Is it ok for me to apply ED to Brown and EA to MIT, UVA, Boston College and Northeastern? Brown is my #1 but I feel as though I would most likely get deferred and with the advantage that EA gives in admissions, shouldn’t I play the numbers and EA at those schools knowing that I would withdraw if I got into Brown but would have schools locked in if I didn’t?
It’s not that hard to figure out. From Brown:
https://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/first-year-applicants
Now look at the other schools and see if they don’t allow an ED or are REA.
BC does not allow you to apply ED. So you need to remove BC from your list if you want to ED to Brown.
I know that MIT is a school Brown specifically says you can apply EA to while applying ED to Brown. They have to be “open” EA, meaning it is not restrictive, single choice EA (examples are Yale, Stanford, etc.