<p>i don't know if this has been asked but, my friend said she was going to apply early decision to one school and early action to another school all at once.</p>
<p>is that possible? i thought early decision only limits each person to one early application.</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible to apply Early Decision (ED) to one school and Early Action (EA) to another school concurrently. </p>
<p>However, one cannot apply ED or Single Choice Early Action (SCEA) to more than one school at the same time. Also, there are some schools that have restrictive Early Action (sometimes referred to as REA) that might place a restriction on applying ED to any other school if you are applying EA. Georgetown University is one school, as an example, that has a Restricted Early Action program. Some schools also have two ED periods (ED I and ED II). These schools make it possible to have been either rejected or deferred from your first ED school and to apply ED to another school during this second ED period.</p>
<p>A student may also apply EA concurrently to more than one school, again assuming that the other school(s) is not offering an SCEA plan.</p>
<p>SCEA is REA. The NACAC changed the name; people have not gotten used to it yet.</p>
<p>However, you should check with the school's policy on concurrent applications b/c I know that many EA schools will not allow you to apply ED to other schools and often vice versa, so...</p>
<p>Xiggi,</p>
<p>Thanks for the link... there's a part of me that deals with what is "de facto", and the use of SCEA is ubiquitous in admissions circles, and I know that many students/parents know what we mean by that. When Stanford stops calling it SCEA, maybe I will too. ;)</p>
<p>That said, SCEA is but one form of "REA", with the other plan type involving what Georgetown (for example) does, which is to allow for their EA applicants to submit other EA applications but no ED applications. As you may know, there are many EA schools that do not have this restriction (that EA applicants cannot apply ED elsewhere). Is there any new expressions I've missed?</p>
<p>Tony!</p>
<p>How's Cambridge treating you?</p>