Explain Early Action/early decision?

happy1
Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:35:07 +0000

The four main ways to apply to a school are:
–Regular Decision - There is a RD due date for the application and a RD reply date
–Early Action - There is an EA due date for the application and an EA reply date. These dates are earlier than the RD dates. There is no obligation on the part of the student to attend a college he/she gets into EA.
–Early Decision - There is an ED due date and an ED reply date. These dates are earlier than RD dates. In order to apply ED the student/parents must sign a form guaranteeing that the student will attend that school if accepted under ht ED program (with rare outs)
–Rolling Decision – Basically schools review and decide on applications in the order received.

There are some other things like modified rolling etc., but these are the main ones. Different schools offer different options and will have different deadlines. Each school typically lays their application types/dates etc. out pretty clearly in the admission page of the website.