<p>Does doing ED for programs such as M&T, Huntsman, etc. help admission into those program? obviously ED should help for getting into one of the colleges but I only want to do ED to Penn if it'll help me get into a dual degree program otherwise i'd rather do regular to wait for more scholarship offers.</p>
<p>Yes, ED does help for getting into the dual degree programs. However, when applying ED for any of the dual degree programs, if you are not accepted to the dual degree program, you are to choose which school you would rather be considered for (on the application). If you only want to get into the dual degree program and not one of the four schools, I would suggest not applying ED… Because afterall, it’s binding (even if you only get into one of the four schools). Make sense?</p>
<p>I agree with pestofesto, you will be binding yourself if you don’t get accepted to the program and get accepted to the college you chose as “backup” when you get rejected. So you have to think it over, ED does help but it has it’s downside.</p>
<p>apply to something + Wharton and put Wharton as backup. If you don’t get into dual degree program but get into Wharton, you can take general elective courses your first year and then do an external transfer. You can get into anywhere from Wharton…</p>
<p>Well the OP was worried about scholarship offers and FA offers.</p>
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Well not if you do bad in them like 3.0 GPA</p>
<p>agreed, you can’t let your grade slide in Wharton and except a successful transfer to HYP. However, if the OP takes the courses of his interest (rather than what the other Whartonites will be taking to satisfy their requirements), the OP has a great chance of doing well and transferring.</p>
<p>ED helps, regardless. I would say especially for dual degree programs because they can be more competitive.</p>
<p>Also, when I applied, I didn’t apply ED because A. I didn’t know that Penn was awesome and B. I was worried about financial aid.</p>
<p>But, if you need financial aid, you’ll be fine applying ED.</p>
<p>hm so its not possible to only apply ED for dual degree program and decline ED option for single colleges?</p>
<p>You can apply ED to dual degree programs and not for single colleges. On the supplement, you can choose if you want to be considered ED for the single college if you apply ED to a dual degree program, so just leave that blank.</p>
<p>I found this on the penn supplement from last year:</p>
<p>“Because of the selective nature of Penns coordinated dual-degree and accelerated programs, if we are unable to offer you admission to the program, we
will consider you as an applicant to the single-degree program you have indicated. If you are applying as an Early Decision applicant and do not wish
to be considered as an Early Decision applicant for your single-degree choice and you are deferred, we will then first consider your application for the
specialized program in the spring.”</p>
<p>So I think if you apply ED to a dual-degree program and don’t get in but then get in to your second choice, you have to go. Or if you don’t want this risk then they just wait to go over your app in the spring, if that makes sense :)</p>
<p>^yeap.</p>
<p>ED for dual is statistically easier. for LSM, ~50 people applied and they accepted 15. penn lovessssss ED.</p>
<p>wow those stats look great… but I guess that means if I don’t apply ED for a single school with the dual degree program I won’t have a shot at applying to a single school for RD :-/</p>
<p>You have to choose whether you want to apply for your single degree backup ED or not. If you don’t check the box (or check the box, not sure what the wording of it is), you can be deferred, then you’re considered for the dual degree again during the RD process. I believe a friend of mine applied to M&T, was deferred, then accepted RD.</p>
<p>everyone i know who got into a dual degree program applied ed, so i would recommend it. also, they’re really good programs, so why not apply ed to them? they’re very competitive to get into.</p>