University of Chicago Early Action

Along with   MIT and Caltech,  The  university of Chicago is  one of the most prominent schools offering an Early Action Option.  Chicago is consistently ranked in the top 10  and is widely considered to be one of the most intellectual universities in the country.




 If accepted, congratulations. You can now focus on  just a few schools depending on your major. Universities worth considering are

• Stanford
• Harvard
• Princeton
• Columbia
• Duke
• Northwestern
• Amherst College
• Georgetown
• University if  Notre Dame
• Washington University ( St. Louis)
• Michigan
• Rice
• Johns Hopkins

 If  you were not accepted dont despair,  Chicago's admission  rate is in thre single digits

  Its time to focus on some equally good but more realistic options such as :

Northwestern

Oberlin College

Wisconsin

University if  Notre Dame

Washington University ( St. Louis)

Michigan

Davidson College

Emory 

Virginia

MIT Early Action

Along with Caltech, MIT   also offers Early Action. If  accepted sat MIT  in EA ,  congratulations!. 

 Caltech, Harvard  and Stanford are arguabl;y the only other schools worth c

onsidering.

 If not accepted  dont  worry. Its MIT after all.

 Now  you can focus on s applying to the folklowing( assuning you are interested in a  STEM program)

• Stanford
• Carnegie  Mellon University
• USC
• Caltech
• Harvey  Mudd College
• University of  Michigan
• Also look at whichever public scjool  you are likely to get the bet financial  offer

Caltech Early Action

 The California Institute of Technology(Caltech)  is areguably the most prominent   university with an Early Action Program.  In the Engineering and sciences , it has  no true peers.   Some students may prefer MIT   which has a deeper research focus  or Stanford  for a more rounded collegiate experience.

 If accepted,  financia, reasons  seem to be the only ones for not attending.

 If you did not gret in, dont  worry,  it  is Calrech after all.

nLook at thes eschools for other great STEM optionns:

• MIT
• Stanford
• Harvey  Mudd College
• Cornell
• The University of  Michigan Ann Arbor
• The University of Pennsylvania
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Georgia Tech

 As always  feel free to contact clearskyeducation( clearskyeducation@gmail.com) for help with your final application push

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Michigan EA decision

Continuing our look at EA results, lets consider Michigan.
 Michigan is arguably the best university  to offer an EA optoin.

 Like Illinois  Michigan is best known ( at least internationally) as an engineering school.
 Most of the Engineering and computing departments rank in the  top 10  nationally.
 Michigan is strong across the board from the Ross school of business to thre  education  school and even the world class liberal arts core of the  LSA ( school of Literature, sciences and Arts)


 If accepted at  Michigan, the only better universities are the elite  schools

   Programs to consider applying to are

• Harvard
• Stanford
• Duke
• University of Chicago
• Rice
• University of Pennsylvania
• CMU ( for Computer Science)
• Cornell
• Brown
• Amherst
• Harvey  Mudd
• Pomona

 If you were not accepted in EA do not be too dejected.

 Thder are several ezcellent options  still out there:

University of  Minnesota - Twin Cities

University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

Case Western Reserve  University

University of  Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Case Western Reserve University

USC

UIUC EA decision

 One University   I regularly recommend applying Early Action to is the University of I

llinois- Urbana Champaign.  UIUC  is one of the premier research  universities in the STEM fields. It  also has a strong liberal arts core and a  established business school. If accepted at UIUC , you  can go after the top ramnked aspirational schools 

 Universities worth applying to are:

• Carnegie Mellon
• Michigan
• Cornell
• USC
• Georgia Tech
• Stanford
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• If not accepted  do not despair, you have  enough time left to take another  riound at the SAT and apply to a school with rolling admissions or a late deadline.
• Some excellent options here are
• University of  Minnesota - Twin Cities
• University of Wisconsin - Madison
• University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh
• Case Western Reserve  University
• University of  Michigan - Ann Arbor.

How to use EA decisions

 Since several EA decisions will be being announced in the next two weeks  it is a good time to think about how to  use this to your best advantage.
 If accepted EA to a  very selectie school  that you definitely want to enroll in , then you are done. Immediately forget about admissionsand focus on finances

 If accepted to  one of your safety options  suvh as Illinois  Tech( for engineering)    use this as a sign you  need to  be more ambitious.  Eliminate  RPI, RIT and WPI from your lists and look instead at CMU, Case Western, Michigan and Georgia  tech. Focus all your energy on a few elite schools  and work  in a focussed manner  until Jan 01.

 I will look at strategies for individual EA programs in the coming week.

Early Action results have started - illinois Institute of Technology

 The most awaited part of the admission cycle has started -   admission decisions. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT or illinois Tech)   has  sent acceptance letters to  some EA applicants.
 One of ClearSky's students from India  was accepted with a US$25,000 scholarship.

 IIT is a well reputed engineering svhool based in Chicago.   it is one of the few    engineering speciality institutes to    have both a law school and a business school.

 its small size means the faculty focus is more on undergraduate teaching  ratherthan research.
With a generous aid policy, IIT  is a good option for students interested in STEM programs.