<p>Is it recommended that someone in the situation above applies SCEA? Will this student be overlooked because of the outstanding prep school, intel, and national-awarding winning applicants?</p>
<p>After reviewing the decision threads, I did see UNhooked students get admitted largely because they are from low performing schools. However, would SCEA make sense?</p>
<p>As a rule of thumb, the odds of admission are greatly enhanced for ANY applicant from ANY school and ANY demographic with ANY grades and SAT score if he/she applies SCEA.</p>
<p>I applied SCEA from a not-too-wonderful public school (although not an actively bad one) and was accepted. Stick it to those prep school kids!</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, randomperson, however you have one of the most outstanding resumes I've ever seen.</p>
<p>catmouse88of4--When you apply to Harvard, you are not judged on what high school you attended, but rather, how you made the most of your institution. Yes, prep schools tend to get more kids in, because the kinds of kids who go to those schools tend to already be quite bright and ambitious, but if you have flourished at your run-of-the-mill public school, applying EA can only help you. </p>
<p>Furthermore, because Harvard is SCEA, applying early shows admissions that you care enough about Harvard that you turned down the chances to apply early to other places. Statistically, it makes sense to apply early. And it's SUCH A RELIEF to get in in December!</p>
<p>Oh, I'm sure it would be! Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>thanks for posting this. this ggives me hope because i am in a similar situation!</p>
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Thanks for the input, randomperson, however you have one of the most outstanding resumes I've ever seen.
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lol, sorry, I probably should have offered more tangible input. Sunglasses is definitely right: you're judged in the context of your school, and although I think that prep school kids have some distinct advantages, (literate counselors can write much better recommendations) public schools offer more chances for their most outstanding students to shine. You may, for instance, have much stronger, "one of the best in my career" teacher letters of recommendation thanks to your public school origin. I probably wouldn't have gotten those kinds of letters if I was at an elite school like Exeter, but hailing from a public school without a math/science tradition, I was much more impressive to teachers. And Byerly is right - applying EA, according to all available evidence, can only help.</p>
<p>sry if this question seems dumb..but what's SCEA? is it another way of saying early action? and what's the difference between early action or early decision? thanks in advance...</p>
<p>scea: single choice early action. (as opposed to a nonbinding ea program)</p>
<p>difference between ea and ed: early action is nonbinding, early decision is (and implicitly, single choice! obviously!).</p>
<p>princeton, I believe, as well as a lot of schools, is ed.</p>
<p>oo, thank you, now i actually know wut those acronyms mean :D</p>