Our D came up with a list of five colleges she wanted to apply to. I agreed to take her to visit her top three choices anywhere in the U.S. She applied ED to her favorite college, and probably the hardest to get admitted to, of the three we visited and applied EA to the others. She had already received several EA acceptances when her ED acceptance came in, just before Christmas, so it was relatively drama-free for our family. Her ED college didn’t offer EA at that time but is now offering EA for the first time for the upcoming admission cycle.