<p>I'm applying to colleges right now and I'm getting rather confused by the different admission preferences. If I apply to Stanford under their restrictive early action, I'm not allowed to University of Chicago (a private university) under their early action right? Stanford says, "The student may apply to any college/university with a non-binding rolling admission process." Does uchicago have a rolling admission process?</p>
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Correct. With SCEA, you can only apply to public unis, international unis, or any with a non-binding rolling admissions process.
No.</p>
<p>I thought with SCEA, one can apply to schools with nonbinding EA which I thought UChicago is… so one can apply to both.</p>
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Nope; that’s why it’s called “single choice.”
<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University;
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For Stanford SCEA, one may apply to other non-private EA (which is non binding anyway) or to schools that EA is required for merit aids. Uchicago is a private, so one cannot apply to it EA with SCEA at Stanford, for instance.</p>
<p>thanks for the clarification! I thought SCEA was similar to ED but is nonbinding… there are posts like this that lead me to my prior misunderstanding:</p>
<p>08-31-2014 at 1:42 am edited August 31
senior201412345 wrote:
if you do Duke, which is ED, you CANNOT do any school other than Duke, including chicago.
Incorrect. ED applicants are banned only from applying SCEA to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale and EA to the restrictive EA schools (i.e. Boston College, Georgetown, and Notre Dame).</p>
<p>A student can apply ED to Duke and as many EA schools (e.g. MIT, Caltech, Chicago, UNC) as s/he wishes.
Post edited by warblersrule on August 31"</p>
<p>Since ED is binding, they don’t really care if you apply to other schools EA as ED admission would trump all other ones and you need to withdraw other applications once accepted ED. SCEA is not binding therefore they would block you from applying to other school ED or other private EA that may affect their yield.</p>
<p>thanks billscho… what if you had already applied to one EA school not knowing this. Does it mean you can only apply to ED schools and no SCEA? Or does it mean if you get accepted SCEA, you have to withdraw from any EA applications?</p>
<p>Here is an example of a REA school. Read through it. It’s very clear. <a href=“Single Choice Early Action for First-Year Applicants | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions”>Single Choice Early Action for First-Year Applicants | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions;
<p>1203, if you have already applied to an EA school and now want to apply SC EA to Yale, you must change your application status to RD to that school in order to be in compliance with Yales’s rules to apply SC EA. </p>
<p>Great, thanks!!!</p>