Hi, I’m kinda new to this process, so sorry if my question seems stupid : Can you apply to additional schools if you are EDing somewhere? I want to ED to UPENN, and I was wondering if I could apply to other schools for EA (such as Caltech, Uchicago, Mit, etc). Is this possible for me to do?
EA rules vary from school to school. Regular EA permits early applications elsewhere including ED. If you are considering applying EA to a school that has restrictive EA, however, you must follow their guidelines which often state you can’t apply to another school early (including ED) although most restrictive EA schools still allow you to apply EA to public universities. You must do the research to find out which schools offer restrictive EA and which schools offer regular EA (where you can apply EA without restriction). You’re going to have to dig up the information on each school you are considering because schools have differing policies.