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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all new to me.  Son is only a sophomore but I would appreciate some kind soul explaining the difference between early admission and early decision and what happens if you are accepted or not.[/quote]

So all of this obviously opens up a lot of strategizing. I'd recommend applying EA to a few schools and then ED at a first-choice school that's realistic given GPA and SATs. This is what my kid did. DC applied EA to some less selective schools (generally few extra essays, so it's easy to get the application in!) and got acceptances and merit aid by [b]November[/b]. It was very nice to have these acceptances while DC was agonizing about the ED application results that were due out in December. Yes, it's fine to apply ED to one (and only one) school and have a bunch of EA applications out there. 
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That early?

I'm curious about the timing of merit aid as DC applied ED to a school for which he is a strong contender but the website says nothing about timing.  Do schools generally dole out merit aid with acceptances, or do they wait until spring for everyone?[/quote]

Yes, that early! This was at Northeastern a year ago. DC and a friend both got awarded the exact same, substantial amount of money but with different award names in the same week in November. I think it may have been near the end of November but I can't remember.

There 's a running debate on DCUM and elsewhere about whether applying ED/EA leads to more or less merit aid, at schools that offer merit aid. Some schools may use merit aid early on to lock in top EA/SCEA applicants before they commit elsewhere. Other schools with ED may assume the ED kids are locked in so they may use the merit aid to entice kids in the regular decision round who are weighing multiple offers. Not sure we ever reached a conclusion, and again it probably varies from school to school.[/quote]

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