<p>If I apply ED to a school, say JHU BME or UPENN SEAS, and also apply EA to MIT, Caltech, Chicago, UVA, and UMD (in-state safety), is there any way that the school i applied early decision to will be able to discover that I applied early action to multiple other schools? When I went to a college fair with JHU, the guy said that while you are allowed to apply ED to JHU and EA to other schools, it is not encouraged. At first, I thought that was because they could find out by their networks with other schools, but then i saw this CC link:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/244330-jhu-ed-other-school-ea.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/244330-jhu-ed-other-school-ea.html</a>
and now I believe that I misinterpreted the guy at the college fair, he must have meant "ethically wrong". I see no ethical problem: I want to have at least one EXTREMELY strong 'backup' (not a SAFETY, a BACKUP) in case I don't get into my first choice, and if, by luck, I can get one, then I wont have to pay the huge amounts of money applying to tons of Ivy's, Duke, and Northwestern in RD. It is a financial decision as much as it is a strategic one.</p>
<p>But to reiterate, can the college I ED'd to find out that I EA'd somewhere else, thus affecting my acceptance?</p>
<p>source?
My college counselor says, "no one would know if you applied to MIT and/or Chicago… " to the same question. He’s pretty educated on the matter I assume, since we send at least 30% of our grade to schools in the top 10 year, and we feed to JHU (same founder). But I sure do respect your opinion btw, I just wanted t knnow the source because it is quite possible for my counselor to be wrong; indeed, i absolutely entertain that possibility.</p>
<p>The ivies used to share info on applicants, the were busted by anti-trust laws for doing so and were forced to stop. I’m pretty sure he just means that you’ll have wasted money on those EA apps if you get in ED by saying its not encouraged. I don’t see anything wrong with doing EA and ED, so long as its not restrictive EA.</p>
<p>Some schools share applicant info, but I have firsthand knowledge of only two (this was RD), and had nothing to do with money.</p>
<p>“… is there any way that the school i applied early decision to will be able to discover that I applied early action to multiple other schools?”</p>
<p>That’s not quite the right question; there is a way, but do they actually do so in the case of ED to one school and EA to others? I think not; they wouldn’t care. Schools should exchange ED info, IMHO, to enforce the agreement; we don’t know how many do.</p>