Applying Early Action to Non-QuestBridge Schools

marlamrhs
Mon, 29 May 2017 00:12:50 +0000

Hello everyone!
I’m a 2017 QuestBridge Prep Scholar, and I was recently looking into how the National College Match works when I noticed something a bit confusing. Apparently, if you rank any colleges (even the non-binding ones), you can’t apply Early Decision or Early Action to any other schools. Not being able to apply Early Decision obviously makes sense because admission is binding, but why can’t you apply to other schools’ non-binding Early Action programs? I’m not yet sure about whether I’ll rank any binding colleges, but Georgetown is one of my top schools, and I was planning on applying there EA to strengthen my chances of admission/consider my options from there. So anyway, does anyone know why this is?
Thank you!