What schools allow Early Action

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<p>Is there a list of schools that allow Early Action when applying?</p>

<p>My son will want to look at all finanical aid packages and doesn’t have a particular school that he HAS to go to.</p>

<p>Or do most schools now only allow single early action?</p>

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<p>Answer #2: only HYP and S have restrictive Early Action. Most other programs which have Early Action, are non-restrictive.</p>

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<p>But far more colleges have early decision which of course is binding. Of the colleges my kids applied to the following had EA:</p>

<p>Harvard and Stanford (but annoyingly restrictive, so they didn’t use it)
MIT
Caltech
U of Chicago
Georgetown</p>

<p>Your best bet though is to check each website since schools change policies. Some will have some sort of early notification. My son got a priority application from RPI who had already identified him as promising based on SAT scores - they sent him an application and said they’d make a decision within 3 weeks of getting first quarter grades. Bard not only has EA, they have an immediate action plan. My nephew was accepted without ever sending them the entire application packet.</p>

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<p>Lots of schools have Early Action. Of the ones my kids have been interested in attending:</p>

<p>Case Western
University of Chicago
University of Miami</p>

<p>Here is a list the OP may be interested in reading:</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> Where Applying Early Action Helps - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/applying/applying-101/articles/2009/09/30/colleges-where-applying-early-action-helps]Colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/applying/applying-101/articles/2009/09/30/colleges-where-applying-early-action-helps)</p>

<p>It’s old (2009) so the percentages may have changed but the list is probably useful.</p>

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<p>Many public Us have rolling admission which can give early notification.</p>

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<p>You can find which Common App schools have EA by looking at this list, and sorting on the EA column.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/MemberRequirements.aspx[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/MemberRequirements.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;