Is it true that if I apply early in Stanford I can’t apply early anywhere else? If it is, what will happen if I do apply early to Stanford and a couple of other colleges?
Colleges share lists and you can get ‘blackballed’, are you willing to start your relationship with Stanford based on dishonesty and breaking their rules? If so I can assure you you are not the kind of person they are interested in, character is very important to them.
Here are the allowed exceptions to the policy
The student may apply to any college/university with early deadlines for scholarships or special academic programs as long as the decision is non-binding.
The student may apply to any public college/university with a non-binding early application option.
The student may apply to any college/university with a non-binding rolling admission process.
The student may apply to any foreign college/university on any application schedule.
@Tushar1010. I have read your compelling profile posted in the past. Since you are an Indian international seriously interested in applying to Stanford REA to study computer science and you don’t require financial aid…I would strongly recommend applying early REA to Stanford (to have the best “shot”) and strategically apply to as many of the great state flagships EARLY that have outstanding CS programs like UCBerkeley (UC schools technically don’t have an early program but they require all applicants to submit by Nov. 30), Illinois, Washington, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Texas, Maryland…
…the state flagships listed are top programs in CS/engineering that are far far better than most private schools in the country…so you won’t go wrong. And, if you really wanted to go to a school in California or near Silicon Valley to be near jobs/internships there are other options to consider…
http://admission.stanford.edu/application/decision_process/restrictive.html
Hope this helps.
Stanford’s REA policy would mean you could not also apply to U.Chicago or Notre Dame for example
Yeah, REA restricts you from applying to private universities.
However, at some universities I think there are REA programs that allow you to apply early to universities that do not use the Common App form (but these do not include Stanford as far as I know).
@Stanccepted, you’re right that different schools have different rules on EA so it can be a bit confusing. The posters above have noted how it works at Stanford and it’s similar with the EA programs at HYP.
There are also schools with open EA, such as Chicago and MIT, as well as ED schools (such as Dartmouth) that allow applicants to apply EA elsewhere, but they must attend the ED school if accepted there. There are also schools with multiple rounds of EA or ED.