SCEA/REA and ED mistake

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to send apps for REA and an ED school in error?

I have an acquaintance who claims their kid accidentally sent in both REA and ED. The dad said it was an honest mistake because kid thought REA was same as EA. This seems very hard to believe to me. How does a high school counselor allow this to happen?

[Anonymous]

Don't think it is possible, you and the child have to sign a form when you do either that says you won't do this.

[Anonymous]

Their son totally 100% did this somehow and was freaking out at the last minute about it. Makes me think it was intentional

[Anonymous]

Only MIT EA is possible. Many EA MIT ED Penn. Penn is binding so have to give up on MIT if accepted by both. Public school, counselor does not have a clue where kids are applying to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only MIT EA is possible. Many EA MIT ED Penn. Penn is binding so have to give up on MIT if accepted by both. Public school, counselor does not have a clue where kids are applying to.

Counselor would have to have some clue? They send the transcripts.

[Anonymous]

Could understand a student being confused but how does this get by the college counselor?

[Anonymous]

It was REA at Georgetown--he just told me. Said it was confusing because Georgetown calls it early action. I believe he/parents intentionally applied to both to hedge their bets. Still, counselor let it happen. Likely because it is a public HS in an area that does not have many high achievers so counselor could have been unfamiliar with Georgetown. Sus.

[Anonymous]

Who cares? MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Was he accepted to both? If so, he should immediately reject Georgetown. If he hasn’t heard from ED yet, he would withdraw his application .

[Anonymous]

REA usually does not require parents to sign. But I would think high school would know since they send transcript. Honestly, if an honest middle it should be fine. Have him tell his counselor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? MYOB.

Seriously!

[Anonymous]

Definitely know kids who applied to Harvard REA as well as ED Duke. There is no paper for counselors to sign for REA so yes, sneaky kids are doing it.

[Anonymous]

Counselor doesn’t send the transcripts, a different person in student services has that job. Counselors at public schools would likely not catch this “mistake.” And the instructions about ED and REA are made VERY clear before applying. Students see school presentations that cover this. Colleges explain it very precisely. If you are smart enough to attend college you are smart enough to know when you are doing something underhanded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was REA at Georgetown--he just told me. Said it was confusing because Georgetown calls it early action. I believe he/parents intentionally applied to both to hedge their bets. Still, counselor let it happen. Likely because it is a public HS in an area that does not have many high achievers so counselor could have been unfamiliar with Georgetown. Sus.

My kid is only a junior and he wants to EA to Georgetown and ED to Penn. REA is confusing to us people who are not familiar with what that even is. I believe Georgetown joined common app this year so will be flooded with applications driving admission rate down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was REA at Georgetown--he just told me. Said it was confusing because Georgetown calls it early action. I believe he/parents intentionally applied to both to hedge their bets. Still, counselor let it happen. Likely because it is a public HS in an area that does not have many high achievers so counselor could have been unfamiliar with Georgetown. Sus.

My kid is only a junior and he wants to EA to Georgetown and ED to Penn. REA is confusing to us people who are not familiar with what that even is. I believe Georgetown joined common app this year so will be flooded with applications driving admission rate down.

You are not allowed to apply early to Georgetown if you apply early decision anywhere else. You are not allowed to apply single choice early action (HYPS) and apply to any other early action private university, including Georgetown.

You can apply early to Georgetown, MIT, and Notre Dame, and many public (non-binding) EAs.