Types of College Admission

Types of college admission Early Decision Early Application (Early Action) Single-Choice Early Action Regular Admission Rolling Admission Late Admission Summary Table of Admission Types

Single-Choice Early Action

Under Single-Choice Early Action, students are allowed to apply early to one college or university only (in other words, students are forbidden to apply to any other school using Early Applications or Early Decision applications).  Typically, Single-Choice Early Action applications have due dates of between November 1 and 15.

Similar to the Early Application process, ADVANTAGES to using the Single-Choice Early Action are student are more likely to be accepted because colleges have higher admission rates for Single-Choice Early Action applicants and students are not required to commit to attending a particular college until May 1.  If rejected under the Single-Choice Early Action process, students will have time to apply to other colleges and universities using the Regular Admission process.

The DISADVANTAGES are students are forbidden to submit Early Applications to more than one school, thereby reducing their chances for acceptance to other schools.