<p>I applied SCEA to Stanford, which basically means you can't apply EA elsewhere, or at least where you get your admissions decision before Jan 1 (there's an exception for rolling admissions, though). I'm also applying to Saint Mary's College (CA), which has a "priority deadline," so if you send in your app by Nov 30, you get your decision by the second week of January (this is on the website and application). I was planning to go ahead and do this for Saint Mary's until I received a postcard from them that said I can find out by the end of December. I don't think this really qualifies as either rolling admissions or as EA, so I'm unclear on this issue. If I apply before the 30th and get my decision before January 1, will that be an issue with Stanford SCEA?</p>
<p>better question: would stanford ever know?</p>
<p>I think asking your guidance counselor is the best bet on this one.</p>
<p>I would ask my guidance counselor, but I'm homeschooled. ;)</p>
<p>I think you should call Stanford and ask them. Between Stanford's SCEA wording and SMC's wording, it's unclear. Personally, I could argue either way. If there is no box for you to check to specifically ask for an early notification and you are just sending in your application when it's done and it happens to be done by Nov. 30 and SMC decides to go ahead and let you know before Dec. 31, it doesn't seem to me that you have applied to SMC under an "early notification" process. But Stanford might disagree.</p>
<p>it doesnt' seem to me that you ahve broken the SCEA policy at stanford either. SMC is not specifically E application. your GC would know better.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry. There is no conflict.</p>