3
Decision Plans
Students for ED must apply earlier (usually
by November) to get an expedited response
from the univer sit y (usual ly by December).
The applicant may be admitted, rejected, or
deferred for Regular Decision.
Early Decision is binding. Students sign a
legal agreement s tat i ng that at tendance
is compulsor y, if admitted. Hence, only one
application to an ED school is allowed, and
simultaneous applications must be withdrawn if
accepted into ED.
On the other hand, Ear ly Action is non-
binding and can be the decision plan for more
than one school. Students may opt to wait for
Regular Decision results before deciding which
offer to accept. However, some schools offer
Single-Choice or Restrictive Early Action instead.
Students should check with individual universities
for specific details.
Regular decision is advantageous to students
who would like to show academic improvement
in their first term of F6. Regular Decision is also the
perfect opportunity for students to amend their
college lists based on ED or EA results, if any.
T h r o u g h o u t t h e a dm i s s i o n p e r i o d ,
applications are reviewed on a first-come-first-
serve basis and spaces become increasingly
competitive toward the deadline. Students
should apply as soon as possible.
招生計劃
同學提早（通常在十一月）遞交申請表，而大學也會
提早（通常在十二月）回覆。申請者可能被錄取、拒絕、或
延後和Regular Decision的申請者一起考慮。
Early Decision是有約束性的，學生須要簽署一份合
約。若學校決定錄取Early Decision的申請者，該學生一
定要入讀那所學校。因此，學生只能透過ED選報一所大
學，而且一旦被錄取就要立即撤回其他學校的申請。
相反，Early Action不是捆綁式的，所以同學可以等
到Regular Decision的結果出來之後再選擇入讀那一所
大學。同學可以透過 E A 報讀多所學校，但有一些學
校只提供「單選」或「限制式」EA（Single-Choice/
Restrictive Early Action）。同學應該自行向學校查詢
詳情。
Regular Decision的截止日期通常在一月份。第一，
此計劃對希望用中六第一學期成績證明自己有進步
的同學很有利。第二，Regular Decision可以幫助已經
收到EA或ED結果的同學改變選校的好機會。
Rolling Admissions 是先到先得地審閱申請及收
生。也即是說，學位會隨著截止日期迫近而逐漸減少。
因此，同學該儘早報讀這些學校。
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Early Decision (ED) / Early Action (EA)
Regular Decision
Rolling Admissions
