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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!

Not PP. It is actually very important to understand these distinctions. ED financially obligates the applicant.

But most schools don't offer both ED and REA or SCEA (not sure any actually do). Occasionally you will see an ED/EA combo (my DC applied to one of these), and of course ED1 and ED2 (but you would never be doing these to the same school). But most have a single early option.

Given that the early deadlines are generally this week hopefully people have gotten this down by now. And hopefully you are reading the contract that you (the parent) have to sign before submitting an application for any binding decision.

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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!

Not PP. It is actually very important to understand these distinctions. ED financially obligates the applicant.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Could you please elaborate? I understand ED, EA and REA. Thanks.

Vanderbilt - it is much easier to get in ED

Anonymous wrote:DS is EA at HYP.

You can't EA at all three.

Anonymous wrote:UK has it right. Apply to five schools. You can apply to Cambridge or Oxford but not both. Cost for UCAS App: $26.

You can be one and done by the end of October.

I would LOVE if we did it this way here! I think it would take out so much of the stress of applying to so many schools as kids do now. Kids would really have to think through what they want in a school and make good decisions, but it would certainly streamline the process.

DS is EA at HYP.

UK has it right. Apply to five schools. You can apply to Cambridge or Oxford but not both. Cost for UCAS App: $26.

You can be one and done by the end of October.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of prior posters holding their DC's ED choice close to the vest?!

What about this, tell us where someone other than your DC is applying ED?

Am just trying to get a flavor (however unscientific) of what kids are doing nowadays.

Go on college confidential. Tons of chatter about ED apps there.

None, but Purdue early action.

Lots of prior posters holding their DC's ED choice close to the vest?!

What about this, tell us where someone other than your DC is applying ED?

Am just trying to get a flavor (however unscientific) of what kids are doing nowadays.

Stanford EA plus state schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Early Action. Tough call versus Stanford. Plus a state school, most likely UVA.

Will you do regular decision for Stanford? I would like for DC to apply to just 2 or 3 schools but too big of a gamble that DC might not get admitted to any of the 3. Very smart with good grades but feel we need to increase the odds.

PP here. We also didn't see the statistical EA advantage at Stanford, and felt that other schools would place greater value on showing a strong preference through the early process. Our impression was that a many of the Stanford EA slots were consumed by their massive sports recruitment process and that a high number of ultimately successful candidates are deferred in EA. Just a sense.

William and Mary ED. Don't have a good backup plan. The other smaller schools in that range are all twice as expensive (we are in state). Fingers crossed!

Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Early Action. Tough call versus Stanford. Plus a state school, most likely UVA.

Will you do regular decision for Stanford? I would like for DC to apply to just 2 or 3 schools but too big of a gamble that DC might not get admitted to any of the 3. Very smart with good grades but feel we need to increase the odds.