<p>Hey, I was just wondering if Michigan's early response is the same thing as early action or is it just what they call they're rolling admissions? If it is the same thing as rolling admissions, then that's good. If it is the same thing as EA, then that's not b/c I'm applying to Yale Single-Choice Early Action. Any info on this? Thanks.</p>
<p>All I've gotten from the website is Early Response, and I've heard from different people that it's EA and from others that it's Rolling and not EA.</p>
<p>Umich does not have EA.</p>
<p>Early Response is just promise to get you your decision by 12/24</p>
<p>It's rolling or "batch" which is what a lot of bigger unis use. You get your answer within a certain time period after you app is turned in. This continues throughout the year. I will say that many of these programs are similar and a matter of semantics.</p>
<p>Okay, so this won't affect my SCEA to Yale, then?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that early response is not binding. Please correct me if I'm wrong because I'm applying SCEA to another school as well as doing early response.</p>
<p>oh, i know early response isn't binding... only early decision is binding.. i was just wondering if my SCEA to yale would be affected b/c if yale sees that i'm doing EA anywhere else, they'll reject me automatically (and michigan should be rolling b/c it's a public university, so that's what i think early response is..)</p>
<p>Michigan's Early Response is the old rolling admission with a promise of a decision BEFORE 12/24. Decisions will be released periodically starting in early November.</p>
<p>You are not implying that Michigan is your first choice by applying ER; thus there is no conflict with Yale's SCEA. I suppose that's why Michigan is careful not to call this Early Action.</p>
<p>Just read the FAQ on the UMich Admissions website:
Can I apply to other Early Action/Early Decision/Early Response schools along with Michigan?
Yes. Because our decision is non-binding, you are still permitted to apply to other schools that use an early admissions program such as Early Action or Early Decision.</p>
<p>Office</a> of Undergraduate Admissions: Early Response</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies; that makes me feel better now.</p>
<p>According to the U-M website, the admissions office has announced that they are changing from Early Response to Early Action with their move to the Common App for prospective freshman applying for Fall 2011.</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Undergraduate Admissions: Early Action](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyresponse.php]Office”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyresponse.php)</p>
<p>It doesn’t seem like that made any changes to the program other than the title.</p>
<p>What is the practical difference?</p>
<p>res ipsa: Thanks a lot for confirming the change. I’m not positive, but it seems as though the only major change that will come is what’s been discussed earlier. ED and SCEA applications (to schools like Stanford, Yale, etc.) will be off-limits if you apply to UMich or any other school EA. The converse is also true: if you apply to an SCEA or ED school, you can’t apply to any other schools early, whether they’re EA or SCEA.</p>
<p>am I missing something? </p>
<p>since when does an ED application preclude an EA application?..from what I remember from the past 5 years or so, the only EA app that doesn’t permit you to apply ED somewhere is a SCEA…and if you are accepted to ED school you have to withdraw everything anyway…</p>
<p>the only restrictive apps are ED and SCEA…one is binding (you must attend) and one is not…only SCEA eliminates the ED or EA option…</p>
<p>for example: one can apply EA to UMich and ED to, for example, Cornell…if ED admission comes in on Dec 15th, one should withdraw the EA to Umich (or EA/RD to anywhere else)…</p>
<p>If one is applying SCEA to Stanford or yale, for example, no ED or EA app is permitted anywhere until you hear back in December and then, at that point, ED II or RD are left as options…</p>
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Some (non-single choice) EA programs may not allow you to apply binding ED to other schools. Boston College specifically forbids that:
“Boston College does not permit students to apply under our Early Action program if they are applying to a binding Early Decision program at another college. Students are free to apply to other Early Action and Regular Decision programs.”</p>
<p>Another example is Georgetown:
“Students applying to Georgetown under our Early Action program may not concurrently apply to a binding Early Decision program. Georgetown does give students the option to apply both under our Early Action program and under other schools’ Early Action programs.”</p>
<p>^^goBLue: yes…most SCEA and some EA(as you have pointed out) do not allow ED apps…but most EA can be applied to along with an ED app…one must check with the school in question (as you have pointed out with both BC and G’town)</p>
<p>I know many of people who applied early response to Michigan this year and then were accepted to their ED school and withdrew their Michigan app. You may want to confirm with Yale but it should be fine.</p>
<p>Michigan’s official website says that "If you have taken the ACT or SAT previously and are taking the test again in October, you must send in your previous scores to complete your application. " But can they actually find out whether you sent all score scores or not?</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Undergraduate Admissions: Early Action](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyaction.php]Office”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyaction.php)</p>
<p>No, that simply means that if you are applying to U of M and want to take the SAT or ACT in October, they want at least one SAT or ACT report so your application can be complete. Also, it says that you MUST choose U of M as one of the schools to send your scores to when you register; be sure that you are going to do better before deciding to register.</p>
<p>I can’t believe they are not moving up the regular decision deadline to January like the majority of their peers. This puts Michigan at a disadvantage. I hope they hire enough admission readers to handle the expected jump in application this fall.</p>
<p>EDIT: My bad. I was typing in the wrong tab.</p>