EA vs. ED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not all schools offer ED and/or EA. If your favorite has ED, yes, apply there but only if you are ok paying what the net price calculator says.

Apply EA wherever you can,. You can do ED and a bunch of EA, with the exception of a small number of "single choice early action" schools.

My DD did not have a clear favorite so did not do ED. All but one school on her list had EA so she did that and then regular decision for the last one.

NP. What does this even mean? "with the exception of a small number of "single choice early action" schools."

What is the down side or advantages of EA rather than doing regular decision?

Advantages of EA is that it signals to the school that you want to attend and are organized and on top of things to apply by early NOv. Many take 80-90% of their class from ED and EA.
There are no downsides to EA.

There are a few "single choice EA" schools that have different rules (Georgetown is one, I don't know the others. For Georgetown EA you are not allowed to apply to a binding ED school, but can apply to as many EA as you want).

Thank you for this.

[Anonymous]

They say that ED gives less of an advantage than the stats would seem, but still better than RD. And that EA is great for finding out earlier, but actual chances are similar to RD (lots of deferrals in EA round).
Lots of things to consider.
/quote]

This - bc schools who offer non-binding Early Action are flooded with applications. Deferrals are the most common outcome.

[Anonymous]

If your child knows where they want to attend, and you are full pay, definitely apply ED, as the percentage of acceptances is always higher.

TO has made a sh*tshow of admissions. The reason top schools have 50,000 more applicants is there is no minimum ACT/SAT score. No weed-our number. So anyone can, amd many do, apply to top schools who never would have before.

It also means kids are applying to more than 10 schools each (we have a HS senior and know many who applied to more than 15 and some who applied to more than 20). What was a target is now more like a lottery, and every top 30 (maybe even top 50) is a reach for every student.