The Complete List of Early Action (EA) Colleges

The Complete List of Early Action (EA) Schools

Indian/NRI Students, would you want to know where you'll be going to college?

A good rule of thumb to go by is this: apply early if you're organized and have a strong application ready to go. Early action deadlines are a way better that the regular deadlines. Though a point to note here is, a large number of schools offer an early action deadline in addition to a regular decision deadline.

Below article will guide you with the things you need to do for applying early action. Also, I’ll be providing you with a comprehensive list of schools that offer early action.

Things to Know about Early Action:

Early action application is a great option if you've done your college research and have made sure to have things ready with regards to application process by the November deadline. Good News for Indian/NRI Students is, a greater percentage of early action candidates get accepted when compared to regular application candidates.

The usual deadlines for early action application are between November 1 and November 15. And colleges will respond to by mid-December.

There are few more benefits of early action:

If you get selected, you are not obliged to accept the offer at earliest. You can take your time and respond to by the regular application deadline, in most cases it would be May 1.

Application may be accepted or denied or deferred. Deferred means that your application will be reviewed again in a regular decision pool. And this usually happens by the end of May. It’s beneficial for Indian NRI Students, as they can send in their SAT or other exam scores to make their application strong before the regular application deadline ends.

Early action is available at Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford. Though it’s restrictive but it is offered at these schools/colleges.

Students who apply for early action always have an upper hand in admission process, reason being they show their enthusiasm and commitment to the schools they’re applying. And this also helps them get a higher yield. Yield refers to the percentage of students who accept their offers of admission. The higher the yield, the easier it becomes to predict enrollment numbers and avoid having to make a waitlist.

Timeline for Applying Early Action to College

Applying in early action requires planning, and Indian NRI students are anyways good at it. Planning has to start a few months earlier than usual. The important items that one needs to be prepared with are the SAT/ACT, Recommendation Letters, and Personal Essay.

Below is a small snapshot of how one should plan their early action admission process.

Step 1: Take the SAT/ACT

It is observed that Students who have taken up early action have an opportunity to retake their SAT/ACT tests and better their scores by retaking it.

Step 2: Ask for Letters of Recommendation

It is always advisable to give time to your teachers and/or counselors for writing the letters of recommendations. This has to be done as soon as you are done with your junior year, as the teachers will remember you and can write a more comprehensive letter.

Step 3: Plan and Begin Writing Your College Essay

If you have taken up essay, then working on your essay writing would be a great advantage. Even reading short essays can help you understand the topics much prior to exams.

Step 4: Finish Your Application

Finally, proofreading and writing about your extracurricular activities in detail. The deadline for submission is during November or December.

List of Colleges that Offers Early Action (EA) Deadlines

Apart from the four mentioned above, below is the list of colleges who offer early action deadlines.

Data is segregated by States:

