<p>This may sound like a dumb question but can you apply Early Decision to say Cornell and also apply Early Action to Georgetown seeing as how EA at Gtown isnt binding anyways. And for that matter if you get deferred/rejected from ED at Cornell can you apply ED II to a Liberal Arts College. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Well that specific situation I believe you cannot do because Georgetown does not allow you to apply EA to their school if you have an ED application also out [in this case Cornell], but generally say you did EA to MIT or UChicago you could also have one out to Cornell for ED.</p>
<p>Actually, all Ivies in particular don't allow you to apply to any other "December notification" plan if you're applying under their "Decemeber notification" plan already.</p>
<p>"December notification" is just a generic term to include ED/EDI, EA, and SCEA. Rolling admissions and international applications don't count.</p>
<p>^^^^^ Oh wow, never knew that, I just knew that Georgetown had that rather pretentious statement about how if the applicant had been accepted to both colleges he would not have the opportunity to select Georgetown or soemthing like that, but wow that's interesting.</p>
<p>Not true. I've cited this example about twenty times now, but Columbia allows an ED/EA:
According to National Association for College Admissions Counseling guidelines, “while pursuing admission under an Early Decision plan, students may apply to other institutions, but may have only one Early Decision application pending at any time.” While Columbia does not necessarily encourage the filing of both Early Decision (binding) and Early Action (non-binding) applications, we do not prohibit candidates from doing so.</p>
<p>Of course, outside of HYPS, the majority of schools are Early Decision.</p>
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<p>Princeton is restrictive ED (no EA at the same time).</p>
<p>Alexc, if it has not become evident to you by now, it is ALWAYS a good idea to check with specific colleges' ED or EA (SCEA) policies. Go to specific college websites and/or contact the schools' admissions department.</p>
<p>I think your first question was answered by Tonyt88 -- No, you cannot apply ED to Cornell and also apply EA to Georgetown.</p>
<p>Reference: <a href="http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/firstyearEA.html#%5B/url%5D">http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/firstyearEA.html#</a></p>
<p>Also of interest: Joint Statement on Common Ivy Group Admissions Procedures
<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/appl/06/pdf/AdmissionApp06-07Statement.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/appl/06/pdf/AdmissionApp06-07Statement.pdf</a></p>
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And for that matter if you get deferred/rejected from ED at Cornell can you apply ED II to a Liberal Arts College.
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If you are deferred/rejected from any Early Decision notification plan at any college, you are no longer bound by the stipulations (e.g., binding commitment) of that school's ED policy, and therefore you may apply ED II to any other college/university.</p>
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Of course, outside of HYPS, the majority of schools are Early Decision
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This is not true. As evidence, reference the following list for Common Application Colleges and note the schools identified for "Early Action" programs (there are many):
<a href="http://app.commonapp.org/index.cfm?APP=AppOnline&ACT=Display&DSP=CollegeInfo%5B/url%5D">http://app.commonapp.org/index.cfm?APP=AppOnline&ACT=Display&DSP=CollegeInfo</a></p>