mammall

Our D was admitted EA to Yale and is very likely to attend but she had already submitted a number of other appllications and scholarship applications, representing a great deal of work. She is a very busy kid and we have not had a chance to visit many of the school to which she applied. There was really no sane way to make the ultimate decision last December. And honestly, given the extreme competition, she (and we) didn't expect to have a Yale admission in hand at that point. So she ended up following through with her other applications - she's doing a lot of interviewing for scholarships this month - and we will visit Yale next week. Our GC and the media had us convinced her chances were very slim for Yale so we have been very focussed on casting that wide net. Once you do that it's very hard to reel it back in until you find out what you catch. As for EA being morally binding - NO WAY! That's called ED.

JBerry

I was accepted to Yale Early Action and still applied to Harvard and Princeton. Although I thought my first choice was Yale and I intend to go there, my parents wanted me to still keep my application in at H and P to keep my options open. Should I get into Harvard or Princeton and choose not to go, I am not taking anybody else's spot. If you are qualified to get in, then you will. I have no obligation to others around the country hoping to go to Harvard, Yale or Princeton and I am not going to limit my opportunities because someone across the country thinks I am taking their spot.

ewho

JBerry,
Don't feel sorry about applying other schools because nobody knows what is going to happen. My son applied 4 schools, and so far he got into Yale and Stanford. He is waiting for Harvard and Princeton next Tuesday.

ewho

Well, he was put on the waitlist by both Harvard and Princeton. So every likely he will stay with Yale