<p>Am I allowed to apply to Hopkins ED, and also another school's nonbinding early action plan, such as Case Western or UChicago?</p>
<p>As our web site states (<a href="http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/ed.html):%5B/url%5D">http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/ed.html):</a></p>
<p>"The Early Decision agreement is binding, so you may not apply to any other school under an early decision plan. (You may still apply to other schools under a nonbinding early action plan.)"</p>
<p>So yes, you can apply ED to Hopkins and early action some where else. Do note that you can not apply ED to Hopkins and also to a single-choice early action school.</p>
<p>Also, note that it is not recommended that you apply early to more than one school. Early admission programs were designed for students to apply to only one school. When you apply ED and EA to different schools, you are sending a contradictory messages to those schools. It is allowed, but it is not encouraged.</p>
<p>admissions daniel, why is it not encouraged to do ED to hopkins and EA to somewhere else. what if the non binding EA school is your second choice, but hopkins is still your first choice? is it a bad thing to do then?</p>
<p>As I mentioned in my first post, early admissions programs were designed for students to choose only one school. Applying early is stating that the school you select to apply early to is your first choice school. If you apply ED one place and EA to another place, you then are saying you have 2 first choice schools -- which logically doesn't work.</p>
<p>When you apply ED to a school you are absolutely saying they are your first choice by signing the commitment contract. If you then choose to apply EA to another school, what are you saying to that other school, which is making the assumption that they are you first choice. </p>
<p>It is allowed but it is not recommended as it goes against what early programs are all about. Is it a bad thing? -- well not really as it most likely will not impact your decision, but do think about it.</p>
<p>In that case, should I scrap my Early Action application and just send in the Early Decision application to Johns Hopkins? </p>
<p>The only reason I've actually started on the other one was because my counselor said it was okay and it seemed like everyone was applying to 1 ED and also 1 EA college... </p>
<p>But that means cancelling recommendations, essays deleted, lots of time lost...on the other hand, I don't want to hurt anyone else's chances for their college experience either...</p>
<p>I seem to recall from my application days a couple years ago that there were different ED and EA programs. Like, for instance, single-choice EA/ED, and unrestricted EA/ED. Single choice programs meant you could not apply to another school under their EA/ED program.</p>
<p>jovenes132: that is your choice. I have explained the thought process behind early programs from the college point-of-view...but as I said you may apply ED to JHU and EA to another school if you want. Doing such will not impact your decisons. </p>
<p>You might want to contact the school you plan to apply EA to and see what they say about you applying ED to another school at the same time.</p>