Types of College
Admission
Early Application (Early Action)
Under Early Application or Early Action (also called multiple-choice
early action), applications typically are due November 1-15, but students
are not required to commit to attending a particular college until May
1.
Using the Early Application process has MANY ADVANTAGES:
Students receive decisions from colleges about their admission status
early (before the December holidays), but do not have to commit to attend
college before May 1. This gives students plenty of time to compare
college characteristics and financial aid offers before committing to
attend a particular college. In effect, this allows students to “shop” for
colleges.
Another advantage is students are more likely to be accepted because
colleges have higher admission rates for Early Application applicants. If
students are not accepted to the colleges they applied to under the Early
Application process, they still have adequate time to apply to other
colleges and universities under the Regular
Application process.
Even when students apply to or are accepted by a school under Early
Application, they remain free to apply to any other college and university
using the Early, Regular, Rolling,
or Late admission
process.
The DISADVANTAGE of using the Early Application process is students
will have a busy fall semester because all application documents normally
are due in early to mid-November.
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