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Class of 2029
Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

Updated on 12/6/2024

College
Projected Notification Date 2024-2025
Actual Notification Date 2023-2024
American University
ED December 31/ EA January 31
ED December 13 at 4pm
Amherst College
Speculated: December 6 at 6:21pm
December 8 at 6:21 pm
Babson College
ED by mid- December/EA by January 15
ED December 13 at 4pm/EA December 15 at 4pm
Bard College
ID mid-November, ED late November, EA by December 31
ID mid-November, ED late November, EA by December 31
Barnard College
mid-December
December 13 at 6:30pm
Bates College
by December 20
December 16
Binghamton University
beginning late November in waves until January 15
beginning late November in waves until January 15
Boston College
Official: December 3
December 5 at 6pm
Boston University
mid-December
December 14 at 6:30pm
Bowdoin College
Speculated: December 13 at 7pm
December 15 at 7pm
Brandeis University
December 15
December 7 at 7pm
Brown University
Official: December 13 at 3pm EST
December 15 at 3pm
Bryn Mawr College
late December
December 15
Bucknell University
by mid-December
December 11 at 9pm
California Institute of Technology
Official: December 12 at 5:48 PST
December 9 at 11:21am
Carleton College
by December 15
December 13 at 8pm
Carnegie Mellon
Official: ED December 15
December 15 at 9am
Case Western Reserve University
Approximate: ED: December 7 at 9am EST/EA December 21 at 5pm EST
ED December 2 at 12pm/EA December 19
Chapman University
late December
ED December 15/EA early February
Claremont McKenna College
by December 15
December 15
Clark University
ED mid-December/EA mid-January
ED December 15/EA January 20
Clemson
mid-December
December 14 at 6pm
Colby College
by December 15
December 8
Colgate University
Official: December 13
December 13 at 7:13pm
College of Charleston
ED December 1/EA December 15
ED December 1/EA December 14
College of William and Mary
Approximate: mid-December
December 5 evening
College of the Holy Cross
December 15
December 15
Colorado College
Official: ED December 11 at 4pm MST/EA December 17 at 4pm MST
ED December 12 at 4pm MT/EA December 19 at 4pm MT
Colorado School of Mines
early December
December 6
Columbia University
Official: December 18
December 14 at 7pm
Connecticut College
mid-December
December 8 at 7pm
Cornell University
Official: ED December 12 at 7pm
December 14 at 7pm
Dartmouth College
mid-December
December 15 at 4pm
Davidson College
by December 16
December 16 at 10am
Dickinson College
mid-December
mid-December
Drexel University
ED mid-December/EA mid-January
ED/EA December 14
Duke University
before December 19
December 14 at 7pm
Eckerd College
mid-December
December 15
Elon University
ED December 1/EA December 20
ED December 1/EA December 20
Emerson College
ED mid December/EA mid-January
ED/EA December 20
Emory University
Speculated: ED December 11 at 6pm EST
December 13 at 6pm
Endicott College
mid-December
December 15/EA December 23
Fairfield University
Official: December 5 at 6pm EST
December 14 at 6pm
Florida State University
Official: EA December 12 in-state
Official: ED/EA Decem
Fordham University
ED/EA December 20
ED/EA December 14 at 4pm
Franklin and Marshall
by December 15
December 15
Furman University
Official: ED November 15
George Washington University
late December
December 14 evening
Georgetown University
Approximate: December 15
December 15
Georgia Institue of Technology
Official: EA 1: in-state December 6 at 7pm EST/EA 2 late January
EA 1/in-state December 8 at 10am/EA 2 January 26 at 7pm
Gettysburg College
ED by December 15/EA: early February
ED December 15/EA by February 1
Grinnell College
Speculated: ED December 6
December 8
Hamilton College
Speculated: December 8 at 8pm EST
December 14 at 8pm
Harvard University
Speculated: December 12 at 7pm EST
December 15 at 7pm
Harvey Mudd College
December 15
December 12 at 6pm
Haverford College
December 15
December 8 at 7pm
High Point University
ED late November/EA; mid-December
ED November 21/EA mid-December
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
mid-December
ED December 15/EA January 15
Hofstra University
by mid-December
beginning November 22
Howard University
ED/EA December 18
ED/EA late January
Indiana University Bloomington
Official: beginning early November in waves until January 15
Official:beginning early November in waves until January 15
Iona College
late December
late December
Ithaca College
mid-December
ED mid-December/EA February 1
Johns Hopkins University
Official: December 13 at 3pm EST
December 15 at 3pm
Kenyon College
mid-December
December 13
Lafayette College
mid-December
December 15
Lehigh University
mid-December
December 8
Loyola Marymount
Official: ED November 25 a 9pm
Loyola University Maryland
mid-December
December 14
MIT
Speculated: December 14 at 12:14pm EST
December 16 at 12:16pm
Macalester College
Official: ED December 8/EA December 21
ED December 3/EA December 20
Marist College
mid-December
ED mid-December/EA mid-January
Miami University
ED early December/EA mid-December
ED December 1/EA December 14
Middlebury College
Official: December 7
December 9 at 8am
Mount Holyoke College
late December
late December
Muhlenberg College
third week in November through December 15
third week in November through December 15
New York University
Official: December 12 late afternoon
December 14 at 4pm
North Carolina State
January 30
January 26
Northeastern University
Speculated: ED December 11/EA by February 15
ED December 13 at 7pm/EA January 31
Northwestern University
Official: December 17 at 4pm
December 15
Oberlin College
December 15
December 15
Occidental College
December 15
December 15
Ohio State University
Official: December 13 Round 1 in-state , January 24 Round 2 out-of-state
December 8 Round 1 , January 19 Round 2
Penn State University
beginning mid- November in waves until late December
beginning mid- November in waves until December 24
Pitzer College
by December 18
December 13
Pomona College
December 15
December 15 at 5pm
Princeton University
Speculated: December 12 at 7pm EST
