In 2014 I “think” Ithaca had either an ED, or an early notification from their fall audition (rather like BW - non binding) … they may not anymore. NYU has both EDI and EDII… what was nice was that AT Chicago unifieds a kid could put themselves in as EDII, one of D’s friends did that…and found out he was accepted about 2 weeks later, rather than having to wait until the END of March (as NYU is always one of the last schools to notify). Caveat - it is a more traditional “binding” ED, meaning they expect you to cancel your other apps/auditions