SCEA/EA/ED : Harder to get in compared to RD?

speachy
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:01:37 +0000

hi idream! Out of curiosity I checked the sumac application - https://epgy.stanford.edu/summer/application.html?program=SUMAC&begin=start - and it says “Current or former students or applicants of the following programs: …EPGY… Apply Here”. Clicking on that link asks you to fill in my ID and web password from EPGY and then takes me to a Preliminary Application with a sumac heading.

Then, going to the EPGY application [EPGY Summer Institutes - Admissions](http://epgy.stanford.edu/summer/hspapplication.html) - I get a different preliminary form with an EPGY heading that is already “submitted” for me, because I’ve gone to EPGY before.

So yeah, I can see 2 different apps and you should be able to, too…if you haven’t finished your sumac app finish it and then try EPGY.

The post-preliminary apps: I remember these being PDFs that you had to download from links, print and fill out by hand. If your EPGY download link isn’t working (why, though? It’s just a PDF…) you can always ask a friend who is also applying to redownload their PDF and send it to you. You can fill that in and mail it. As long as you’ve filled in your preliminary app and it’s gone through it should be fine.

Worst case just call them. It seems pretty clear that they want and expect many kids to apply to both programs, given the instructions on the sumac app and the infrastructure of the application system.