REA and EA - please help clarify for us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You really don't need a counselor to tell you about these rules. You can study the rules on your own, and it's a fun exercise.

You also don't need a counselor to decide the college list for you. Your kid and you should research colleges of interest, study Naviance data, and come up with a decent list.

[Anonymous]

On the Princeton tour, AO said if you REA there, you can only EA to any PUBLIC school, but not private. She didn’t say anything about scholarships or special academic programs.

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Anonymous wrote:I am getting so confused and hoping to get clarification. We have looked this up and somehow getting different responses.

If one applies REA to, say Harvard, one obviously cannot ED anywhere else.

However, can one still apply EA to a private institution like MIT?
Can one apply EA to public institutions like the University of Maryland?

I don't believe you can apply EA to MIT if you apply REA to Harvard, however, you can apply EA to MIT and ED to anywhere else.

MIT just caveats that if you are accepted ED and MIT EA...well, you will be forced to turn down MIT as a result.

All the REA schools explicitly say you can apply EA to public institutions.

For real? I think we need to fire our college counselor, who said we can REA and EA anywhere, both public and private institutions.

Yeah, probably you should. It’s pretty clearly stated on the school’s website.

If you do REA at Harvard you cannot apply to any private institution ED, EA, or REA, and you can’t apply to a public ED.

If you look at the responses from above, it doesn't look like others agree with you. So which is it?

Go read the rules of restricted early action for for Harvard or whatever school with restricted early action interests. If you don't understand the instructions, call their admissions office to clarify.

[Anonymous]

yes it is school specific. from ND's website:

A student applying Restrictive Early Action to Notre Dame may apply to other Early Action programs at either private or public colleges or universities.
A student applying Restrictive Early Action to Notre Dame may not apply to any college or university (private or public) in their binding Early Decision 1 program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On the Princeton tour, AO said if you REA there, you can only EA to any PUBLIC school, but not private. She didn’t say anything about scholarships or special academic programs.

H and S have exceptions. I am not sure P and Y have exceptions. They may not. You just go to their admission page and study the rules. The rules may change year to year so always read the rules first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the Princeton tour, AO said if you REA there, you can only EA to any PUBLIC school, but not private. She didn’t say anything about scholarships or special academic programs.

H and S have exceptions. I am not sure P and Y have exceptions. They may not. You just go to their admission page and study the rules. The rules may change year to year so always read the rules first.

For example, S has the following FIVE exceptions to their REA:
Any public college/university with an early application or early deadline plan if their decision is non-binding
Any college/university with a rolling admission process if their decision is non-binding
Any non-U.S. college/university if their decision is non-binding
Any military academy
Any college/university under Early Action or by an early deadline if the decision plan is both non-binding and applying early is required to be considered for a scholarship or special academic program. Please see the FAQ section below for examples.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the Princeton tour, AO said if you REA there, you can only EA to any PUBLIC school, but not private. She didn’t say anything about scholarships or special academic programs.

H and S have exceptions. I am not sure P and Y have exceptions. They may not. You just go to their admission page and study the rules. The rules may change year to year so always read the rules first.

For example, S has the following FIVE exceptions to their REA:
Any public college/university with an early application or early deadline plan if their decision is non-binding
Any college/university with a rolling admission process if their decision is non-binding
Any non-U.S. college/university if their decision is non-binding
Any military academy
Any college/university under Early Action or by an early deadline if the decision plan is both non-binding and applying early is required to be considered for a scholarship or special academic program. Please see the FAQ section below for examples.

For example, I think Naval has a rolling admission process. You can REA S and rolling at Naval.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT EA allows you ED elsewhere. But it defeat the purpose of MIT EA. If you are accepted to MIT EA and another college ED, you are obliged to go to the other college. You can just RD MIT if you want to ED somewhere.

None of the HYPMS early applications prohibits you from EA any other schools. For example, you can REA Harvard and EA Chicago, both are non-binding.

In case you didn't get in Harvard REA, you have a chance at Chicago. I believe Chicago EA has a very high acceptance rate (40% when combined with ED0, ED1, and ED2), many people apply early to Chicago.

i'm pretty sure chicago EA is very low (<5%) whereas ED0, ED1, ED2 rates are much higher. they're trying to get you to commit.