December 14 at 7pm
Providence College
Official: ED December 3/EA: by January 1
ED December 1/EA December 16 in the evening
Purchase College
rolling beginning in November
rolling beginning in November
Purdue University
Official: January 15
January 15
Quinnipiac University
Official: EA Three rounds: December 5/12/19
December 7
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Official: ED December 14/EA February 1
ED December 9/EA January 27
Rhode Island School of Design
mid-December
December 13
Rice University
mid-December
December 14 at 6pm
Rochester Institute of Technology
beginning mid-November
beginning mid-November until mid-December
Roger Williams University
beginning mid-November
beginning November 23
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
mid-December
December 14
Rutgers
beginning early December
beginning December 5
SUNY Albany
late December
late December
SUNY Buffalo
beginning late November
beginning late November in waves
SUNY College at Oneonta
beginning early December
beginning early December in waves until January 6
SUNY New Paltz
late December
late December
Sacred Heart University
ED mid-December/EA late January
ED December 15/EA January 31
Salve Regina University
mid-December
December 15
Santa Clara University
ED/EA late December
ED/EA December 15
Sarah Lawrence College
ED/EA late December
ED/EA December 20
Scripps College
mid-December
December 13
Skidmore College
mid-December
December 7 at 7pm
Smith College
mid-December
December 15 between 3pm-5pm
Southern Methodist University
Official: ED December 5/EA mid- December
ED December 8/EA December 15
St. Lawrence University
rolling
ED rolling 2-3 weeks after submission
Stanford University
Speculated: December 13 at 7pm EST
December 15 at 4pm
Stevens Institute of Technology
mid-December
December 15
Suffolk University
mid-December
December 14 at 3pm
Swarthmore College
Speculated: December 17 at 7pm EST
December 12 at 7pm
Syracuse University
late December
December 16
Temple University
rolling until January 10
beginning November 20 until January 10
Texas Christian University
Official: ED December 6/EA mid-December
ED December 1/EA December 14
The New School
late December-early January
late December-early January
Trinity College
December 15
December 14 evening
Tufts University
Official: December 13 a 7pm EST
December 14 at 7pm
Tulane University
Official: ED December 3 at 7pm EST/EA by January 10
ED December 5 /EA December 20
Union College
ED December/EA January
ED December 5/EA December 19
University of Chicago
Speculated: ED/EA December 20
ED/EA December 18
University of Colorado Boulder
mid-January
January 17
University of Delaware
beginning early November in waves until January 31
beginning early November in waves until January 31
University of Denver
ED late November/EA mid-December
ED November 30/EA December 11
University of Florida
Official: January 24 at 6pm EST
February 23
University of Georgia
Official: EA in-state November 22/EA out-of-state December 6 at 4pm EST
November 17 at 7pm
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Official: January 31 at 5pm EST
January 26
University of Maine
beginning mid-November in waves
beginning mid-November in waves
University of Maryland College Park
by late January
January 26
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Official: January 17 in the evening
January 24 evening
University of Miami
Speculated: ED December 13 at 5pm EST/EA: late January
ED December 8/EA January 26
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
late January
January 26
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
in waves by January 31
beginning early November rolling until mid-November
University of New Hampshire
by January 31
by January 31
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
late January
January 31
University of Notre Dame
Official: December 17 at 6:42pm EST
December 15 at 6:42pm
University of Pennsylvania
Speculated: December 12 at 7pm EST
December 14 at 7pm
University of Pittsburgh
rolling beginning in August
rolling beginning in August
University of Rhode Island
mid-December
December 14
University of Richmond
around December 15
ED: December 15 at 7pm/EA January 26
University of Rochester
early December
December 8
University of Scranton
mid-December
December 15
University of South Carolina
mid- December
December 15 late afternoon
University of Southern California
Speculated: January 17
January 19
University of Tampa
Official: ED December 5/ EA late January
January 31
University of Texas at Austin
by February 1
February 1
University of Vermont
Official: ED December 2/EA late December
ED December 1/EA December 19
University of Virginia
Approximate: ED December 15/EA by February 15
ED December 15 at 5pm/EA February 2 at 5pm
University of Wisconsin
by January 31
January 26 at 8pm
Vanderbilt University
Approximate: December 16
December 14 at 6 pm
Vassar College
mid-December
December 8
Villanova University
Official: ED November 25 EA by January 20
ED December 15/EA January 20
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Official: EA late February
ED December 9 at 5pm/EA February 2 at 5pm
Wake Forest University
rolling beginning in August
rolling beginning in August
Washington University St. Louis
Official : ED December 13 in the evening
December 15 evening
Washington and Lee University
December 20
December 13 at 8pm
Wellesley College
Official: December 7 at 10am
December 9 at 10am
Wesleyan University
mid-December
December 9 at 3pm
Williams College
Speculated: December 13 at 6pm
December 8
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Official: ED December 13 at 5pm EST/EA: late January
ED December 13 at 5pm/EA January 15
Yale University
Official: REA December 13 at 7pm EST
December 14 at 5pm

*Official dates are provided by the college admissions office. 

*Unless noted as “official”, Current Year dates are based on crowdsourced info from students, college websites, and admissions offices. 

*Last Year dates are based on a combination of crowdsourced and official college-published information.

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