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Class of 2030
Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

Updated on 2/8/26

College
Projected Notification Date 2025-2026
Actual Notification Date 2024-2025
American University
DONE: Official: December 11 at 4pm/ EA by January 31
ED December 12 at 4pm/EA January 31
Amherst College
DONE: Official: December 12 at 6:21pm
December 13 at 6:21 pm
Babson College
DONE: ED December 16/EA January 13 at 4pm
ED December 17 at 4pm/EA by January 15
Bard College
DONE: ID mid-November, ED/EA December 17
ID November 10, ED late November, EA by December 31
Barnard College
DONE: Official: December 13
December 14 at 6:30pm
Bates College
DONE: Official: December 13 at 12pm
December 14
Binghamton University
beginning late November in waves until January 15
beginning late November in waves until January 15
Boston College
DONE: Official: December 2 evening
December 3 at 6pm
Boston University
DONE: Official: December 15
December 12 at 6:30pm
Bowdoin College
DONE: Official: December 12 at 7pm
December 13 at 7pm
Brandeis University
DONE: Official: ED December 11/EA December 18
December 12 at 7pm
Brown University
DONE: Official: December 17 at 7pm
December 13 at 3pm
Bryn Mawr College
DONE: Official: December 17 at 4pm
December 13 at 4pm
Bucknell University
DONE: Official: December 4 at 7:30pm
December 16 at 7pm
California Institute of Technology
DONE: Official: December 11 at 3:24pm
December 12 at 5:48pm
Carleton College
DONE: Official: December 15 at 8pm
December 12 at 8pm
Carnegie Mellon
DONE: Official: December 12 at 4:30pm
December 15 at 9am
Case Western Reserve University
DONE: Official: ED December 6/EA December 18 at 8pm
ED December 7 at 9am/EA December 21 at 5pm
Catholic University of America
DONE: Official: ED/EA December 16 at 7pm
ED/EA December 16 at 7pm
Chapman University
DONE: Official ED/EA December 12 at 6pm
ED December 13 at 6pm /EA early February
Claremont McKenna College
DONE: Official: December 12 at 5pm PST
December 13 at 8pm
Clark University
DONE: Official: ED/EA November 21.
ED December 13/EA mid January
Clemson
DONE: Official: December 11 at 6pm
December 12 at 6pm
Colby College
DONE: Official: December 11
December 13
Colgate University
DONE: Official: December 12 at 7:13pm
December 13 at 7:13pm
College of Charleston
DONE: ED early December/EA mid-December
ED December 1/EA December 17
College of William and Mary
DONE: Official: December 9 at 5pm
December 10 at 5pm
College of the Holy Cross
DONE: Official: December 15
December 13
Colorado College
DONE: Official: ED December 11 at 6pm/EA January 8 at 6pm
ED December 11 at 4pm MT/EA December 17 at 4pm MT
Colorado School of Mines
DONE: ED/EA December 12 at 2pm
December 6
Columbia University
DONEL Official: December 16 at 7pm
December 18 at 7pm
Connecticut College
DONE: Official: December 13 at 10am
December 14 at 7pm
Cooper Union
DONE: mid-December
December 15
Cornell University
DONE: Official: December 18 at 7pm
December 12 at 7pm
Dartmouth College
DONE: Official: December 15 at 4pm
December 13 at 3pm
Davidson College
DONE: Official: December 13 at 10am
December 14 at 10am
Dickinson College
DONE: mid-December
December 12
Drexel University
DONE: Official December 18
ED December 12/EA mid January
Duke University
DONE: Official: December 15 at 7pm
December 16 at 7pm
Eckerd College
DONE: mid-December
December 15
Elon University
DONE: Official: ED December 1/EA December 18
ED December 14/EA December 20
Emerson College
DONE: Official: December 16
ED December 17/EA mid January
Emory University
DONE: Official: December 10 at 6pm
December 11 at 6pm
Endicott College
DONE: Official: November 20
December 15/EA December 23
Fairfield University
DONE: Official: ED December 4 at 6pm/EA December 19
December 5 at 6pm
Florida State University
DONE: Official: EA December 11
Official: ED/EA December 12
Fordham University
DONE: Official: ED/EA December 12
ED/EA December 13 at 4pm
Franklin and Marshall
DONE: December 11 at 7pm
December 15
Furman University
DONE: Official: December 19 a 5pm
November 15
George Washington University
DONE: Official: December 15 at 4pm
December 16 evening
Georgetown University
DONE: Official: December 12 at 4pm
December 13 at 5:50pm
