<p>In the threads I've created in the past few days a lot of people have been telling me that I have a better chance of making it into a college if I ED... as in Early Decision. I'm not sure what this means or how it would apply to me.</p>
<p>As I google it up and try to find the true meaning, it still stands unclear. Is Early Decision a commitment I give a college saying that I would go to that college NO MATTER WHAT, as long as they accept me? I'm alittle confused and unaware how this applies to applying to a college.</p>
<p>Also, how do you apply early to a college? Is this possible? Does it help your chances? I'm in the dark and this is probably just babbling but I'm not that intelligent in these sort of things, just trying to figure out what's going on.</p>
<p>Early Decision is what you said it is...a pact you make with the college to attend it if youre accepted (you can't change your mind lol)</p>
<p>Many kids who apply to college also apply to other schools. So even if a school accepts a certain amount of students, they have no way of seeing how many students will actually pick them. </p>
<p>By applying early decision, youre saying that you WILL go to that college if accepted. Depending on the applicant pool, your chances may increase if you apply early decision to a school because it shows you a have a great interest in the school and you have it as your number one choice. </p>
<p>Theres also early action, which is a non binding form of early decision..menaing you can apply early to a college and find out if youre accepted or not early, but you dont HAVE to go if youre accepted.</p>
<p>Many colleges have two deadlines, early decision deadline (usually innovember i believe) and you cna find out if youre accepted by december
their second deadline is the regular decision deadline, usually in january.</p>
<p>hope this helps! I'm sure there's a thread somewhere on CC with a better and more in depth analysis of ED, EA, and RD , but these all depend on the schools you go apply to</p>
<p>Now let's look at the big picture... I have 7 colleges I have in mind, and 2 I consider pretty hard for myself to get into. I have a 2.6/2.7 GPA, 1620 GPA, 1120/1600 (math; 600, cr; 520, writing; 500.)</p>
<p>These are my top 7 colleges ranked from 1-7.
1. Auburn University
2. Alabama University
3. Ohio Univeristy
4. West Virginia University
5. Tennessee University
6. Temple University
7. Bloomsburg University (safety)</p>
<p>I would ED to Auburn, would that increase my chances enough to get in? What do you guys think?</p>
<p>IMHO, apply ED if it's your first coice school and your grades are good enough (not perfect, by all means)</p>
<p>DON'T apply ED if you think your grades are lacking a little and you think you can pull them up a little at the beginning of the school year between the ED and RD deadlines</p>
<p>sorry to put up my question here but i'm in the same doubt. i want to apply to clark university since offers financial aid to international students. you've mentioned that if u are accepted by ED have to go to that college, but what if I get accepted but don't receive the financial aid i need to cover the annual cost? or would they only offer admission if they can meet my financial need? thanks in advance.</p>
<p>If you apply ED to a college and are accepted, you must withdraw any other applications you have made. If you are caught cheating on this rule, you may get rejected from all your other colleges.</p>
<p>You can get out of an ED commitment only if the ED school fails to meet your financial needs.</p>
<p>"You can get out of an ED commitment only if the ED school fails to meet your financial needs."</p>
<p>A problem may arise if the school that accepted doesn't give you their financial package until the spring. You find out that the package is unworkable and you'll have to withdraw -- but you're past the application deadlines for other schools (and potentially miss a semester or a year). Find out in advance when they will give you the FA determination.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the ED school may feel that they have met your financial needs, but your family may not agree. In that case, you are still stuck with the ED school.</p>
<p>Also, virtually no public universities meet 100% of students' financial need.Virtually all such institutions provide at least 20% less than what students' documented financial need is. Also, public institutions tend to give a high proportion of aid via loans. Most public institutions reserve their need-based financial aid for residents of their state.</p>
<p>After doing some more research, Auburn doesn't offer ED (I think, correct me if I'm wrong), but they do offer EA (early action). Could this benefit me in anyway?</p>
<p>"and what if u ED to a college but don't want to go there anymore even though u'r accepted"</p>
<p>You have to go there, which is why you should't apply ED unless you're certain you want to go to that college.</p>
<p>The ED colleges also inform other colleges of their ED acceptances, and those other colleges won't accept students who were accepted ED elsewhere.</p>
<p>You have to be VERY sure you would go to an ED school if you were accepted, because it truly is a binding contract. Financial Aid, obviously, is the major drawback. Everything that other posters have said is true! Early Action, though, is a wonderful alternative, especially if you may also apply to other schools. Some places are Single Choice Early Action, but many schools allow multiple early action applications. It's the best of all worlds, because you find out about your acceptance early, and you can still wait until May (fin aid packages are in, as well as all regular decisions) to finalize your decisions. I would go with several EA app's, and hope for the best. Good luck... it's quite confusing....</p>
<p>So EA would definitely improve my chances of making it into a college? AND if that college was non-binding EA, I could apply to more than 1 college EA?</p>
<p>Does early action affect in any way your possibilities of receiving financial aid? (i'm an international student btw) And are financial aid responses received at the same time in which you receive your response for the EA? Or would you have to wait until May to know if you receive any aid?</p>