Thursday, September 15, 2016

Time to Decide about Early Admission

 Its mid September, This leaves 6 weeks to the Early Admissions Deadline of  November 01. You will hear of admission decision  by mid December.

 Admission rates are  usually higher in the early cycle ( sometimes as much as double)
 Your options are:
Early Decision(ED) -  this is usually binding, if accepted you have to join. A good option for  a  university that is your clear first choice. Ypu can only apply to one school ED.
  • Early Action(EA)  -  This is non binding and you can apply to multiple EA programs at once Most universities do not offer EA. Colleges that have  EA options are
    • MIT
    • Georgetown
    • Chicago
    • Michigan
    • Illinois
    • Georgia Tech
    • Caltech
  • Restrictive Early Action - this is restrictive in that you cannot apply to more than one  program in the early cycle. Harvard,Yale, Princeton and Stanford offer restrictive or Single Choice Early Action .
 I recommend apply ED if you have a clear first choice school in  mind.
 Otherwise  you are best off applying to  one or two schools EA. If accepted,  you need not apply to your "safety" options in January.

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