Selecting Early Decision Universities

 Selecting  Early Decision Universities

  I had discussed selecting ED and EA schools briefly in a previous post  but as the deadline approaches  lets take a closer look at picking an Early Decision school.


   First things first, ED is BINDING. If accepted you are requited to enroll. If   you have any hesitation regarding this , do not think of ED as an option.  Consider an Early Action option instead.
Refer to the  above link for EA schools I recommended.

 If  you have a clear  dream university in mind and its not one of the Restrictive Early Action Schools ( Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford). These four   have an ED  application termed Restrictive Early Action.

 Apart from these   ED is  good option for those with a clear top choice  institute.

 The Universities I recommend  as ED options are

•  Columbia
• Brown
• Northwestern
• Duke
• University of Pennsylvania
• Dartmouth
• Carnegie Mellon( for Engineering or CS students)
• Johns  Hopkins
• Rice
• Vanderbilt

Early Decision acceptance rates are more favorable than Regular Decision. While fewer students apply, chances are these are all very well prepared and confident people - much like your self.

  Most of these use the Common Ap. I will be  going through the supplementary essays for  several of these in the coming  days.
If thwee is a university you are interested in and would like me to look at - please send email  
clearskyeducation@gmail.com or leave a comment on the blog