28/08/2025
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āύā§āĻā§āĻ ED, EA and RDāĻāϏāĻŦ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
âĄī¸Early Action (EA)
âĸ Deadline: Nov 1 āĻŦāĻž Nov 15
âĸ Decision Released: Mid-December āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§
âĸ Non-Binding: āĻāϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞā§āĻ May 1-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻĢāĻžāĻāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻž
đ Rule:
âĸ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϝāϤ āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ EA āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
đĄ Example:
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EA to Georgia Tech, Purdue University, and University of Maryland
â EA to both Yale and Notre Dame (āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ restrictive)
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âĄī¸ Early Decision (ED)
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Deadline: ā§§ āύāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ (āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠⧧ā§Ģ āύāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ)
đĸ Result: āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ
đ Binding: āĻāϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻžāύā§āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻāĻāĻĄ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ āϝāĻĨā§āώā§āĻ āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŽ)āĨ¤
đ Rule:
1. āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§ ED āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
2. āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ EA āĻāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĨ¤
3. ED-āϤ⧠āĻāϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻā§āώ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύāϏā§āϞ/āĻāĻāĻĨāĻĄā§āϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
4. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ED I āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠ED II āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ED I-āĻ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§āĻ ED II āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāĻāĻĨāĻĄā§āϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đĄ Example:
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Apply ED to Columbia University + EA to Boston College
â Apply ED to both Columbia and Cornell
âĄī¸ ED II: Deadline āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ Jan 1, Decision mid-February
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âĄī¸ Regular Decision (RD)
âĸ Deadline: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ Jan 1 (āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Jan 15âFeb 1 āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ)
âĸ Decision Released: MarchâApril
âĸ Non-Binding
đ Rule:
âĸ āϝāϤ āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ RD āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§
âĸ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻā§āύ⧠āϰā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻļāύ āύā§āĻ
đĄ Example:
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RD to NYU, Duke University, UC Berkeley, and University of Southern California
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âĄī¸ Rolling Admissions
âĸ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ Deadline āύā§āĻ
âĸ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ Aug 1 āĻĨā§āĻā§ Feb/March āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
âĸ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻāϞāĻžāϰāĻļāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ
đĄ Example:
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Apply Rolling to Michigan State University, Penn State, or Arizona State University
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