Well the ED is a back up plan thats perfectly legit as per many of the posts. If the student doesn’t get in to the EA school, he would be thrilled with the back up plan that he ED2. (Again thats assuming he gets in.) Again, some of you are just jumping to conclusions and making this sound unethical, when in fact its plausible and actually legitimate. Thats why I keep saying lets just stick to the facts. Is this allowed or not and apparently it is. What we have here is someone who is trying very hard to think about all the possibilities beforehand. Kudos to students for thinking things through. As adults we are usually complaining that the kids are diving head first into a decision, rather than having thought it through. Thats not the case here.