<p>My older sister is a rising senior this year and she wanted me to ask these few questions to the CC community: :o3</p>
<p>1.) What is the difference between ED I and II? (I know this is asked commonly, but she doesn't partake in CC) :</p>
<p>2.) Is ED II for those who were rejected when applied ED I? (she's not sure if you can try ED twice to schools)</p>
<p>3.) Do all colleges allow Early Decision?</p>
<p>4.) When you apply Early decision, does this mean that you can't apply to any other universities with regular decision, until the Early decision is rejected? (Which is why CB warns you to prepare apps/essays before hand). </p>
<p>5.) As a follow up with #4, does this mean that the universities she already applied must be taken back/removed?</p>
<p>Thanks guyss :x :x</p>
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<li><p>ED I schools generally have deadlines in October/December. ED II schools generally have deadlines in December and January (during the same time as regular decision). Both are virtually the same (you can only apply to one) except ED I occurs first and ED II has less schools that participate.</p></li>
<li><p>Not necessarily, but if you are not accepted during ED I, you can apply to schools during ED II (just not the same school that you applied to ED I)/</p></li>
<li><p>No.</p></li>
<li><p>No. You will still be able to apply to all schools during regular decision. If you are accepted during ED, you should withdraw your apps. You hear back from ED before you apply RD, and that </p></li>
<li><p>Not sure what your question means… if you get in ED whether it is ED I or ED II you must withdraw your apps EA or RD.</p></li>
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<p>@enigmaticescape Thanks for the informations 
5 was a bit of a struggle to ask… sorry for the confusion there @-) </p>
<p>Op,
There is ED1, ED2, EA, SCEA, rolling admissions, and RD (regular decision).
- If you apply ED1 or ED2, the college will either accept you, reject you, or defer you into their RD pool of applicants.
- If the ED1 or ED2 college accepts you, then you are required to attend (basically; unless it is unaffordable).
- ED1 or ED2 are basically different deadlines when the application is due and when they will notify you if you got accepted, rejected, or deferred. You apply to EITHER ED1 or ED2 to a particular college.
4, If you get rejected as an ED 1 or ED2 applicant, you CAN NOT reapply to the same school in the RD round. Your rejection is final for that school year.
- You can apply ED to only 1 college (because if 2 colleges accepted you, both would be binding)
- When you apply ED1 or ED2, you can apply to as many other schools EA or RD or rolling. But if you get accepted to your ED school, you are required to withdraw (take back) all of your other applications.
- Applying ED improves your chances of admissions
- If you apply EA, then you are applying early, but the college admissions is not binding. You have until May to decide if you want to accept their acceptance.
- If you apply SCEA, then you are applying early, you can only apply to that 1 school early, to no other schools ED or EA (with some exceptions), but the college acceptance is not binding (you do not have to accept their acceptance)
10.Every college will have their own combo of ED, EA, RD etc. You have to look it up on a college by college basis.</p>
<p>When you said: “will either accept you, reject you, or defer you into their RD pool of applicants”, does this mean that I would have 2 choices o.O, because I am deferred and then put in RD for another choice?</p>
<p>Also, would applying ED II technically be considered as a lower chance than ED I because in ED I, you are showing that you have more interest in the school as to apply so early :o</p>
<p>Because what If my sister decides to apply ED I before November 15th, she won’t be able to show her progress senior year. (say she had 3.7 gpa junior, but in senior year, she could potentially receive something higher to show an upwards trend in cumulative gpa?)</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
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<li><p>Some schools have two ED schedules. ED1 with an early due date for the app and a correspondingly early decision. Many such schools have an ED1 deadlines as early as October and almost always by the end of the year. ED2 has a later deadline, sometimes the same as RD. </p></li>
<li><p>ED2 is not just for those who did not get accepted to their ED1 schools. You don’t have to apply ED1 somewhere to apply ED2 to another school. A lot of students may not have a clear first choice school by the time the ED1 apps are due but have one by the time the ED2 deadlines arrive. Or they just did not get their applications done in time for ED1. Or they applied ED1 and some things did not get there in time so the school might just move the time line to ED2. Also kids who apply ED1 to a school and not get accepted there, might not want to apply ED2 to any school but keep the options open among the other choices. Also many ED1 decisions are deferred, not rejections and a student might want to still wait for the chance to get accepted RD to that first choice school. </p></li>
<li><p>No. A school has to have a specific ED program in order to apply that way. You can always get your application submitted early after the apps are released, but unless a school has an early or rolling program in place, you are not likely to get the decision for several months. Each school has its timelines for these things.</p></li>
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<p>4.No. You certainly can apply to all of your colleges at any time. You cannot apply to more than one college under ED since the very definition of ED includes the condition that you are committed if accepted as long as fin aid issues are not there. You sign a statement of this commitment and your GC and parent often also are asked to sign for ED. You also cannot apply to certain single choice EA programs concurrently. But you are permitted to send out your apps at the same time. A lot of people wait for the ED school to respond before sending out the other apps because of the cost. Those app fees, test score fees, PROFILE fees can add up. You don’t get your money back if you are accepted ED and have to withdraw all of those applications. What too many kids do, however, is that they just do the one ED app to make that deadline and not start , much less complete their other apps until they hear back in hopes that the extra work would not be needed. The problem is that if not accepted ED, such students have to scurry to meet some of the other deadlines and it’s hard to be upbeat when you are so disappointed. It’s a lot more efficient to get the apps all done at once and hold off sending the RD apps until the ED response is received, but have it ready to go, if the answer is not an accept. </p>
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<li>If you are accepted ED, you are required to withdraw your other applications if you did send any out. THat is often the condition of ED apps and you sign a statement saying you understand this and will do this. Some schools do share ED lists and they get the names of ED acceptees, The exception to the withdrawing other apps is if the financial aid estimates do not work out and if you cannot reach an agreement in that area with the ED school. The ED school will then release you from the commitment. This has to all be done in a timely matter because you can get flushed from consideration by other schools that share those lists.</li>
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<p>When applying ED, there is a statement going over the conditions, stipulations and consequences that the student and often the GC and parent have to sign. The rules will be stated there. Also the deadlines and timelines will be listed for ED1, ED2, RD.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse Wow thanks for the detailed explanation given for each question ^:)^ </p>