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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several of the schools that offer EA only (not ED) are at the top of the heap yield-wise: Princeton, Stanford, Notre Dame.  ND even allows students to apply EA to other places.  As PP said, there is the benefit of spreading the work out for admissions officers.  These schools can also afford to do the right thing for students, which is to allow them to retain choice in the process until the spring.[/quote]

ND actually has REA, which is not binding, but restricts students from applying ED elsewhere.  They can, however, apply to as many EA schools as they want.

A lot of the Ivy Leagues schools like Princeton and Yale offer SCEA (single choice early action), which restricts applicants from applying early action or early decision elsewhere.

The REA option, I believe, is more fair in terms of giving students better opportunities for admission at other schools.  Locking into an SCEA is risky because then you are stuck applying RD to all your other schools, which, in many cases, reduces your chances.[/quote]

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