ED (early decision) "early decision" refers to binding early admission.
Many schools offer two rounds of "early application", namely ED 1 and ED2. Among them, the deadline of ED/KOOC-0/in 90% American schools is/KOOC-0/65438+/KOOC-0/0/,while ED2 is almost the same as the regular application, and the deadline is 65438+/KOOC-0/0/. There are exceptions. The deadline for individual schools is 165438+ 10/0/5.
In fact, it is like this: when applying for ed, you need to sign an ED agreement, which is the ED agreement. This agreement needs to be confirmed by students themselves, parents and school consultants. Once the agreement is signed, once the students are admitted to the school, they must make a commitment to study. At the same time, when applying for ED, students can only apply for one school, not multiple schools at the same time, which is absolutely unique.
American colleges and universities can know each other's applications through networking, so the occurrence of repentance may also affect the admission of other colleges and universities. But there is a special case: students apply for scholarships while applying for ed. Students can go back on their word and don't go to school if the school offers but doesn't offer scholarships. In addition to this special situation, once ED is admitted and goes back on his word, the consequence is that the student is disqualified, and even he himself is disqualified.
EA (early action) refers to non-binding early admission, including restricted EA and unrestricted EA.
There is generally only one round of EA application, and the deadline is 165438+ 10/month. It is understood that among the top 50 schools in the United States, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Georgia Institute of Technology were shortlisted earlier, at 10 June 15.
Compared with ed's binding commitment and uniqueness, EA application does not need to sign any agreement, and students do not need to make any commitment.
Unlimited EA is not excluded, and you can apply for ed and EA from other schools at the same time, such as the University of Chicago and Georgetown University. However, the restricted EA is exclusive. If you apply for EA restriction, you can't apply for ed and EA of other schools at the same time, you can only apply for one school. This looks a lot like the ED binding promise, but the difference is that the restricted EA can still not be admitted, or it can apply for regular applications from other schools.