Georgia Institue of Technology
DONE: Official: EA 1 in-state December 5 at 7pm/EA 2 January 30 at 7pm
EA 1/in-state December 6 at 7pm/EA 2 late January
Gettysburg College
DONE: Official: ED December 5/EA January 30
ED December 15/EA early February
Grinnell College
DONE: Officia: December 5
December 6
Hamilton College
DONE: Official: December 16 at 8pm
December 8 at 8pm
Harvard University
DONE: Official: December 18 at 7pm
December 12 at 7pm
Harvey Mudd College
DONE: Official: December 12
December 12 at 9pm
Haverford College
DONE: Official: December 12 at 7pm
December 13 at 7pm
High Point University
DONE: ED late November/EA mid-December
ED late November/EA mid-December
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
DONE:: Official: December 11
ED December 15/EA January 15
Hofstra University
DONE: Official: December 11
beginning November 22 until mid December
Howard University
DONE: ED/EA late December
ED/EA December 23
Indiana University Bloomington
DONE: Official: In waves December 11-January 15
In waves December 11- January 15
Iona College
DONE: late December
late December
Ithaca College
DONE: mid-December
ED mid-December/EA February 1
James Madison University
before January 31
Johns Hopkins University
DONE: Official: December 12 at 3pm
December 13 at 3pm
Kenyon College
DONE: Official: December 18
December 13
Lafayette College
DONE: mid-December
December 16
Lehigh University
DONE: Official: December 5 at 6pm
December 13
Loyola Marymount
DONE: Official: ED November 25 at 9pm/EA December 18
November 25 at 9pm
Loyola University Maryland
DONE: Official December 17 at 3pm
December 18 at 3pm
MIT
DONE: Official: December 16 at 6:28pm
December 17 at 6:28pm
Macalester College
DONE: Official: ED December 7/EA December 20
ED December 8/EA December 21
Marist College
DONE: mid-December
ED mid-December/EA mid-January
Miami University
DONE: Official: ED December 1/EA December 15
ED/EA December 13
Middlebury College
DONE: Official: December 6 at 8am
December 7 at 8am
Morehouse
Official: December 5/EA January 30
ED December 5/EA December 11 at 5pm
Mount Holyoke College
DONE: Official: December 12 at 7pm
late December
Muhlenberg College
DONE: third week in November through December 15
third week in November through December 15
New York University
DONE: Official: December 11 at 4pm
December 12 at 4pm
North Carolina State
DONE: Official: December 19
January 24
Northeastern University
DONE: Official: ED December 10 at 7pm/EA January 28 at 7pm
ED December 11 at 7pm/EA January 31
Northwestern University
DONE: Official: December 16
December 17 at 4pm
Oberlin College
Official: ED December 15/EA January 16 at 7pm
December 13
Occidental College
DONE: Official: December 9 at 8pm
December 13 at 7pm
Ohio State University
DONE: Official: December 12 Round 1 in-state, January 23 Round 2 out-of-state
December 13 Round 1 , January 24 Round 2
Penn State University
DONE: beginning mid- November in waves until late January
beginning mid- November in waves until December 24
Pepperdine University
DONE: Official: December 19
December 19
Pitzer College
DONE: Official: December 12
December 13
Pomona College
DONE: Official: December 11 at 6pm EST
December 13 at 5pm
Princeton University
DONE: Official: December 11 at 7pm
December 12 at 7pm
Providence College
DONE: Official: ED December 2/EA December 16
ED December 3/EA December 17 in the evening
Purchase College
DONE: rolling beginning in November
rolling beginning in November
Purdue University
DONE: Official: EA January 15 at 5pm
January 15
Questbridge Match Day
DONE: Official: December 1
Official: December 1
Quinnipiac University
DONE: Official: December 4
Three rounds: December 5/12/19
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
DONE: Official: ED December 13 at 7pm/EA January 31 at 7pm
ED December 14/EA February 1
Rhode Island School of Design
DONE: Official: December 10
December 12 at 6pm
Rice University
DONE: Official: December 13 at 9am CST
December 14 at 10am
Rochester Institute of Technology
DONE: beginning mid-November
beginning mid-November until mid-December
Roger Williams University
DONE: beginning mid-November
beginning November 23
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
DONE: mid-December
