<p>What colleges offer just plain Early Action? I know this doesn't give any advantage in the admit process, but it would be nice to have a couple replies in by December, even if they are rejections. That way, I'll be better prepared during the Regular round. </p>
<p>What about Rolling? I know Embry Riddle and UMich are rolling... any more?</p>
<p>My current list of "I want to go there!"'s don't offer EA... just SCEA or ED. Soo, any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>UChicago...</p>
<p>georgetown</p>
<p>MIT and Caltech</p>
<p>I thought MIT and Caltech were SCEA? Guess not then...</p>
<p>I'll research further into all the schools listed. Thank you!</p>
<p>EA
Stanford
Yale
Harvard</p>
<p>Stanford, Yale and Harvard are all SCEA. MIT and Caltech are regular EA.</p>
<p>UNC Chapel Hill, Boston College</p>
<p>Can I apply Early Decision (binding) to my first choice school, and EA to other schools? Obviously if accepted by the ED school I'll withdraw my application/reject offers from the EA school(s).</p>
<p>I don't think so, but I'm not sure. I know SCEA only lets you apply early to schools with rolling admissions and no other EA's. I think ED also lets you do rolling, but since it sounds more strict than SCEA... I think it bans EA too?</p>
<p>A lot of kids from my high school in Virginia applied ED to UVA, and then applied to James Madison EA as a safety. They encountered no troubles....I think you can do it.</p>
<p>this is an interesting thread. any more?</p>
<p>There is such a thing as a Single Choice Early Decision college. However, most (to my knowledge) are not like this, and as long as you don't apply to programs that have limits (like the SCEA programs) and you won't have a conflict if the ED school picks you, you can apply where you will. You will need to withdraw all applications regardless if you are accepted.</p>
<p>Hmm... it appears that I stand corrected. (Did I use that saying correctly?)</p>
<p>Anymore EA/Rolling acceptances people know of off the top of their heads? Please write EA/Rolling next to the school name. Thanks!</p>
<p>im pretty sure only harvard, yale, and stanford are SCEA schools</p>
<p>There are several schools which don't allow applicants to apply ED to any schools if the application chooses to apply EA to the given school. One such school is Georgetown University.</p>
<p>Yale is SCEA. If you apply EA, I don't think that you can apply ED anywhere.</p>
<p>could someone explain to me a bit more about ea and ed? and what is scea? is Early action the only one where you do not have to commit to the school, and can you apply to several places EA?</p>
<p>Early Action is when you apply to a school early, like from late October to early November. The main benefit in this is that you usually hear back from that school mid-Dec ish. With regular Early Action, you can apply EA to as many schools with that choice as you'd like. With Single Choice Early Action, you can only apply early to that school (and schools with rolling admissions). With both EA and SCEA, you can choose to decline their acceptance should you not want to attend there.</p>
<p>ED, or Early Decision, is the same as (SC)EA, but should they decide to accept you, you have to attend their school. This is binding... which usually leads to crappy financial aid packages.</p>
<p>SCEA = Single Choice Early Action. To my knowledge, it's only currently in play at Stanford, Yale and Harvard. If you apply to one of these programs, you are basically stating that you are only applying early here -- no other ED or EA applications are to be sent out (with the exception of rolling programs that aren't classified under ED or EA).</p>
<p>EA = Early Action. Usually non-binding, though some schools (such as Georgetown) stipulate that you can't apply to certain other early programs. You apply early (usually by November 1, but sometimes in December or January) and hear early, with no obligation to respond to the school until you would normally have to (that is, around May 1st).</p>
<p>ED = Comes in two flavors, ED I and ED II. Both forms are binding: if you apply, you sign an agreement stating that barring EXTREME circumstances, you WILL attend this school if you are admitted. Because of its binding nature, you may only have one active ED application in play at a time, and if you are accepted, you must deny any other acceptances and withdraw all other applications immediately. ED I is usually in the fall; ED II comes after ED I decisions (usually winter/early spring) and has the same binding nature, but gives kids a second chance to take advantage of the higher admit rate and show your devoted interest in the school.</p>
<p>There is an unspoken (most college admissions offices deny it) advantage to applying early, but that is not its intent. You are supposed to use the EA/ED programs to show the school your committment to them -- that is, EA/ED is for FIRST CHOICE schools. However, there is a large amount of gaming involved (early admission rates are MUCH greater in most cases than regular admission rates) and so it often doesn't work that way.</p>
<p>Similarly, there are ROLLING ADMISSIONS programs, where you submit your application as soon as possible and hear as soon as possible (sometimes as soon as 1-2 weeks!). The school fills up its pool as it goes along, so even though it has a final deadline, chances are the class will be full before that. Submitting early (often as early as September or October) is to your extreme advantage.</p>