<p>Hey, i recently just learned of the early decision system some universities have. It seems that if your sure Stanfords your first-choice college, you can have a slight advantage and apply early, but the catch is that you can lie and send applications to other schools that you say was your first-choice.</p>
<p>I was just wondering, how many, of the average 22k applications Stanford gets, are early decision?</p>
<p>First of all, don't lie. It's unethical and you may end up screwing up something that would have worked on the up-and-up. Secondly, Stanford doesn't have ED or early descision. They have EA or early action. Do your homework and figure out the differences. EA, however, allows you to apply early and find out by mid-december if you are accepted, denied or deffered. With Stanford's EA you can still apply to any school RD or non-binding early action or one with rolling addmissions (like U Michigans for example). If you are selected EA you are not obligated, like ED, and may choose any other college in May. I'm not sure exactly but historically, at Stanford, EA acceptance % is higher than RD. Buen suerte!</p>
<p>Additionally, Stanford has a single-choice EA policy, meaning you can only apply EA to Stanford.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I understood your question, but do NOT violate a school's ED/SCEA/EA policy. For one thing, schools talk, and it's possible that you're discovered. For another, if you break your contract (you're required to sign your applications and agree to certain restrictions) you can, and probably will, effectively blacklist your high school. That happened (with Stanford, too) at my high school a few years ago, and nobody has gotten in ever since (about 6 years).</p>
<p>My apologies if I misunderstood the question.</p>
<p>Just curious, can you apply ED to another school and SCEA to Stanford, or does the single choice apply to ED as well?</p>
<p>@skatj: You can not do that. Single Choice Early Action applies to ED as well.</p>
<p>dont ever lie on college apps... its not worth it.. actually... dont ever lie at all</p>
<p>1) "i recently just learned of the early decision system some universities have..." -- Stanford has SCEA (Single Choice Early Action), meaning that you can only apply to one school in any sort of early admissions program, and you may apply regular decision to other schools as you are not binded to Stanford if they accept you under this process. </p>
<p>2) "you can have a slight advantage and apply early"... not true. Yes, the admit rate is slightly higher (around 20% while the regular admit rate was 9%), but the quality of applicants are usually higher during the EA process, so it balances out. The only real advantage is that if Stanford is your first choice, you will know earlier whether you are in or not. </p>
<p>3) "but the catch is that you can lie and send applications to other schools that you say was your first-choice..". Like everyone else said, NEVER EVER EVER lie on your college applications. Besides being extremely unethical, your school counselor has to sign off on your forms and they will know if you apply to more than one college under the early admissions process, so you most likely WILL be caught. No school will jeopardize their chances of sending its students to a college by doing this. Also, you will most likely be caught by the admissions officers at these schools as well, and if you were accepted, you will most likely have your admissions rescinded. Bottom line: LYING IS A BAD IDEA. JUST DON'T DO IT.</p>
<p>Look up the rules on Stanford's website. I was just at the Exploring College Options meeting in my town (a joint meeting of Stanford, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, and Penn), and the Stanford admission officer there said that offers of admission are revoked if Stanford learns you haven't played by the rules.</p>