<p>“Any application that they liked that came in after December 1 still got scholarship consideration and scholarships were awarded as if those apps had come in before Dec 1.”</p>
<p>this is pure speculation and supposition on your part. As I mentioned upstream, Stanford’s written policy, for the last 7 years at least , has been that apps that must be submitted early in order to qualify for scholarship consideration are allowed.</p>
<p>"Restrictive Early Action Policy</p>
<pre><code>Applicants agree not to apply to any other private college/university under an Early Action, Restrictive Early Action, Early Decision, or Early Notification program.
Applicants may apply to other colleges and universities under their Regular Decision option.
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<p>Exceptions</p>
<pre><code>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.
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<p>This has been Stanfords policy for years</p>