What is interim decision?

Just saw it mentioned, didn’t know what it was. Please enlighten me.

<p>i know rice has it...you turn in your app sometime in december instead of jan and find out in mid-feb instead of april...
at rice, it wasn't binding and was a nice way to find out kind of early if you got in without having to worry about the commitment of ED</p>

<p>So could I do that and ED or EA somewhere else?</p>

<p>um, i don't know about that...i think my ID app was due like dec. 1 (someone correct me please) and EA/ED decisions don't come out until mid-dec, usually...
if you did EA or even SCEA (for harvard, at least) you can...if you did ED, you can do ID, but you'd have to withdraw if you got into the ED school</p>