好奇去问了AI。学校怎么抓？

Good question — and this is one of those things people really underestimate.

How schools actually check EA/REA violations

They don’t rely on just one method; it’s overlapping checks.

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1. Your high school counselor

This is the biggest one.

• Counselors submit a School Report and an Early Application Agreement

• They must certify that:

  • You are following each school’s EA/REA/ED rules

• If a student tries to apply Stanford REA and MIT EA:

  • The counselor will usually refuse to submit both

  • Or will alert one/both schools

This alone catches most cases.

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2. Common App / application systems

• The Common App flags early applications

• When multiple early apps are submitted to private schools:

  • It raises internal alerts

• Even if the system doesn’t auto-block submission:

  • Schools can see your application round history

MIT uses its own system, but counselors still submit materials that reveal the round.

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3. Inter-school communication

Admissions offices do talk—especially among top schools.

• During early rounds, schools sometimes:

  • Share lists to ensure compliance

  • Confirm that students accepted REA/EA aren’t violating policies

• This is more common than people think among HYPSM-level schools.

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4. Post-acceptance verification

Even if someone “gets away with it” initially:

• After acceptances go out:

  • Schools may re-verify eligibility

  • Counselors are contacted again

• If a violation is found:

  • Admission can be rescinded (yes, even in April)

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5. You (or someone else) accidentally disclose it

This happens a lot:

• Mentioning it in an email

• Writing about “my other EA school” in an interview

• Parents contacting admissions

• Recommenders referencing multiple early apps

One loose sentence is enough.

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Bottom line

This isn’t like speeding where everyone does it and hopes not to get caught.

• The counselor certification makes this especially hard to bypass

• At schools like Stanford and MIT, violations are treated as:

  • Integrity issues, not technical mistakes

Real-world advice

If someone is choosing between Stanford REA and MIT EA:

• Pick one

• Put the other in Regular Decision
  There is zero admissions advantage worth the risk here.

If you want, I can:

• Help decide which early option is smarter for a specific student profile

• Or sketch a safe early/regular strategy across reach/target schools