<p>I have tried to get an answer to this question from multiple sources but received conflicting answers. When you apply Early Action to a college, do other colleges have access to this information that you are applying EA at another college? The concern is that if someone applies for single choice early action at Yale, would Harvard know that you have applied EA at Yale, and may hold that against you? </p>
<p>Any help in this regard will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Harvard doesn’t even have an early program, so why would they hold it against you? The Yale program is nonbinding, and thus application during this period does not indicate that Yale is one’s first choice.</p>
<p>The answer to your question is irrelevant.</p>
<p>This question is not so irrelevant, although I wish it was. All colleges want to increase their yield rates (percentage of students admitted out of the number offered admissions), since this weighs in the ratings of US News and other rating systems. So if I was a Harvard admissions officer and I have full access to information as to which other colleges a student has applied to and if he or she has applied for any early action, my decision may be influenced by the fact that a student has applied at Yale for an early action. Even though Harvard does not offer EA or ED, the fact that a student applied EA at Yale would indicate that Yale may be his or her first choice. Even if this student may qualify for a Harvard admission in every other respect, he or she might be rejected by Harvard if they want to improve their yield rate. In my view it unfair to the students if colleges have access to where all a student has applied through Common App or other means.</p>
<p>I would aprreciate if someone has an answer to this question.</p>
<p>Schools like Harvard and Yale don’t need to worry about their yield, they wouldn’t bother. However, I think some schools do share ED lists to catch students are applying ED to multiple schools.</p>
<p>Same answer, irrelevant. As Michael noted, famous schools already have top yields, and schools care more about admitting top students than about the yield statistic.</p>