Concerned: DD has submitted three EAs applications already

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VTech is ED and requires a commitment so think carefully before doing it.

VT has ED on 11/1 and EA on 12/1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At a few selective schools, early action is where they cherry pick the top kids and defer the rest. At most schools, it’s just an earlier decision and isn’t any more difficult.

Hadn’t thought about it before but given that there are far fewer EA apps than RD it stands to reason that the admissions staff takes more time with EA apps.

Not really because it’s a much more compressed time schedule.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD has also applied to many colleges EA because she felt it would be easier to get in this way. Or at least show the colleges that she is really interested in them. Is that not true?

It is not easier to get in EA. You just getting an earlier result. Some have higher standards in the EA round, some don’t. You have to check each schools process. UVA for one, says their review is the SAME regardless is applied in EA or RD. If you think your first semester grades senior year would help, apply later.

Disagree. More than likely, they will just defer you to RD round and then you can add more to your application (new scores, 1st semester grades, another recommendation, etc..)

Most kids that get a flat out deny in EA, were reach kids looking for a defer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD has also applied to many colleges EA because she felt it would be easier to get in this way. Or at least show the colleges that she is really interested in them. Is that not true?

It is not easier to get in EA. You just getting an earlier result. Some have higher standards in the EA round, some don’t. You have to check each schools process. UVA for one, says their review is the SAME regardless is applied in EA or RD. If you think your first semester grades senior year would help, apply later.

Disagree. More than likely, they will just defer you to RD round and then you can add more to your application (new scores, 1st semester grades, another recommendation, etc..)

Most kids that get a flat out deny in EA, were reach kids looking for a defer.

I though most schools don’t deny in EA. They accept or defer.

[Anonymous]

There was a lot of discussion about EA vs RD on this thread http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/761407.page

Bottom line, any application that would have been competitive with RD that was submitted EA, will simply be deferred to RD. Not to worry. If denied, she would have been denied if she applied RD.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD has also applied to many colleges EA because she felt it would be easier to get in this way. Or at least show the colleges that she is really interested in them. Is that not true?

It is not easier to get in EA. You just getting an earlier result. Some have higher standards in the EA round, some don’t. You have to check each schools process. UVA for one, says their review is the SAME regardless is applied in EA or RD. If you think your first semester grades senior year would help, apply later.

Disagree. More than likely, they will just defer you to RD round and then you can add more to your application (new scores, 1st semester grades, another recommendation, etc..)

Most kids that get a flat out deny in EA, were reach kids looking for a defer.

I though most schools don’t deny in EA. They accept or defer.

Ivies and SLACs and flagships definitely deny at that stage, although more may be deferred (called a "soft denial").

[Anonymous]

OP you seem concerned that she has lowered her chances of getting offers by applying EA. I don't think that is going to be the case. When you look generally at the % acceptances taken from EA and the % of acceptances taken from RD, for most colleges (I'm not talking ivies here) you have to factor in that mostly applications are going in RD so there are a lot more of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you seem concerned that she has lowered her chances of getting offers by applying EA. I don't think that is going to be the case. When you look generally at the % acceptances taken from EA and the % of acceptances taken from RD, for most colleges (I'm not talking ivies here) you have to factor in that mostly applications are going in RD so there are a lot more of them.

That depends on the school. UVA last year had 24,000 EA applications out of 37,000 total. So 65% of the pool applied early.