We’ve posted information about the differences between Early Decision, Early Action, Restricted (or Single Choice) Early Action, Rolling Admission and Regular Decision in past articles, but if you aren’t quite sure of what these mean, this post is for you!

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Early Decision

• Binding contract.
• Student, school counselor and parents sign an agreement saying that if student is admitted, s/he WILL ATTEND that school.
• Must withdraw all other applications if admitted.  This means you will never find out if you would have been admitted to UC X or Y Other College.
• Must place a deposit at school within a few weeks of being admitted.
• Counselor agreement says the counselor will ONLY send the student’s final transcript to that college if student is admitted.
• May only apply to ONE college ED.
• The ONLY acceptable reason for not honoring an ED commitment is if the college does not meet your DEM