<p>pretty please with a cherry :)</p>
<p>I think it means that if you get accepted to the school, you HAVE to go, as in it's your first choice. So if they accept you, they're going to expect you to go, no bail.</p>
<p>Correct me someone if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>well i believe there are only two schools that do SCEA (Stanford and Yale) and it means you can only apply EA to one college. so if you apply SCEA to yale then you can't apply EA to harvard or somthing...</p>
<p>i think?</p>
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I think it means that if you get accepted to the school, you HAVE to go, as in it's your first choice. So if they accept you, they're going to expect you to go, no bail.</p>
<p>Correct me someone if I'm wrong.
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No. That's ED.</p>
<p>nah, a lot of colleges do it. FSU and BSU for sure do it, because those are the two schools I applied to and they both asked if I was early action.</p>
<p>I don't think there's any such thing as not-single-choice early action, anyways... I don't think there'd be a point to it...</p>
<p>so it's like normal early action - just testing the waters - but you can't apply EA anywhere else? Balls to that....</p>
<p>If it's ED then you can bail... EA you gotta go. I thought that was the difference?</p>
<p>bonejangles -- there is such a thing as non-SC EA, and it makes a lot more sense than SCEA, in my opinion. What if I want to apply EA to my top three schools? Now I have to pick just one? For a nonbinding contract, what's the point of making your school the ONLY ONE an applicant can express interest in.</p>
<p>It sucks. No, worse than that; it's stupid.</p>
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I don't think there's any such thing as not-single-choice early action, anyways... I don't think there'd be a point to it...
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Many schools have "not-single-choice" early action. Chicago and Georgetown come to mind.
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If it's ED then you can bail... EA you gotta go. I thought that was the difference?
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You have it reversed.</p>
<p>I thought that was the point, though. I mean, I had three choices. But one that trumped all of them, so I EA'd it. Nonetheless, the music professors there are lazy and never scheduled my audition so I didn't get in anyways... but I'm sure it's because I'm not thinking straight, I'm so sure you're right.</p>
<p>yes, I know the difference between EA and ED (ED is the binding one, p.s.) but single-choice EA seems muddled to me.</p>
<p>SCEA is just like ED without the need to commit.</p>
<p>ED you gotta go, EA you can bail?</p>
<p>Bah, I'm just glad I'm done with applications. They're so confusing. Heh, I think I proved that.</p>
<p>bonejangles: I have nine choices. I'd like to test the waters at the three most competitive early, to see what my chances are. EA means I wouldn't be sworn to attend. But if a top school offers me a great deal, then I can dump the other six regular admissions.</p>
<p>I wanted to EA two or three and see what they said. But Stanford (a biiig reach, but I still want to apply) says Single Choice EA.</p>
<p>And I want to know what that means. I can't EA anywhere else?</p>
<p>I'd like to turn that to somedumbnoob. :) They seem to have the jist.</p>
<p>Stanford? Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Yes that means you cant EA anywhere else.</p>
<p>ahh. This just sucks.</p>
<p>Quote:</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale and other colleges that have single choice early action programs do not allow candidates to apply to other schools during the early-action period only. However, once they receive EA (Early Action) decisions (mid-December), then applicants are free to apply elsewhere, if they so choose. </p>
<p>Some colleges with early options exchange lists of admitted students, once their picks have been made. Therefore, if you apply early to such a college and you are admitted, then other colleges will see your name on that list. If you are not admitted, then the other schools will never know you applied elsewhere. </p>
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<p>Well that settles that. No Stanford EA.</p>
<p>thank you everyone <em>bows</em></p>
<p>Only thing about your quote is that Harvard no longer has EA. Also, I'm not aware of any schools that trade lists of names. If someone could verify that, that would be much appreciated.</p>