The furor over early action is growing as schools send out their various Distinguished Applicant, Presidential Scholar, Short App…whatever they call it to entice you to apply early…then they “bagged” an application all good for their numbers. In most cases unless your grades and SAT’s are within their ranges they have no reason to accept you early…they can wait and see what comes regular. For this reason I would recommend that  students apply  to only one Early Action school that you have picked, not that picked you. Don’t get caught up in the marketing work by the schools to just generate nos. of applications. Early action is not a short-cut though they try to make you believe it is….and it often leads to less-polished applications