<p>Also: [MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “Early Action versus Regular Action”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/early_action_versus_regular_action/early_action_versus_regular_ac.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/early_action_versus_regular_action/early_action_versus_regular_ac.shtml)</p>
<p>Is there an advantage to applying early?
No, not really. Other than the fact that if you are deferred you get a second chance, there isn’t an advantage to applying early. If anything it could hurt you because you’ve got a bunch of kids that likely have MIT as their first choice and all of them are probably quite brilliant. EA applicants are more self-selective.</p>