<p>so all the ED/SCEA deadlines are over.
i wonder if many internationals actually apply early since all these processes are quite foreign to many of us until it is almost too late!
i just applied SCEA yale, and hardly anyone i know of is applying ED or SCEA... is it like that elsewhere as well?</p>
<p>I applied ED to Dartmouth College.</p>
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so all the ED/SCEA deadlines are over.
False.</p>
<p>I'm ED-ing to Williams.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your decision 714nD1 ;)</p>
<p>righto sorry for the slipup.. question still holds though.</p>
<p>I applied to Cornell ED.</p>
<p>I applied ED to Columbia.</p>
<p>EA to Caltech</p>
<p>well i think some kid at my school went ED for Yale so st0ne you are not alone. A friend of mine applied ED to Columbia. I am going safety first though. EA at WPI</p>
<p>Haha SCEA Yale.</p>
<p>Doubt I'll get in. =P</p>
<p>SCEA Yale. It was (and still is) my dream school, but my SAT score ruined all my chances. In my opinion, I think it's good for internationals to do some early actions because they cannot compare you with all the good internationals from the regular pool, so you have a better chance. However, if you need aid, don't do ED because you can't compare financial offers.</p>
<p>the one thing we must all remember is that the early applicant pools tend to be more competitive. better students (good SATs, grades, ECAs) from more advantaged backgrounds (better schools, guidance counselors etc) tend to apply early.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon SCS ED</p>
<p>Advantaged backgrounds? I dont believe in this.. All you need is to read from the net and visit sites and you'll know there's such thing as ED.. my counselor knows nothing about US applications.. and I had to guide them thru the process and I applied ED.. I am not from an advantaged background</p>
<p>jhl, in general within the US, it's the more knowledgeable, shall we say, counselors who know about ED/EA.</p>
<p>haha that reminds me that my counselor actually doesnt even know that I'm applying ED (and doesnt know what's ED).. I just asked her to fill in the forms, write recoms.....</p>
<p>Yep, the people from my school didn't help me either. I found out everything from the Internet and explained my teachers and my principal what I want them to do. It took me a while to make them understand I apply for admission and not for a simple scholarship.</p>
<p>Lol, that's kinda funny (and sad)</p>
<p>jhl, i have read from the net and come across this ED/EA thing - in fact if you read my earlier posts you would find out that i have applied EA. i don't think your experience is representative of most of the students in the early applicant pool. as tetrisfan mentions "in general within the US, it's the more knowledgeable, shall we say, counselors who know about ED/EA". these more knowledgeable counselors tend to be at the best high schools in the US where the SAT scores are high and where a lot of challenging courses like AP courses are offered. its kids from these schools that tend to have the proper guidance that is required to send in an ED/EA application. As these kids have good SATs/GPA, challenging course load etc. they help make the applicant pool more competitive.</p>
<p>to once again paraphrase tetrisfan it is sad and funny at the same time. my admissions office isn't that uninformed but honestly all they really do is help get your documents in order when you want them to - no real advice on where to apply, what essays to write etc.</p>