SCEA
Education & Academia abbreviation · Academic
| Stands for | Single-choice early action |
|---|---|
| Categories | Education & Academia |
SCEA stands for Single-choice early action, an academic abbreviation.
Early application plan used by Yale and Princeton that is non-binding but limits applicants to that single private early application, with exceptions for some public, international and rolling-admission schools. Decisions come in mid-December.
Example: He applied SCEA to Yale and submitted his public university applications early too.
Usage notes
SCEA and REA are essentially the same idea under different names; which label a college uses is a matter of institutional choice. Admitted students may still apply regular decision elsewhere and decide by May 1. Deferred applicants are reviewed again in the spring.
Related abbreviations
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- RSO – Registered student organization
- SACSCOC – Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- SAI – Student Aid Index
- SAP – Satisfactory Academic Progress
- SAR – Student Aid Report
- SEVIS – Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
- SGA – Student Government Association
- SIS – Student information system
- SLAC – Small liberal arts college
- SOP – Statement of purpose
- TA – Teaching assistant