<p>I am going to apply EA to MIT - can I apply to other schools EA as long as they are not "single choice" or is MIT "single choice" too?</p>
<p>MIT is not single choice EA...you can apply to any other non binding or non single choice school.</p>
<p>many choose to apply to Cal Tech and MIT early</p>
<p>Just so you know, MIT's EA acceptance rate is lower than its RD rate with EA at ~15.4%</p>
<p>For the class of '09, EA was about 13.5%, the overall for the year 14%...</p>
<p>The majority of EA applications get deffered. I don't remember the numbers but it's a VERY large majority.</p>
<p>But that's not the question. Yes, you can apply to MIT and other schools EA, so long as no other school you apply to is single choice or ED.</p>
<p>The "official" MIT stance is that you simply need to honor the rules of other schools. We're not binding (ED) and we're not single choice, so essentially you can simultaneously apply here and anywhere else - so long as the other school(s) don't have rules against it.</p>
<p>The admit rates for EA and RA are essentially the same, as noted above. Note, however, that this is comparing EA applicants who are admitted in December to RA applicants who are admitted in March. It does not include EA applicants who are deferred in December but then admitted in March.</p>
<p>If you look at the admit rate of all EA applicants who ultimately get in (in December AND March) the admit rate is significantly higher than 14% - somewhere in the 20's, I believe.</p>