<p>Am I not allowed to apply EA to BC if i am doing ED to Tufts?</p>
<p>Definitely not. BC’s deadlines page clearly prohibits you from applying EA if you are applying binding ED anywhere else. Tufts slightly less clearly says you may apply to other schools for regular decision, implying by omission that you may not apply to other schools for EA when you are applying there for ED. In any event, the easily found BC prohibition is sufficient to make this an unequivocal “No, you are not allowed”.</p>
<p>And that is the case for most ED/EA admissions policies. Consider the effect if ED applicants could also apply EA anywhere they like - the EA applicant pools would be flooded with applicants who would be unable to accept an offer if accepted at their ED school. You end up potentially wasting the time and resources of every school you apply EA to, time and resources they could have spent on someone for whom that school was legitimately a first choice and not a hedge bet.</p>
<p>So schools on both sides have a vested interest in preventing you from doing this. The EA schools don’t want you to waste their time, and the ED schools don’t want you to have any opportunity to renege on your binding promise because they are counting on a near-100% yield from their ED acceptances. Moreover, it’s simply the morally correct choice and maintains goodwill between the various schools that have EA and ED programs.</p>
<p>What you <em>can</em> do is apply EA to as many schools as you like as long as none of them are binding and you’re not applying ED anywhere. </p>
<p>I may be wrong here but, your answer is correct as far as BC is concerned but I don’t believe that is the case with a lot of other other EA. You can apply ED to somewhere and still apply EA to other schools. just check on the policy at the individual schools.</p>
<p>Whether I’m wrong or I’m right about “most ED/EA admissions policies” (and I may well be wrong as I’m basing that on experience not hard stats), “just check on the policy at the individual schools” is the final answer to any question about admissions policies. There are always exceptions, and the clearest way to know where you stand is ask the school(s) you are applying to.</p>
<p>Most schools that offer EA admissions do not care if you ED somewhere else, but BC does (as does Georgetown); it’s generally referred to as Restricted EA, (which is different than Single Choice EA at Stanford, Yale and some of their ilk).</p>
<p>But yes, policies change from year-to-year, so always best to check the fine print at each school before pushing the ‘send’ button.</p>
<p>Thank you! I checked with my conselor and she said the other schools on my list (only 4 others) were all fine for early action</p>