<p>Hi,
What happens if you accept "early action" at more than one school? Do they know like they would in early decision? Is it generally unacceptable?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “accept” do you mean “apply” early action? In that case, it is usually fine however some schools have “restricted” or “single-choice” early action meaning you can apply early action to only 1 school (that school) AND early action to any public universities- but that is up to the university and you need to check their policies. </p>
<p>In any case, Early action is non-binding; you don’t have to make a decision until May 1st, along with the accepted regular decision applicants.</p>
<p>No, it’s fine to apply early action a wide range of schools, if none of them are restricted or SC early action (even then, you may still apply to public u’s early action). It won’t hurt you.</p>
<p>You cannot accept EA admission at multiple schools, and I don’t know why you would. You can wait until you get your FA offer and evaluate against the other schools.</p>
<p>I have been told that some schools assign you a number ( priority number) for housing and such if you accept early…so I was wondering if it would be unacceptable to accept EA at several schools then wait for $$ in Spring and then withdraw several. Just trying to find out what others do~</p>
<p>Usually there is no need to accept at two early action schools because most do not require you to accept until May 1 when you need to make your final decision. It is usually for binding early decision that you must accept earlier and for early decision you can apply to only one school so you should not have two ED choices.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, you can accept non-binding early action to two schools before May 1 (colleges generally do not prohibit that). Just withdraw your admission from one by May 1.</p>
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<p>“some” - True. Just make sure you know the withdraw process/deadline, and if you get a refund or not. Most of the time the deadlines are around the May 1 common response date in order to get a refund.</p>
<p>Yes, some schools assign housing and resident dorms based on “first come, first serve” or when you send in your deposit and housing preferences however you cannot do that for multiple schools- only the school you have been accepted to and plan on attending.</p>