<p>I'm thinking about applying Early Decision to Williams..
Does Williams let students write early actions to other schools while they are rolling under early decisions to Williams?</p>
<p>To quote the commonapp: “… While pursuing admission under an Early Decision plan, students may apply to other institutions, but may have only one Early Decision application pending at any time.”
So if you apply ED to Williams you would be able to apply to priority early notification for your home state university but not SCEA at Yale for example</p>
<p>Yeah, I know I can apply to UCs… But I’m asking if I can do early action to MIT and Caltech while doing Early decision to WIlliams for example…</p>
<p>Make sure both schools allow this! Georgetown, for example, has EA rather than ED but doesn’t allow students to apply to a binding application at the same time.</p>
<p>^^In the case of Yale, which has early action, the answer is no. If you apply early decision to Williams, you can’t apply early action to Yale.</p>
<p>Anything’s possible I suppose, but I suspect the answer for MIT and Caltech is no, also. I mean, what’s the point of having early action at all, from their perspective? </p>
<p>Since you made me curious, I’m going to look…</p>
<p>And the answer is…I can’t find anything definitive on either site. I get the impression that they don’t care. Caltech keeps its early action option available for those “whose applications are sufficient without first term senior year grades” and also for applicants to a particular scholarship.</p>
<p>Seems weird to me. Why do they bother with the potential confusion? Harvard just completely eliminated their early action/decision. Anyone know the answer?</p>
<p>ED is meant for someone who has a clear first choice. You seem to be trying to maximize your odds at various schools. Even if Williams is your first choice, and you are able to game the system and apply EA and ED at multiple schools you should be aware your odds are not necessarily higher at Williams in the ED round - unless you are a recruited athlete or a legacy.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know my chances won’t be higher… I’m just asking if it’s possible to do it at the same time … I heard someone applied to both UPenn ED and MIT Caltech EA. He got into Upenn so he withdrew the applications… I know SCEA doesn’t allow students to apply others schools as early, but what about regular EA?</p>
<p>I think as far as Williams is concerned you can apply anywhere else as long as it is non-binding and you withdraw from any other admissions. You could call anonymously and confirm that just to be sure. Just do some soul-searching and think about how you will feel if you get into MIT or Caltech as well.</p>
<p>Wait, why are you saying that Applying early doesn’t help you, as far as I know, all the odds are higher in every ED, and that’s way you rush to do everything before November, but I can be wrong… can someone tell me wether applying ED boosts ones chances or not?? thank you!!</p>
<p>Some places yes, others no. For example, Penns ED improves your chances because they will be less scrutinizing due to your interest in the school. (though still very difficult)</p>
<p>Yale EA on the other hand is self selecting. The only reason it’s admit rate is higher is due to the fact that extremely well qualified applicants who would have been accepted RD apply early. So it all depends on the school.</p>