<p>please, someone help me... i'm very confused.</p>
<p>if i wanted to apply to stanford scea, does that mean i can't apply binding early decision to another school (upenn)? </p>
<p>i read that applicants CAN apply to other schools early action if</p>
<p>"-Any institution, public or private, under a non-binding Rolling Admission option;
-Public institutions under a non-binding Early Action program;
-Foreign colleges/universities on any application schedule;
-Institutions whose early application deadlines are a requirement for consideration for special academic programs or scholarships only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1; and to
-Institutions under an Interim Decision program only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1."</p>
<p>so... if i'm applying to nonbinding early action about mit, then i can apply to stanford and mit both early action, right?</p>
<p>i hope i'm not sounding stupid, but i was really distraught after reading about the scea on the stanford admissions site.</p>
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Students applying to Stanford's Restrictive/Single-Choice Early Action program may apply to:</p>
<pre><code>* Any institution, public or private, under a non-binding Rolling Admission option;
* Public institutions under a non-binding Early Action program;
* Foreign colleges/universities on any application schedule;
* Institutions whose early application deadlines are a requirement for consideration for special academic programs or scholarships only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1; and to
* Institutions under an Interim Decision program only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1.
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<p>Candidates who apply early to Stanford are asked to sign a statement on the Stanford Supplement to the Common Application (after consulting with their parents and their guidance counselor) agreeing to file only one early application.
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<p>You can't apply early to MIT at the same time because it is not public. You CAN apply nonbinding early action to some public university (if it has such a nonbinding EA program). You can definitely apply to any university in another country, and you are well advised to apply on a "rolling" basis to some suitable public university, because you ought to have a "safety" school if you are applying to Stanford. </p>
<p>Is that clear? Ask follow-up questions as needed. </p>
<p>Does anyone know if the same holds true for Yale SCEA? Yale doesn't post exceptions like these on their website, so I don't know if I can apply both to Yale SCEA and a public university at the same time.</p>
<p>I thought I did see a statement about Yale's policies once on Yale's Web site, although I don't have a link at hand today. I'm quite sure an SCEA college will let you submit a "rolling" application to a state university quite early in the year, and that is a good idea, if there is a state university of interest to you.</p>