<p>I'm not sure if this is a stupid question but can one apply ED to a school, get deferred or rejected by mid December and then apply EDII to another school whose deadline is Jan 1st? I guess the real question at hand is once an ED decision is made, does that end the ED contract stating that the student can only apply to one school early decision?</p>
<p>Yeah. The binding agreement ends once you've been deferred/rejected. You're allowed to apply elsewhere after that.</p>