EA-- early action---可申请多所,录取可以不去 MIT , Caltech , Chicago, 很多学生往往同时申请MIT和Caltech,或者这三所,如果都录取,大部分会选MIT,
ED--early decision --只可申请一所,录取必须去,upenn, Columbia,Cornell,etc 一般想进HYPMS的学生不会提前申请这些学校,,但如果这些学校是学生的dream school, 提前申请被录取的机会很高,特别是UPenn 的商学院,是许多学生的top choice.
再补充一点,很个別学生会ED UPenn 商学院 同时EA MIT, 因为UPenn 录取机率比较大,但如果UPenn 不录取,MIT也是dream. 通常一些学商的学生会这样做,但如果都录了,比较遗憾,只能放弃MIT. 理工科学生一般不会ED UPenn这是UPenn 的rule
For applicants who have decided that the University of Pennsylvania is their first choice and who agree to matriculate if accepted, we encourage application under our Early Decision agreement. Children and grandchildren of alumni will receive the most consideration for their affiliation with the University during Early Decision.
Early Decision applications are binding and represent a serious commitment to Penn. In signing the Early Decision agreement, a student agrees to withdraw applications from all other schools if admitted to Penn. Further, Early Decision applications supersede any non-binding Early Action applications. A student may apply Early Decision to only one institution. Accordingly, if a student applies Early Decision to the University of Pennsylvania and to another school, the Early Decision application to Penn will be withdrawn.
SCEA--single choice early action, 只可申请一所,录取了可以不去-- Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale etc
Yale 的SCEA录取率比其他几所高,Stanford 的early比较照顾legacy, URM,和休育生。Harvard 和Princeton 去年重新开始early, 去年的SCEA录去率非常非常高。
这是Harvard 的rule.
Students applying to Harvard under the Early Action program are not permitted to apply early elsewhere in the fall under Single Choice Early Action, Early Action or Early Decision programs. Harvard will withdraw any offer of admission to a student who does so.
公立学校不限