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How To Choose Your Early School
The ED / EA cheat sheet
The early round is the single highest-leverage decision in admissions. One page on what actually decides where you apply early, and what students waste time on.
What’s inside
- What actually moves your odds early (the ED-vs-RD boost, often 2 to 6x) vs the noise you should ignore
- The binding-commitment traps: the financial-aid release clause, and why merit money lives in the RD pool
- How to spend your one early card, when to save ED2, and the REA fine print to read before you file
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