Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 07:39     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
Anonymous wrote:What does this even mean? How do you get around the common app commitment?


DP here. Apparently you apply EA and then change it later. Or so I’ve been told.

My DD actually does have a clear first choice so didn’t game it.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 07:32     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
Many students know when ED dates are. Some come the beginning of December. You can withdraw other ED applications as acceptance comes in.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 07:23     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But along those lines, theoretically, a student who applied to a school ED1 while applying to other EA schools could apply ED2 after getting deferred or rejected from ED1 before hearing from the EA schools (typically in mid-to-late January). If an EA school accepts the student and they prefer it to the ED2 school, they could withdraw from the ED2 school. This assumes that the ED2 school doesn’t turn around a decision unusually quickly (obviously a risk) which would bind the student to the ED2 school.

Yes, all that is fine. If you hear back from an EA (or rolling) school before you hear back from your ED (1 or 2), you can withdraw your ED app if you decide you’ve changed your mind, as long as you haven’t gotten the ED response back yet.


Unethical.

No, that’s fair game. You can always withdraw an app (or switch it to RD) at any time for any reason before a decision is made.


I agree. The schools use ED (1+2) to goose their stats. They’re not doing the various forms of committed admissions out of some kind altruism, they’re doing it to improve their yield, attract full-pay students and drive their stats. How is that more ethical than playing within the structure that the schools created to afford the maximum advantages and selection options for the student?
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 01:17     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
what’s unethical is ed. just make it all regular decision
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 01:13     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:But along those lines, theoretically, a student who applied to a school ED1 while applying to other EA schools could apply ED2 after getting deferred or rejected from ED1 before hearing from the EA schools (typically in mid-to-late January). If an EA school accepts the student and they prefer it to the ED2 school, they could withdraw from the ED2 school. This assumes that the ED2 school doesn’t turn around a decision unusually quickly (obviously a risk) which would bind the student to the ED2 school.

Yes, all that is fine. If you hear back from an EA (or rolling) school before you hear back from your ED (1 or 2), you can withdraw your ED app if you decide you’ve changed your mind, as long as you haven’t gotten the ED response back yet.


Unethical.

No, that’s fair game. You can always withdraw an app (or switch it to RD) at any time for any reason before a decision is made.
Anonymous
Post 11/20/2025 00:04     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
Anonymous wrote:Unethical students use the Coalition App and Common App to circumvent ED rules. Multiple Common Apps.

Also for REA or SCEA common app doesn't have a way to stop someone from applying to as many of these as the applicant can. It is simple to apply REA and SCEA to HYP all at the same time.

There are entire industries from Uzbekistan to China that exist to cheat/game the system.


Wow—Uzbekistanis must be swamping HYP with their clever tricks and stratagems ….
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2025 23:54     Subject: ED1 and ED2 timing question
Colleges should just stop these early rounds if people just try to game the system and cheat

Sigh