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Dear Diana,

If RIT is your 1st choice college, we recommend our "friendly" Early Decision Plan. Here's why:

1. Our Early Decision Plan allows applicants to hear about admission and financial aid decisions much earlier than other applicants, offering an earlier planning opportunity in the transition to RIT.

2. There is no downside to the RIT Early Decision Plan. Students and their families are not put in the awkward position of making a college decision without having all of the facts first. This includes scholarship and financial aid information from RIT prior to paying your admissions acceptance deposit.

3. You will receive an early financial aid award. RIT provides an early review of financial aid eligibility to those who complete the FAFSA by December 1.

4. Early Decision and Regular Decision applicants at RIT are treated the same in the awarding of scholarships and financial aid. Some colleges and universities offer lower awards to Early Decision applicants.

5. Early Decision applicants who deposit by the February 1 deadline will receive priority in the campus housing selection process.

6. If the Early Decision applicant changes their mind about Early Decision, they can request to be moved to the Regular Decision Plan. These students will be reconsidered for admission with applicants in the Regular Decision Plan due to space limitations in academic programs.

If you would like more information, please visit the Early Decision Plan page on our website.

Please feel free to contact us by calling 585-475-6631 or emailing admissions@rit.edu.

If you have already submitted an application to RIT through our regular decision plan and would like to change it to our early decision plan, please email our office so we can update your application.
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Chad Rossi
Carver, MA
Industrial & Systems Engineering Student

"Back when I was applying to colleges, I kept hearing about all these different ways to apply (early action, early decision, single choice early…) and honestly had no idea what the differences were between them. I came to visit RIT with my parents around November of my senior year and met with an admissions counselor, as well as advisors in the academic department that I was applying to. After my visit, RIT had won me over and officially became my top choice, so I ended up applying early decision.

It wasn't until a couple months later that I started feeling the benefits of doing so..."

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