ED, EDII, REA, SCEA. It’s an alphabet soup that you better learn to love! The number of acronyms surrounding college admission plans just keeps growing. How to make sense of it? Focus on the ones that include the initial “E” (for “early”) – Early Decision, Early Decision II, Early Action, Restrictive Early Action, Single Choice Early Action. Colleges have added early options over the last decade because it is so beneficial to them. Students who apply early are more likel