Princeton or Williams for premed?

EyeVeee
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:46:24 +0000

ucbalumnus:

EyeVeee:

Princeton’s EA is single-choice, so you can only apply to Princeton if you EA there. For all intents and purposes…it’s ED.

Princeton EA is non binding, so it is not ED. Applicants can also apply to non binding EA at public schools, and RD or rolling wherever. But applicants agree not to apply ED elsewhere, or EA to other private schools.

Princeton is non-binding, but exclusive…meaning you can’t apply to other colleges unless they are rolling admission at a state school, not EA. From Princeton’s site…

If you apply single-choice early action, also known as restrictive early action, on Nov. 1, you may not apply to an early program at any other private college or university.

You may apply early to any public institution or service academy, as long as the decision is nonbinding.

You may apply early to any international institution, as long as the decision is nonbinding.

You may apply early to any college or university with a nonbinding rolling admission process.

So given the limitations of EA applications that go with Princeton’s app, how many people would you imagine get accepted EA at Princeton, and then apply someplace else? I’d guess maybe a handful per year?

As I said before, for all intents and purposes, given the limitations on applying elsewhere, EA at Princeton might as well be ED. You get in, before applying anywhere else, you HAVE to go! Money might be the only reason people pull out, and that would hold up even at a school with ED.