Alabama	Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Auburn University	Saint John's University
Birmingham-Southern College	Mississippi
Oakwood University	Millsaps College
Arizona	New Hampshire
Arizona Christian University	Colby-Sawyer College
Arkansas	Saint Anselm College
Arkansas Tech University	Southern New Hampshire University
Harding University	University of New Hampshire
Hendrix College	New Jersey
University of Arkansas	Bloomfield College
California	Caldwell University
Azusa Pacific University	Felician College
Biola University	Georgian Court University
California Baptist University	Kean University
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	Monmouth University
California Lutheran University	Princeton University
California State University, Sacramento	Rider University
California State University, San Bernardino	Saint Peter's University
Chapman University	Seton Hall University
Concordia University Irvine	William Paterson University
Loyola Marymount University	New Mexico
The Master's University	St. John's College
Menlo College	New York
Mills College	Adelphi University
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles	Bard College
Notre Dame de Namur University	Binghamton University
Point Loma Nazarene University	College of Mount Saint Vincent
Saint Mary's College of California	College of Saint Rose
Santa Clara University	Columbia University, School of General Studies
Simpson University	Concordia College New York
Soka University of America	Dowling College
Stanford University	Fordham University
University of the Pacific	Hofstra University
University of Redlands	Iona College
University of San Francisco	Ithaca College
Vanguard University of Southern California	Le Moyne College
Westmont College	LIM College
Whittier College	LIU Brooklyn
Colorado	LIU Post
Colorado College	Manhattanville College
Colorado State University	Marist College
Fort Lewis College	Mercy College
University of Colorado Boulder	Molloy College
University of Denver	Monroe College
Connecticut	New York Institute of Technology
Fairfield University	Niagara University
United States Coast Guard Academy	Pace University
University of Hartford	Parsons School of Design (The New School)
University of New Haven	Pratt Institute
Yale University	The Sage Colleges
Delaware	Siena College
Delaware College of Art and Design	SUNY Albany (University at Albany)
Delaware State University	SUNY Binghamton (Binghamton University)
District of Columbia	SUNY Buffalo (University at Buffalo)
Catholic University of America	SUNY Cortland
Georgetown University	SUNY New Paltz
Howard University	SUNY Oneonta
Trinity Washington University	SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Florida	SUNY Purchase (Purchase College)
Eckerd College	Utica College
Lynn University	Wells College
Palm Beach Atlantic University	North Carolina
University of Miami	Elon University
University of Tampa	Fayetteville State University
Georgia	Greensboro College
Agnes Scott College	High Point University
Emmanuel College	Lees-McRae College
Georgia College and State University	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)	North Carolina State University
Georgia State University	Queens University of Charlotte
Mercer University	University of North Carolina at Asheville
Morehouse College	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
Oglethorpe University	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Spelman College	University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of Georgia	Warren Wilson College
Wesleyan College	Western Carolina University
Idaho	North Dakota
College of Idaho	Sanford College of Nursing
Northwest Nazarene University	Ohio
Illinois	Case Western Reserve University
Augustana College	Cleveland Institute of Art
DePaul University	Cleveland State University
Governors State University	College of Wooster
Illinois College	John Carroll University
Illinois Wesleyan University	Miami University
Knox College	Ohio State University
Lake Forest College	Ohio Wesleyan University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago	University of Akron
University of Chicago	University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois at Chicago	University of Dayton
Wheaton College	Wittenberg University
Indiana	Oklahoma
Butler University	University of Tulsa
DePauw University	Oregon
Earlham College	Eastern Oregon University
Grace College	George Fox University
Hanover College	Lewis & Clark College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Linfield College
University of Evansville	Oregon State University
University of Notre Dame	University of Oregon
Wabash College	Willamette University
Iowa	Pennsylvania
Coe College	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Cornell College	Dickinson College
Wartburg College	Duquesne University
Kentucky	La Salle University
Bellarmine University	Lycoming College
Centre College	Saint Joseph's University
Transylvania University	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
University of Kentucky	Susquehanna University
Louisiana	Temple University
Centenary College of Louisiana	University of Scranton
Southern University at New Orleans	Ursinus College
Tulane University	Villanova University
Maine	Washington & Jefferson College
Maine Maritime Academy	Westminster College
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine	Puerto Rico
Thomas College	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Unity College	Rhode Island
University of Maine	Bryant University
University of Maine at Farmington	Providence College
University of Maine at Machias	Roger Williams University
University of New England	Salve Regina University
Maryland	University of Rhode Island
Goucher College	South Carolina
Johns Hopkins University	College of Charleston
Loyola University Maryland	Erskine College
McDaniel College	Furman University
Mount St. Mary's University	Presbyterian College
Notre Dame of Maryland University	University of South Carolina
Salisbury University	Wofford College
St. John’s College	Tennessee
United States Naval Academy	Bryan College
University of Maryland (UMD)	Rhodes College
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Sewanee: University of the South
Washington College	Texas
Massachusetts