<p>Quantum,
There are just too many people applying Stanford from California. That’s probably the biggest problem. And if you are going to submit art supplements, I believe the due date for that is December 1. Don’t really know if those are the supplement materials you were talking about.</p>
<p>About Stanford SCEA or MIT & Caltech EA’s: only applying to Stanford SCEA has a much lower chance of getting admission than applying to multiple EA’s. (not saying that you’ll get rejected or deferred, just trying to make it more statistical =) So I personally would apply to MIT, Caltech and maybe other schools. If you’re admitted to one of those top schools, the acceptance would make it a lot easier and less stressed out for you than for other applicants who do not have an acceptance letter in their hands. Since the deadline for regular decision applicants is on Jan 1, you will have much more time to prepare and polish your application, which means better chances of getting in. Good luck either way!!</p>
<p>(These are just personal suggestions. They may not be the perfect ideas, so just for reference only. Peace.) </p>
<p>JHS,
I don’t think there is really a point that we’re discussing about that, since we both know pretty much about the EA of Georgetown and I know exactly what you are saying. But I believe it’s a normal EA because I think it doesn’t require an ED/ SCEA agreement like Stanford’s or Penn’s. Therefore, the admission office of Georgetown can’t really control if you’re applying to ED to another school. What I said is that not applying to an ED program is just a strong suggestion of theirs, since no formal agreement is being made between the applicant and Georgetown. (I was going to apply to GTU’s EA and I didn’t find any ED/SCEA agreement. Well, there is a chance that I maybe be mistaken and I just overlooked the agreement.)</p>