Dependancy on ED/EA

thumper1
Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:29:09 +0000

DD submitted two EA applications, one to her top choice school and another to a serious contender for that spot. She also just submitted a rolling admissions application. In her case, she is much less busy now than she will be once the swimming season begins in November (when she has practices six days a week, and still works a job every morning before school starts). I know several of her friends who wanted to get their applications submitted early for the same reason…they just want it done before the senior year gets more hectic. Another reason for EA or early submittal of rolling applications is that the HS guidance office is much less swamped with requests for recommendations and transcripts in Sept/Oct than in Nov and Dec. And then there is the reason…for EA and rolling applications, you also find out sooner than with RD. And in most cases, you’ll still have time to submit a RD application if you don’t get accepted EA/rolling. This is a win/win situation as far as I can tell.

NOW…ED is another story. In my humble opinion, this is ONLY for the student who is absolutely sure that they will attend the ED school if accepted…with no financial or other restrictions to consider.