Yale EA Mistake

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<p>I applied to Yale restrictive early action, but at the same time I also submitted an application to Drexel (to get it out of the way). Only afterwards did I find out that Yale’s policy states that you aren’t allowed to apply to a private university with rolling admissions if you apply early action. I tried cancelling Drexel’s app, but they already accepted me. Drexel’s rolling admissions is nonbinding though.</p>

<p>So help! What should I do? Should I just ignore Drexel, or call Yale and tell them?</p>

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<p>I think the best thing to do would be to call Yale and tell them what happened. If it was an accident, then I think they just might let it slide.</p>

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<p>You can’t just ignore Drexel, you have to call Y. Whether by accident or not, you have broken their SCEA rules:</p>

<p>[Frequently</a> Asked Questions - Single-Choice Early Action | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/single-choice-early-action]Frequently”>http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/single-choice-early-action)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice! :)</p>

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<p>they wont know… unless you applied to drexel through commonapp …
so its better to just let it be…</p>

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<p>^No, its not. The OP could be accepted to Yale and have his/her admission offer rescinded because he/she didn’t alert Yale about this. CommonApp doesn’t have anything to do with it</p>

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<p>Boston College also has SCEA and its rules are even more subtle. For example, they clearly state that you can’t apply EA to any private school if you apply SCEA to BC. However, a number of private schools (Claremont McKenna, for example) offered special scholarship consideration if you applied before December 1st. You could check “regular decision” on the Common App for Claremont, submit the application before December 1st, but still be in violation of the BC. Why? How could that be possible if you specifically indicated “RD”!? Nonetheless, because you applied for a scholarship whose deadline was earlier than the RD deadline, this early application trumps the “regular decision” choice and you are in violation of SCEA – believe me, they don’t tell you that anywhere on their website, and you would never have figured out this subtle twist in the rules, but it’s true.</p>