ED/EA Policies?

I plan on applying to Brown ED. Am I prohibited from applying EA to other colleges, in case things don’t work out with Brown?

<p>Shameless bump. Someone has to know, right?</p>

<p>Early Decision</p>

<p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/applyingtobrown/earlydecision.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/applyingtobrown/earlydecision.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Early Decision is a plan under which first-year applicants to Brown may apply for admission in the fall of their senior year and receive an admission decision in mid-December. Early Decision is intended for students who consider Brown their top choice and therefore are willing to make a binding commitment to attend Brown if admitted. Early Decision is reserved for applicants who have not applied to any other Early Decision programs (Ivy League or non-Ivy League institutions). Brown reserves the right to withdraw the applications of Early Decision applicants who do so. You may, however, apply to other colleges at any time under their respective Regular Admission programs.</p>

<p>Under the Early Decision program, almost all of your application credentials must be received by November 1. All completed Early Decision applications will be reviewed after December 1, and decision letters will be mailed in mid-December. At that time, you will be notified of one of three decisions: </p>

<ol>
<li><p>Your application is accepted
You must withdraw all Regular Admission applications to other colleges. Your place in Brown's first-year class is secure pending satisfactory completion of your senior year.</p></li>
<li><p>A final decision on your application is deferred
This means that there were some unanswered questions about your application. Applications are usually deferred for the purpose of giving the Board of Admission more time to evaluate your credentials and to comparatively assess them as part of the Regular Admission pool of applicants.</p></li>
<li><p>Your application is not accepted
If you are denied admission under Early Decision, you may not reapply for admission under the Regular Admission plan. The Board of Admission strives under Early Decision to make the same decision in December that it would make were you applying for an April decision.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>It should not be assumed that your admission chances are improved by applying under the Early Decision plan. Each year’s group of applications are assessed on individual merits. The Board of Admission makes the same decisions under Early Decision that it would make under the Regular Admission plan. We utilize the Early Decision plan as a service which provides you with an early notification of your admission status.</p>

<p>** Brown's Early Decision Agreement <a href="which%20all%20applicants%20must%20sign">/b</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/appforms/secure/Form1A.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/appforms/secure/Form1A.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I have read the Early Decision Statement included in the Directions for Completing an Application. Brown is my first-choice college and I wish to be considered as an Early Decision candidate. If I am offered admission under the Early Decision program, I will matriculate at Brown in September. I understand that if I am admitted under Early Decision, I will not initiate any new applications and I will withdraw all applications to other colleges.** I further understand that it is a violation of this Agreement for me to be an Early Decision or Early Action candidate at any other college or university.**</p>

<p>Thanks. </p>

<p>But bah! Why would Brown care if I applied Early Action to other colleges? I mean, really, I would still go to Brown if I were accepted, of course. I could see the EA schools having a problem with it, but sheesh.</p>

<p>Because they want to know that Brown is truly your first choice.</p>

<p>Rumor has it that Brown might switch to single-choice EA next year though...</p>

<p>But of course Brown would be my first choice if I applied there ED; EA would only be a backup plan in case Brown didn't pen out.</p>

<p>I hope that Brown sticks to ED. Also, like, I think they will? They have to worry about yield more than, say, Harvard of Yale do.</p>

<p>Could someone check for Cornell's ED policy too? I searched the college's website to no avail... I'm planning to ED Cornell and EA Uchicago btw.</p>

<p>The short answer is yes, you can apply ED at Cornell and EA at Chicago (but you already know that if you get accepted at Cornell you must withdraw your Chicago application or rescind your Chicago accpetance if accepted)</p>

