Talk:Early decision

Merge early action into early decision and rename?
This article and early action necessarily contain a lot of duplicate information. I'd rather merge them both into early admittance (or something similar; I'm not wild about that title) or even point them to a section in college admissions. --Starwiz 15:37, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I think keeping two seperate articles are fine, becasue if i want Early Decision I would search that. If I want Early Action I will type that. Keep them seperate- mateo.

I think they are fine as separate articles. They are both fairly clear, and the main problem people have is differentiating between them, so why would you combine something people are trying to distinguish between?


 * I disagree. I think that would make it less clear. So many people I know get confused about what ED is and what EA is, it is important that they are not grouped together as one. --chocolateluvr88 22:31, 7 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I understand your concern; I share it as well. My issue is that early decision, the more comprehensive of the two pages, describes ED by comparing it to and contrasting it with EA.  The EA page does the same thing, though to a lesser extent, since it's less comprehensive.  If we had one unified page, we could devote an entire section to explaining the differences between EA and ED.  Wouldn't that be more clear than the hodgepodge we have now? --Starwiz 03:24, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that they should remain separate as they are distinctly different (though related) programs. Additionally, neither is a stub, so it is okay to keep them separated. -- ʀ6ʍ  ɑ  ʏ89  22:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed. They should remain separate. 65.254.4.231 12:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC) (this is bsd987)


 * I also think they should remain seperate articles. ED is binding, while EA is not. It may confuse readers if the two articles were combined. - April 22 2006 (User:Cielomobile


 * I also think they should remain seperate; they are distinct notions, which is the defining factor I believe. aubrey 19:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Recommend a careful merge and rewrite. The two programs are different but chances are someone looking for info on one will want (or benefit from) info on both.  Why have two articles then if a careful rewrite can explain both concepts in one good article. Thatcher131 04:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

That sounds good to me. I came here looking to find out the difference between ED and EA. Even though they're different (but related) and easily confused, it still makes sense to talk about them together in order the clarify their differences. - Square pear 19:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I would prefer to keep the two forms of early admissions as two separate pages. However, if there still remains doubts, how about combining the two articles but under the title Early Admissions, as described by StarWiz. - IronFlag 1:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed on the desirability of a merge and the use of Early Admissions as the title. I just had to add a useful reference book to both pages. It would be nice to add it to just one place. David.Kane 00:42, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I think these should be two different pages b/c people get so ocnfused about them as it is. and they are different things. if someone was looking for the both then each have links from one to the other.

$10,000 opt-out fee?
The article mentions a $10,000 opt out fee, but I don't think the mechanics of how this works are quite clear. Are accepted applicants required to sign a contract? If someone has more info on this, I think it would be a useful addition to the article. Also, is the fee standard across institutions who allow ED, or does it vary? Jrmski 00:07, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

When I applied for colleges a couple years ago, I was able to get out of Early Decision because financial aid was not enough to cover the expenses. You can get out from the contract if the school does not provide you with adequate fin aid. Besides, I have never even heard about 10,000 opt-out fee and it is not sourced.Merumerume 03:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

What about outside the United States?
I'd like someone to add information about whether either form of early admission is offered by universities outside the USA, particularly in Canada and Britain.

FurnaldHall 04:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Certainly it does not exist in Britain, though I'm not sure about Canada Heythatslife 05:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)