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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

Your counselor is correct. You can EA everywhere anytime no matter what. You can REA OR ED to a single school (unless you get a rejection from that REA or ED early enough to allow you to ED2 to a second school).[/quote]
Stop. You are very wrong. If you REA yo one of the handful of schools that offer that, you can often apply EA to PUBLIC universities but you MAY NOT apply EA to PRIVATE colleges.

For example, from Harvard’s website:
“ If you are applying to Harvard under Restrictive Early Action, you may not apply to any other private institution under an Early Decision, Early Action, or Restrictive Early Action plan, or to a binding early program at a public university.”
https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/first-year-applicants
(Scroll down and expand the What Is Restrictive Early Action? section.)

There are only a few schools that offer REA and all of them spell out the rules and restrictions on their websites. If you are unsure, just Google “[school] REA rules.”[/quote]

As I pointed out pages earlier, if that EA is tied with a scholarship, YES you can REA Harvard and EA USC!
Read the rule again.[/quote]

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