About Early Action schools:

• Early Action (EA): Early admissions process that is non-binding.

• Unlike Early Decision (ED), you can choose whether or not you want to attend the school if you are accepted.

• This gives you more flexibility because you can review their financial aid package and compare the schools even after acceptance, while getting some peace of mind that you have a place to go early.

• You CAN apply to schools both EA and ED.

• Some schools, like Stanford, have Restrictive EA meaning you can only apply there EA

• While most schools offer ED, not all schools offer EA. It is a very limited number.

• Here are some schools that are Early Action: (list taken from source)

  Name	Location
  University of Southern California (USC)	Los Angeles, CA
  Stanford University (Restrictive EA)	Stanford, CA
  Colorado College	Colorado Springs, CO
  Yale University	New Haven, CT
  Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.
  University of Chicago	Chicago, IL
  University of Notre Dame	St. Joseph County, IN
  Tulane University	New Orleans, LA
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, MA
  Princeton University	Princeton, NJ
  Columbia University	New York City, NY
  UNC Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC
  Harvard University	Cambridge, MA
  California Institute of Technology (CIT)	Pasadena, CA
  University of Michigan (U Michigan)	Ann Arbor, MI
  University of Virginia (UVA)	Charlottesville, VA
  Northeastern University	Boston, MA