<p>I originally thought you could apply early to only one school, but I read some posts of ppl who applied early to several schools.
Can someone explain ED/EA/Priority or any other early plans there are and if you can apply early for a number of schools?</p>
<p>ED = Early Decision. You apply to one school only and commit to attend if you’re accepted. You can also apply EA to some schools if you like, but you have to withdraw your applications if you’re accepted to your ED school.</p>
<p>EA = Early Action. You apply to as many schools as you like, with no commitment to attend if you’re accepted. Note that some schools, including Yale and Stanford, have SCEA - Single Choice Early Action. Like regular EA plans, SCEA doesn’t require you to commit to attend; however, like ED plans, you can only apply SCEA to one school.</p>
<p>So, you could apply:
- ED to one school
- EA to a few schools
- SCEA to one school
- ED at one school and EA at a few others
- ED at one school and SCEA at one school</p>
<p>There are also some schools with rolling admissions programs, where you can send your application at any point in the year and find out within a certain amount of time. Other schools have priority admissions, where particularly well-qualified applicants are invited to apply early and find out within 3-4 weeks - it’s like EA, but by invitation only, and AFAIK it doesn’t prevent you from applying SCEA somewhere else - though I may be wrong on that point.</p>
<p>Parsons is priority…so I can’t apply to that school but they have to “invite” me?</p>
<p>Parsons has rolling admissons; when they say February 1 is their “priority deadline”, they mean that students who apply before February 1 have the best chance of getting in, getting financial aid, and getting housing on-campus.</p>
<p>From their website:</p>
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<p>So no, you don’t need to be “invited”.</p>
<p>quaere explained it pretty clearly.
But then you also have ED1, ED2, which is the same, you just apply to one ED school
Then schools like UMich have Early Reponse, meaning that if you submitted it by Oct 31, you’ll get a response by like mid-Dec, non-binding, meaning you don’t have to go there.</p>