<p>Is is similiar to Early Decision??</p>
<p>It's non-binding, unlike Early Decision--and I think the deadlines for it are later in the year than ED. If you apply EE, you'll get a letter in the mail in February or something that says whether you're a "likely" candidate, a "possible" candidate, or an "unlikely" candidate. You don't actually get officially accepted until around the time that everyone gets their RD acceptances. </p>
<p>I'm not entirely sure what the advantage of EE is, other than you get some sense of how you fall in the pool earlier, and so maybe you can relax a little bit, I guess. Other than that, I need someone to enlighten me on this.</p>
<p>EE stands for Early Evaluation. The deadline to submit your application is January 1. It's non binding, meaning you can apply to other schools if you apply EE to Wellesley. If you apply EE, you get one of three letters in mid February: likely to be admitted, possible to be admitted, unlikely to be admitted. They're not final decision letters, but they give you a good idea of where you fall in the application pool. Everyone gets their final letters at the end of March along with the Regular decision folks.</p>
<p>The advantage is to you because you get to know a little bit earlier on where you stand with Wellesley. I don't think it necessarily translates into "better chance to get in" type of advantage though. I applied EE to Wellesley and got a likely letter, which was nice because then I knew in February of one school where I was likely to be accepted while waiting for all my other letters for another month and a half.</p>
<p>If you look at earlier threads, you'll see that a good number of students who applied EE.</p>
<p>can we apply EE wellesley if we're doing single-choice early action somewhere else?</p>
<p>^^ I do not think EE prohibits this, since EE is just a "hint" at what your regular decision might look like. I doubt SCEA school will have rules against you applying regular decision elswhere. Additionally, you will know your SCEA decision before the EE deadline, and you might save some money and trouble by not applying elswhere.</p>