<p>Cornell's Early Decision for First-Year Students
<a href="http://www.admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear_edp.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear_edp.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If Cornell is your first choice and you're applying for freshman admission, consider applying under the early-decision plan. Your application will be read in the fall, and you'll be notified by mid-December of Cornell's decision. About a third of the freshman class comes to Cornell through EDP. Because enthusiasm for Cornell is considered a plus, early-decision applicants stand a better chance of gaining admission. Remember that an early-decision application is a commitment. You can apply under early decision to only one college or university. If you're accepted at Cornell, you must withdraw any applications sent to other schools and send your acceptance deposit by January 7. Most applicants who are notified in mid-December that they were not accepted under early decision will be reviewed again during the regular decision process. Some applicants will receive final notification in December that they are being denied admission to Cornell and will not be referred to the regular decision pool. </p>

<p>Cornell also talks about Ed in their Joint Statement for Candidates on Common Ivy Group Admissions Procedure
<a href="http://www.admissions.cornell.edu/application/freshman/IvyAdmissionsProcedures.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.cornell.edu/application/freshman/IvyAdmissionsProcedures.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>All contacts with students by representatives of Ivy institutions are
intended to provide assistance and information and should be free of
any activity that applies undue pressure on the candidate. No information
referring to the admission or financial-aid status of an applicant
to any Ivy institution may be considered official unless it is
received directly from that institution’s admission or financial aid office.
Ivy institutions mail admission decision letters twice annually, in mid-
December and early April. Those who wish a decision in December
must apply by November 1 and complete their applications with supporting
materials shortly thereafter.</p>

<p>2. December Notification</p>

<p>Under December Notification, an applicant may be notified that he or she has been granted or denied admission or that a final decision has been deferred until the early April notification date. Two plans
are offered according to individual institutional policy: a. The College Board–approved Early Decision Plan, which is offered by Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, requires a prior commitment to matriculate; thus a student may not file more than one Early Decision application among these or any other institutions. Financial aid awards for those qualifying for financial assistance will normally be announced in full detail at the same time as the admission decisions. An applicant receiving admission and an adequate financial award under the Early
Decision Plan will be required to accept that offer of admission and withdraw all applications to other colleges or universities. All Ivy institutions will honor any required commitment to matriculate which has been made to another college under this plan.</p>

<p>b. A single-choice Early Action Plan is offered by Harvard and Yale.
Admission notice is sent mid-December; financial aid notification is sent at that time or when the file becomes complete. This plan does not require a commitment to matriculate, and students may apply to other colleges at any time under those colleges’ “regular” admission programs (spring notification of final admission decision). Students are urged to consult the specific school’s admission literature for
details concerning Harvard’s and Yale’s requirements regarding this plan.</p>

<p>Students are urged to consult the admission literature available at each Ivy institution for details concerning its particular December Notification Plan.</p>

<p>3. Early Evaluation Procedure</p>

<p>a. As determined by each institution, admissions offices may choose to advise applicants of the probability of admission (e.g., likely, possible, unlikely). Institutions may issue such probabilistic communications only in writing, from the office of admission. Such letters will have the effect of letters of admission, to be confirmed on the common notification date, subject to revocation only on the same terms as letters of admission.</p>

<p>b. Within each institution’s overall admissions process, from October 1 through March 15 an admissions office may issue probabilistic communications, in writing, to applicants who are recruited student athletes. reply date prior to the common Ivy notification date. A response may be made only on the basis of written evidence of the offer (e.g., a copy of an official offer of a grant-in-aid, with a reply date, or a letter from a guidance counselor), or of confirmation of an offer to the admissions office by a secondary school counselor.</p>

<p>4. Common Notification Date</p>

<p>On a common date, usually in early April, applicants to the Ivy institutions
will be notified of admission decisions and financial aid awards, unless they have been notified earlier under Early Decision Plan or Early Action Plan procedures.</p>

<p>I don't think that Brown excerpt is clear. It prohibits other ED (of course), it allows RD, but is silent on EA. Need more research.</p>

<p>On Brown's application, the Early decision agreement states and the student must sign the agreement :</p>

<p>I further understand that it is a violation of this Agreement for me to be an Early Decision or Early Action candidate at any other college or university.</p>