Experienced Parents! EA & ED?

Parents Forum
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<p>I am a freshman applicant and I had a question regarding admission plans. I know that you can't do SCEA AND ED, but can you do EA and ED? You'd just withdraw your EA apps if you got accepted ED, right?</p>

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<p>Some ED colleges will let you do that, some won't. You need to call and check.</p>

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<p><a href="http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear/ivyadmissionsprocedures.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear/ivyadmissionsprocedures.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'm applying ED to an Ivy. They didn't say anything specific, so I guess you can EA too?</p>

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<p>I think that should be fine. The only restriction Cornell seems to have is that you don't apply ED (binding) anywhere else. </p>

<p>Some other colleges do have an ED restriction that you don't apply anywhere else early at all.</p>

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<p>Georgetown does not permit students to apply EA at their school and ED at another school they state:</p>

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In keeping with this principle, students applying under the Early Action program may not apply at the same time to binding Early Decision programs since they then would not be free to choose Georgetown if admitted. Students are welcome to apply to other Early Action programs or other Regular Decision programs while at the same time applying to Georgetown's Early Action program.

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I'm applying ED to an Ivy. They didn't say anything specific, so I guess you can EA too?

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Puzzling,</p>

<p>You need to check the ED / SCEA / EA policies for each of the schools you are applying to. In most cases, applying EA to other schools while applying ED to your No. 1 school is permissible to the ED school; however, there are restrictive EA programs that may not permit you to also apply ED elsewhere. For instance, Georgetown University has this type of restriction -- so if you were interested in applying both to say Cornell and Georgetown, you would have to choose an admissions plan acceptable to both schools.</p>

<p>Reference: <a href="http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/firstyearEA.html#%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/firstyearEA.html#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Sybbie,</p>

<p>OK ... you win! Serves me right for trying to watch a football game while responding to posts. ;)</p>

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<p>thanks for putting up the link. I forgot to add it :)</p>

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<p>Brown is another school that restricts early applications to other schools if you apply to Brown ED. That includes EA applications, including non-SCEA programs, but not interim decision programs such as Rice's. It is definitely best to always ask when in doubt.</p>

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<p>Princeton also had restriction several years ago. You do need to read the fine carefully when applying early anything. This has gotten so crazy with the ED2, interim dececision, rolling decisions.</p>