<p>I just need to clarify my situation.</p>
<p>I'm applying ED to Hopkins, EA to Rensselaer to get my safety out of the way. I know JHU would be binding, and RPI wouldn't be. Some people at my school are telling me I can't apply ED and EA. My rational is that they don't know the difference between ED and EA, and that I'm fine doing this.</p>
<p>Can anyone clarify?</p>
<p>My understanding is that if you apply ED somewhere, you cannot apply EA anywhere else. Most colleges will be clear about doing just that in their literature.</p>
<p>Woah, BJM8 I always thought you can only apply to one school ED, and then as many EAs as you want!</p>
<p>Harvard, Princeton, and Yale all have "single-choice early action" where you can only apply to their school early. But it's non-binding.</p>
<p>Dude, recheck RPI...I could have sworn they only have ED...in fact I just checked commonapp.org and they DO only have Early decision. That's binding. So pick one, JHU or RPI, because you can only have one ED school. If RPI is your safety, then apply Regular Decision.</p>
<p>Once you get your acceptance for early decision, you will have to withdraw your applications to the schools you applied to Early Action.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I can support this as well. RPI is ED.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention EA is for RPI Medal winners only, of which I am.</p>
<p>Ohhh, well aren't you special ;) ;)
Hehe kidding. Good luck with your apps. You want to be an engineer?</p>
<p>I didn't intend to sound pretentious when I wrote that, that was just how it came out.</p>
<p>Anyway, yea. At a point I was divided about engineering, but if I don't get into any of my top schools I would be satisfied with it</p>
<p>Noo I was just kidding :) :)
Apply to MIT! C'mon...you can dooo it!</p>
<p>I am pretty sure you can't do EA and ED because at least for Princeton, there's is a provision that says you can't do that in their ED agreement.</p>
<p>Ha, I would not stand a chance at MIT. Hopkins is a big enough reach for me :)</p>
<p>I've gone over the JHU ED contract and it says that you may not apply under any other "early decision" plan. I'm not quite sure what that means. Anyway, I just sent out an email to the JHU admissions office, so hopefully I can get this settled before sending in the EA app for RPI.</p>
<p>TAWS, as I said above, Princeton is "single-choice early action" which means it is non-binding, but the provision is that you can't apply anywhere else. This is not a very standard policy as far as I know.</p>
<p>Right, it means you CAN'T apply to an ADDITIONAL school ED...</p>
<p>Since ED is binding, and you HAVE to go if you get in, then it would be impossible to apply to two. If you got into both, then what? You'd have to break one contract and that's a no-no. And if they find out that you've applied somewhere else ED...I think they reject your application.</p>
<p>Yea, but I have yet to determine if EA is classified as an "early decision plan."</p>
<p>Ah okay, well, that would be RPI specific because you won that award. So they let you apply EA if you're a winner? That's weird...</p>
<p>Yea, EA is offered just to the medal winners. It struck me as odd to have both ED and EA as options though. </p>
<p>I was thinking of applying EA just to get it out of the way. It's one less thing I'll have to worry about later. If it's going to be a problem I should probably retract my EA app.</p>
<p>Im applying to SUNY Geneseo ED and SUNY Albany EA. I told my guidance department and they said its fine... so im assuming its fine.</p>
<p>Finally, a concrete example. Thanks.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. Some allow it, a lot don't.</p>
<p>comeon kiddo, it's right there on their website! This is a direct cut and paste, I am adding emphasis to the relevant part only:</p>
<p>
[quote]
The ED Contract</p>
<pre><code>You, your parents, and your secondary school counselor will be required to sign an agreement stating that you will enroll at Hopkins if admitted and immediately withdraw any regular decision applications to other schools. Because your Hopkins Early Decision agreement is binding*, you may not apply to any other school under an early decision plan ** (you may still apply for early action programs, however).** We will notify you of our decision in time for you to make regular application deadlines for other schools.
[/quote]
</code></pre>