College Application Programs 101 (ZT)

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College Application Programs 101 (ZT)

Regular Admission (RA): Students are required to apply by a fixed date with the following time frame:
     Application Deadline: around December 31.   
     Result:
           Accepted -- You have choice to attend the college.     
           Rejected  -- You can't attend the college.   
           Waiting Listed  -- You are currently not accepted, but you may be accepted at later date.
     Result Notification Date: around April. 1.
     Student Enrollment Notification Deadline: around May 1.      

Rolling Application: The college considers each student's application as soon as all the required credentials
such as application, school record, and test scores have been received. The college usually notifies applicants
of its decision in 4-6 weeks.   


Early Decision (ED): binding application, if you are accepted by the college, you need to enter that college
and withdraw all other applications. Here are some examples of colleges support ED: Dartmouth, Columbia,
Cornell.

Early Action (EA): similar to ED except that students, if accepted, are not required to accept admission or
withdraw other applications. They have until May 1 to notify their decision. Here are some examples of
colleges support EA: MIT, Univ. of Chicago, Caltech

Single Choice Early Action (SCEA): it is more restricted EA, students can only apply one college early.
Here are some examples of colleges currently support SCEA: Stanford, Yale

The time frame for early admission (ED/EA/SCEA) is:
     Application Deadline: around November 1.   
     Result:
           Accepted -- You have choice to attend the college.     
           Rejected  -- You can't attend the college.   
           Deferred -- You are currently not accepted, but you will be reconsidered and may be accepted
during RA

     Result Notification Date: around December 15.
     Student Enrollment Notification Deadline: around May 1.