Early Action - Restrictive

I borrow this from Donnelly Fenn of Future Focus Educational Services in Ashland, Oregon.

Early Action allows students to apply to a college early, have their application reviewed and decsion made early, but not have the binding decision as with Early Decision. Several of the schools that use Early Action (EA) have a restrictive EA program. Here is Mr. Fenn's list:

"Latest news on Restricted Early Action (REA) vs. Single Choice Early Action

Boston College now defines their REA as: "Boston College does not permit students to apply under our Early Action program if they are applying to a binding Early Decision program at another college. Students are free to apply to other Early Action (non-binding) and Regular Decision programs. Yale University states: "If you are an applicant to Yale under the Single Choice Early Action program, you may not apply to any early admissions program that notifies candidates in December, whether or not that program is binding. You may still make applications to any other schools you wish for a regular spring decision, and you have until May 1 to tell us whether you are accepting an offer of admission. “Single Choice” means that you must sign an agreement on your application stating that Yale is the only early admissions program to which you are applying. Stanford University states: "At Stanford we believe early admission should be guided by the principle of first choice; as a result, our Restrictive/Single-Choice Early Action program requires that you file only one early admission application.” Although NACAC has defined REA as interpreted by Boston College (according to the BC counselor I spoke with), both Yale and Stanford interpret it differently. The best advice I can give you is to contact or research online the Early Decision/Action policies of each college or university regarding this most confusing of admission policies. "