<p>Do all Ivy League schools accept early decision applications? Does applying ED give you an edge over applying RD? What are some other schools where you can apply RD?</p>
<p>Harvard/Yale/Princeton offer a restricted Single Choice Early Action (SCEA) which does not require a committment to attend. They have limited exceptions like either allowing you to also apply early to your own state school (or other state schools) with early notification but you generally can’t apply to private ED schools or other EA schools. All the other Ivy’s have typical ED programs. Yale emphatically states that SCEA gives no admissions advantage and would not allow admission if the student was not to be admitted RD. It is generally acknowledged that ED does confer an admissions advantage but is only advisable if you have a clear first choice school and you expect to be a full pay applicant since you lose the advantage of multiple financial aid offers if you wait until the RD round. Many parents state that with the same financial information given to all, the difference in aid offered over four years can be tens of thousands of dollars.</p>