Anonymous
Post 10/09/2014 10:57     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
There are at least 6 different "early" admissions - EA, SCEA, REA, ED, ED1, and ED2. Each with different rules/requirements. Not all "Es" are the same.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2014 10:40     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:There is some confusion between EA and ED. So, there won't be any additional arguments over this, here's some information from the College Board.

ED applicants
Apply early (usually in November) to first-choice college.
Receive an admission decision from the college well in advance of the usual notification date (usually by December).
Agree to attend the college if accepted and offered a financial aid package that is considered adequate by the family.
Apply to only one college early decision.
Apply to other colleges under regular admission plans.
Withdraw all other applications if accepted by ED.
Send a nonrefundable deposit well in advance of May 1.

EA applicants
Apply early.
Receive an admission decision early in the admission cycle (usually in January or February).
Consider acceptance offer; do not have to commit upon receipt.
Apply to other colleges under regular admission plans.
Give the college a decision no later than the May 1 national response date.
PP again. I think the key word is 'early' which is what I think everyone is focusing on and which I'll bet the Stanford poster was alluding to. Okay, I'm done.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2014 10:16     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
There is some confusion between EA and ED. So, there won't be any additional arguments over this, here's some information from the College Board.

ED applicants
Apply early (usually in November) to first-choice college.
Receive an admission decision from the college well in advance of the usual notification date (usually by December).
Agree to attend the college if accepted and offered a financial aid package that is considered adequate by the family.
Apply to only one college early decision.
Apply to other colleges under regular admission plans.
Withdraw all other applications if accepted by ED.
Send a nonrefundable deposit well in advance of May 1.

EA applicants
Apply early.
Receive an admission decision early in the admission cycle (usually in January or February).
Consider acceptance offer; do not have to commit upon receipt.
Apply to other colleges under regular admission plans.
Give the college a decision no later than the May 1 national response date.
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2014 09:31     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stanford. Most definitely a stretch by the imagination and anything else but nothing beats a miss but a try.

DC is not under any unrealistic expectations. Fine if it happens. Fine if it doesn't. There are a whole lot of other fish in the sea, and he has cast his line.


Stanford doesn't have ED? They have REA and RD, I thought.
A rose by any other name......

Restrictive Early Action
Restrictive Early Action is a non-binding early application option for students who have completed a thorough college search and are confident Stanford is their first choice. Admission decisions are released by December 15, and admitted students have until May 1 to respond to their admission offer, which allows them to compare financial aid awards across institutions. To students who apply for financial aid, Stanford provides an estimated award at the time of admission. The application deadline for Restrictive Early Action is November 1.


But the key difference is one (ED) is binding and the other (REA) is non-binding.
Oh, for pete's sake. You know good and well what the poster was saying as the OP was asking who is applying early. Move on!


?? WTH?
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2014 09:27     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stanford. Most definitely a stretch by the imagination and anything else but nothing beats a miss but a try.

DC is not under any unrealistic expectations. Fine if it happens. Fine if it doesn't. There are a whole lot of other fish in the sea, and he has cast his line.


Stanford doesn't have ED? They have REA and RD, I thought.
A rose by any other name......

Restrictive Early Action
Restrictive Early Action is a non-binding early application option for students who have completed a thorough college search and are confident Stanford is their first choice. Admission decisions are released by December 15, and admitted students have until May 1 to respond to their admission offer, which allows them to compare financial aid awards across institutions. To students who apply for financial aid, Stanford provides an estimated award at the time of admission. The application deadline for Restrictive Early Action is November 1.


But the key difference is one (ED) is binding and the other (REA) is non-binding.
Oh, for pete's sake. You know good and well what the poster was saying as the OP was asking who is applying early. Move on!
Anonymous
Post 10/09/2014 07:43     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stanford. Most definitely a stretch by the imagination and anything else but nothing beats a miss but a try.

