and submit their applications by November 1 and may apply to other schools if they wish. In other words, Chicago’s early action program is non-binding; admitted students need not reply to the offer of admission until May 1. International students may only choose Early Action if they are not applying for financial aid.</p>

<p>RD</p>

<p>I think Dartmouth just says you can't apply ED anywhere else. So you could apply EA at Chicago and ED at Dartmouth. (I'm thinking of doing this, PLUS Interim Decision at Rice, which is a week or two later deadline than EA or ED.)</p>

<p>wait for SCEA, does that mean you cannot apply early action anywhere else?</p>

<p>the answer should be YES,</p>

<p>but...</p>

<p>can i apply early decision anywhere else if i do SCEA?</p>

<p>wat is interim decision and rolling application??</p>

<p>Rolling admission schools begin accepting applications at a certain time but do not have an “applications deadline” like other schools. They just admit people until their class is full. If you apply early, you have a better chance of getting in; and if you wait until the class is almost full, it may be very difficult to gain admissions. This is what I was told when I asked this question on a similar forum quite a while ago. I do not know what “interim decision” is and would be interested in finding out.</p>

<p>Interim Decision is, as far as I know, exclusive to Rice University. It is like Early Action (non-binding, not single choice). The difference is that the deadline is a week or two after most EA or ED deadlines. So, most likely, you would be able to get an early decision from Rice as well as your first choice EA or ED school.</p>

<p>SCEA means that you cannot apply ED or EA any where else.</p>

<p>From Stanford's website:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/1_2c_scea.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/1_2c_scea.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Single-Choice Early Action allows you to apply to as many colleges as you want under a Regular admission timeframe, but it does require that you not submit an application to any school under early decision, early action, or early notification.*</p>

<p>Exceptions at Stanford:</p>

<p>Stanford's Early Action program differs from many Early Action programs, as it does not allow a candidate to apply to other schools under any type of Early Action, Early Decision, or Early Notification program, with the following exceptions:</p>

<p>Students applying to Stanford's Single-Choice Early Action program may apply to: </p>

<p>[ul]
Any institution, public or private, under a non-binding Rolling Admission option;
Public institutions under a non-binding Early Action program;
Foreign colleges/universities on any application schedule;
Institutions whose early application deadlines are a requirement for consideration for special academic programs or scholarships only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1; and to
Institutions under an Interim Decision program only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Candidates who apply early to Stanford are asked to sign a statement in their application agreeing to file only one early application. Their parents and high school counselors are also asked to sign statements indicating that the applicant is aware of the terms of Single-Choice Early Action. </p>

<p>If you were to apply to Stanford, you could not apply Interim Decision at Rice unless the decision is being made after 1/1</p>

<p>Dartmouth Early Decision</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/apply/admissions/firstyear/early.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/apply/admissions/firstyear/early.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you have selected Dartmouth as a clear first choice, you may request an Early Decision on your application. Applying as an Early Decision candidate involves a commitment to matriculate at Dartmouth if admitted; candidates who are admitted under the Early Decision Plan may not initiate new applications and must withdraw any other applications. It is a violation of the plan for you to be an Early Decision candidate at two institutions at the same time. Early Decision applications are judged according to the same criteria as those in regular decision. Often senior year grades and scores do not reach us in time to affect the Early Decision process. In such cases, school records and testing through the junior year are used. </p>

<p>From Harvard's Website</p>

<p><a href="http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/faqs/admissions/app_pols/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/faqs/admissions/app_pols/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>May students apply to other early programs if they apply Early Action to Harvard?
Generally, no. 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. </p>

<p>Students are allowed to apply in the fall to public institutions under non-binding rolling or Early Action programs, and they may apply to colleges under Interim Decision programs, which inform applicants of admissions after January 1. They may also apply in the fall to any institution under it Regular Action program, and to foreign colleges and universities on any application schedule. </p>

<p>After students receive notification from Harvard's Early Action program (around December 15), they are free to apply to any institution under any plan, including binding programs such as Early Decision II.</p>

<p>Remember that the Ivies adhere to their Joint Statement for Candidates on Common Ivy Group Admission Procedure</p>

<p><a href="http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/faqs/admissions/app_pols/joint-ivy-statement.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/faqs/admissions/app_pols/joint-ivy-statement.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The College Board-approved Early Decision Plan, which is offered by Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, requires a prior commitment to matriculate; thus a student may not file more than one Early Decision application among these or any other institutions. Financial aid awards for those qualifying for financial assistance will normally be announced in full detail at the same time as the admission decisions. An applicant receiving admission and an adequate financial award under the Early Decision Plan will be required to accept that offer of admission and withdraw all applications to other colleges or universities. All Ivy institutions will honor any required commitment to matriculate which has been made to another college under this plan. </p>

<p>b. A single-choice Early Action Plan is offered by Harvard and Yale. Admission notice is sent mid-December; financial aid notification is sent at that time or when the file becomes complete. This plan does not require a commitment to matriculate, and students may apply to other colleges at any time under those colleges’ “regular” admission programs (spring notification of final admission decision). Students are urged to consult the specific school’s admission literature for details concerning Harvard’s and Yale’s requirements regarding this plan. Students are urged to consult the admission literature available at each Ivy institution for details concerning its particular December Notification Plan.</p>

<p>okay so which ivies have early action have early action that's not SCEA...cornell is one right</p>

<p>also i heard its easier to get into ED school and EA schools...is this true...consider the two schools are about equal</p>

<p>Do you actually have to withdraw your applications, or can you just not accept any when their decision comes in the mail?</p>

<p>If you are accepted ED, you must immeadiately withdraw your applications from other schools. You could risk having all your admissions rescinded.</p>

<p>is it really an advantage to apply early?</p>

<p>It's a personal decision. IF money is going to be a problem or you need to compare offers, then you definitely should not apply ED because you may have to live and die with your FA offer.</p>

<p>u can not go to ED if financial isnt enought...if u need financial aid its probably best to do ED they give u more than regular</p>

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<p>Not. Considering that they already have you committed to attending, at some schools (especially ones that do not meet 100% of your demonstrated need) it is not to the school's advantage to give you their best offer so they don't.</p>

<p>yeah, sybbie has a point, if you're applying early to an Ivy or any other school that guarantees to meet all aid needs, it's worth it, but otherwise, you would have to appeal to allow you to escape the contract of admission.</p>

<p>To the OP or whomever, you could apply EA to Chicago and ED to Dartmouth. Of coure in mid-december if dartmouth says yes, you must go there.</p>

<p>You can also apply ED I and then if deferred ED II to the same or a different school, but that doesnt seem like something many people do.</p>

<p>why dont wash u have last year's acceptance rate for ED...i've looked everywhere</p>

<p>Does Early Action raise your chances as much as Early Decision?</p>

<p>Do NOT base your early school choice on whether it has EA, ED, or SCEA. Choose your early application based on the school that you really, really want to attend and for which you have reasonable statistical chance of getting into. It does you absolutely no good to develop a strategy of applying to an EA school if your top choice is on an ED system. Pick the school first; the strategy will follow.</p>

<p>Study the financial risk carefully. If you apply ED you may still receive financial aid, but you will NOT be able to compare and negotiate. Every family has its own risk level. Do your homework on what your financial exposure will be.</p>