<p>I am planning to apply to Yale for early action and only Yale for EA because of its restrictive policy. However, my college counselor says that I can apply for other school's EA programs and Yale EA simultaneously, just as long as the others schools don't hold a restrictive policy.</p>
<p>I'm a little wary of his advice. Am I allowed to apply to Yale EA and, for example, MIT EA?</p>
<p>Thanks. X3</p>
<p>no you cannot since MIT announces prior to Jan 1. From Yale’s website: </p>
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<p>[Early</a> Action FAQ | Application to Yale College | Freshmen | Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/eafaq.html]Early”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/application/eafaq.html)</p>
<p>I would think you can apply to MIT, if their EA is non-binding. Afterall, you can apply EA to as many schools as you’d like, but only if they are all non-binding. (Many colleges are EA). But you can’t apply ED anywhere else, or SCEA. Check w/ MIT to see if theirs is EA or if it is SCEA.</p>
<p>I just read again what a prior poster sent. I’m thinking you should double check what type of application MIT has. If it’s EA, check w/ Yale about the details. I know plenty of kids who applied EA along w/ one SCEA.</p>
<p>^ limabeans, the kids you know who did that are lucky that they didn’t get caught. Applying to other EA schools is enough to earn a rescission of an SCEA acceptance.</p>
<p>OP: Do not apply to other schools early if you choose to apply to Yale SCEA. Only bad things could follow, as this is definitely against Yale’s policy.</p>
<p>Stanford and Yale have single choice early action (SCEA) and it means you are prohibited from applying early action or early decision anywhere else. The OPs counselor is just dead wrong and if you follow his advice you will violate Yale’s SCEA requirement. Stanford and Yale are the only two I know of that have SCEA. Every other college that has early action allows you to apply early action elsewhere and most of them allow you to apply early decision elsewhere. Likewise, almost all, if not all, colleges that have early decison allow you to apply early action elsewhere.</p>
<p>SCEA does not prohibit you from applying “regular” decison to any other college even if the other college issues such decisons on a rolling basis starting in the fall.</p>
<p>The general description from the NACAC website is quoted below. But, yes, the Yale website is the definitive source for information about Yale’s rules. </p>
<p>ADMISSION ROUNDS PER NACAC </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/ABOUTNACAC/POLICIES/Documents/SPGP.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nacacnet.org/ABOUTNACAC/POLICIES/Documents/SPGP.pdf</a> </p>
<p>Non-Restrictive Application Plans: All of these plans allow students to wait until May 1 to confirm enrollment.</p>
<p>• Regular Decision is the application process in which a student submits an application to an institution by a specified date and receives a decision within a reasonable and clearly stated period of time. A student may apply to other institutions without restriction. </p>
<p>• Rolling Admission is the application process in which an institution reviews applications as they are completed and renders admission decisions to students throughout the admission cycle. A student may apply to other institutions without restriction. </p>
<p>• Early Action (EA) is the application process in which students apply to an institution of preference and receive a decision well in advance of the institution’s regular response date. Students who are admitted under Early Action are not obligated to accept the institution’s offer of admission or to submit a deposit prior to May 1. Under non-restrictive Early Action, a student may apply to other colleges. Restrictive Application Plans: These are plans that allow institutions to limit students from applying to other early plans. </p>
<p>• Early Decision (ED) is the application process in which students make a commitment to a first-choice institution where, if admitted, they definitely will enroll. 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. Should a student who applies for financial aid not be offered an award that makes attendance possible, the student may decline the offer of admission and be released from the Early Decision commitment. The institution must notify the applicant of the decision within a reasonable and clearly stated period of time after the Early Decision deadline. Usually, a nonrefundable deposit must be made well in advance of May 1. The institution will respond to an application for financial aid at or near the time of an offer of admission. </p>
<p>Institutions with Early Decision plans may restrict students from applying to other early plans. Institutions will clearly articulate their specific policies in their Early Decision agreement. </p>
<p>• Restrictive Early Action (REA) is the application process in which students make application to an institution of preference and receive a decision well in advance of the institution’s regular response date. Institutions with Restrictive Early Action plans place restrictions on student applications to other early plans. Institutions will clearly articulate these restrictions in their Early Action policies and agreements with students. Students who are admitted under Restrictive Early Action are not obligated to accept the institution’s offer of admission or to submit a deposit prior to May 1.</p>
<p>The conclusion I gathered from all these responses (thanks for the speedy responses, guys) is that I should apply only to Yale EA, thereby not violating Yale’s Single Choice policy.</p>
<p>Right?</p>
<p>@bluebayou</p>
<p>It was exactly that paragraph that made me question my counselor’s advice in the first place. :D</p>