<p>Hi our experience to Yale was after we’d done all OVs, the application SCEA was only to there. Only THEN the LL comes and applicant athletic recruit can firmly relax from ongoing worry (inlcuding the onoing recruitment process) about getting a slot. You can only apply SCEA to one HYP place and you could in theory apply at the same time RD to other places- but both athletes and coaches usually want to know asap (depending on which sport many/most spots are filled EA with maybe a few spots held for RD then a few for “walk-ons”). The coach in many sports is usually going to bat for the recruit, acceptance/ enrollment is, well for us anyway, was done as soon as the formal letter came for actual EA. </p>