DC is not under any unrealistic expectations. Fine if it happens. Fine if it doesn't. There are a whole lot of other fish in the sea, and he has cast his line.


Stanford doesn't have ED? They have REA and RD, I thought.
A rose by any other name......

Restrictive Early Action
Restrictive Early Action is a non-binding early application option for students who have completed a thorough college search and are confident Stanford is their first choice. Admission decisions are released by December 15, and admitted students have until May 1 to respond to their admission offer, which allows them to compare financial aid awards across institutions. To students who apply for financial aid, Stanford provides an estimated award at the time of admission. The application deadline for Restrictive Early Action is November 1.


But the key difference is one (ED) is binding and the other (REA) is non-binding.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 22:52     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:DS is applying ED to a school that is not a stretch. It is his top choice, so hoping to be one and done by December. His friends wonder why he isn't trying for "reach" schools, but he genuinely likes this one the best. At first I wished he would "aim higher," but this is an excellent school, and it is definitely a good fit for him.


My DD did this. She fell in love with a school she knew she wanted to go to and applied ED even though she would have gotten in RD. She's there now and is still in love with it -- clearly it was the right choice for her.

I went through the same thought process you did. I knew she could get into a highly competitive school. Thank God she has the sense to go for the right fit. Seeing how happy she is now socially and how her school is igniting her intellectual passions and I'm glad she chose it.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 22:35     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stanford. Most definitely a stretch by the imagination and anything else but nothing beats a miss but a try.

DC is not under any unrealistic expectations. Fine if it happens. Fine if it doesn't. There are a whole lot of other fish in the sea, and he has cast his line.


Stanford doesn't have ED? They have REA and RD, I thought.
A rose by any other name......

Restrictive Early Action
Restrictive Early Action is a non-binding early application option for students who have completed a thorough college search and are confident Stanford is their first choice. Admission decisions are released by December 15, and admitted students have until May 1 to respond to their admission offer, which allows them to compare financial aid awards across institutions. To students who apply for financial aid, Stanford provides an estimated award at the time of admission. The application deadline for Restrictive Early Action is November 1.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 18:06     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:DS is applying ED to a school that is not a stretch. It is his top choice, so hoping to be one and done by December. His friends wonder why he isn't trying for "reach" schools, but he genuinely likes this one the best. At first I wished he would "aim higher," but this is an excellent school, and it is definitely a good fit for him.


Good luck! My DC got deferred ED, then W/L at several top choices in RD so the process literally stretched until June. Being done in December would have been so much less stressful. DC was accepted at an EA school so at least had a good option in December but it was still a long, drawn out process.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 17:27     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
DS is applying ED to a school that is not a stretch. It is his top choice, so hoping to be one and done by December. His friends wonder why he isn't trying for "reach" schools, but he genuinely likes this one the best. At first I wished he would "aim higher," but this is an excellent school, and it is definitely a good fit for him.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 13:21     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Anonymous wrote:Stanford. Most definitely a stretch by the imagination and anything else but nothing beats a miss but a try.

DC is not under any unrealistic expectations. Fine if it happens. Fine if it doesn't. There are a whole lot of other fish in the sea, and he has cast his line.


Stanford doesn't have ED? They have REA and RD, I thought.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 13:16     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Stanford. Most definitely a stretch by the imagination and anything else but nothing beats a miss but a try.

DC is not under any unrealistic expectations. Fine if it happens. Fine if it doesn't. There are a whole lot of other fish in the sea, and he has cast his line.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 09:52     Subject: Re:Where is your DC applying ED?
No ED here either. His 1st choice doesn't have it. He is applying early so he will hear by December 15 (they have rolling admission after November 1).
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 09:46     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
Many of D's classmates are applying ED but not my D. I am hearing a number of kids to Columbia. What do you mean by "stretch"? $$-wise?
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2014 08:32     Subject: Where is your DC applying ED?
And how much of a stretch is it?