December 11 at 3pm
Rutgers
DONE: late January
January 23
SUNY Albany
DONE: late December
late December
SUNY Buffalo
DONE: beginning late November
beginning late November in waves
SUNY College at Oneonta
DONE: beginning early December
beginning early December in waves until January 6
SUNY New Paltz
DONE: late December
late December
Sacred Heart University
DONE: Official: ED December 2/EA January 15
ED December 15/EA January 31
Salve Regina University
DONE: mid-December
December 15
Santa Clara University
DONE: Official: December 10 at 6:30pm
ED/EA December 11
Sarah Lawrence College
DONE: Official: December 19
ED/EA December 19
Scripps College
DONE: Official: December 11
December 14
Skidmore College
DONE: Official: December 13 at 10am
December 14 at 10am
Smith College
DONE: Official: December 12 at 3pm
December 13 between 3pm-5pm
Southern Methodist University
DONE: Official: ED December 5 /EA December 19
ED December 5/EA December 15
St. Lawrence University
DONE: rolling
ED rolling 2-3 weeks after submission
Stanford University
DONE: Official: December 12 at 4pm PST
December 13 at 7pm
Stevens Institute of Technology
DONE: Official: December 12 at 4pm
December 15
Suffolk University
DONE: Official: December 11
December 12 at 3pm
Swarthmore College
DONE: Official: December 16 at 7pm
December 13 at 7pm
Syracuse University
DONE: late December
December 18-20
Temple University
DONE: rolling until January 10
beginning November 20 until January 10
Texas Christian University
DONE: Official: ED December 5/EA December 18
ED December 6/EA December 15
The New School
DONE: late December-early January
late December-early January
Trinity College
DONE: Official: December 15
December 17 at 7pm
Tufts University
DONE: Official: December 12 at 7pm
December 13 at 7pm
Tulane University
DONE: Official: ED November 26 at 5pm EST/EA December 23
ED December 3 at 7pm /EA by January 10
UConn
DONE: Official: ED December 13
December 13 in the afternoon
Union College
DONE: Official: ED December 6 at 7am/EA January 10
ED December 5/EA December 19
University of Chicago
DONE: Official: December 19
ED/EA December 20
University of Colorado Boulder
DONE: late January
January 22
University of Delaware
DONE: beginning early November in waves until January 31
beginning early November in waves until January 31
University of Denver
DONE: ED late November/EA mid-December
ED November 30/EA December 16
University of Florida
DONE: Official: January 23
January 24 at 6pm
University of Georgia
DONE: Official: EA in-state November 21 at 4pm/EA out-of-state December 12 at 4pm
EA in-state November 22 at 7pm/EA out-of-state December 6 at 4pm
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DONE: Official: January 30 at 5pm
January 31 at 5pm
University of Maine
DONE: beginning mid-November in waves
beginning mid-November in waves
University of Maryland College Park
DONE: Official: January 30
January 31
University of Massachusetts Amherst
DONE: Official: January 16
January 17 evening
University of Miami
DONE: Official: ED December 12 at 4pm/EA January 23
ED December 13/EA January 24
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
DONE: Official: ED December 15/EA First Wave January 5
EA: January 24
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
DONE: in waves by January 31
in waves by January 31
University of New Hampshire
DONE: by January 31
by January 31
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
DONE: Official: EA January 27 at 4pm
January 24
University of Notre Dame
DONE: Official: December 16 at 6:42pm
December 17 at 6:42pm
University of Oregon
DONE: Official December 19
mid-December
University of Pennsylvania
DONE: Official: December 18 at 7pm
December 19 at 7pm
University of Pittsburgh
DONE: rolling beginning in August
rolling beginning in August
University of Rhode Island
DONE: Official: December 18
December 14
University of Richmond
DONE: Official: ED December 12 at 7pm/EA January 23 at 7pm
ED: December 13 at 7pm/EA January 24
University of Rochester
DONE: mid-December
December 13
University of Scranton
DONE: mid-December
December 15
University of South Carolina
DONE: Official: December 18
December 17 late afternoon
University of Southern California
DONE: Official: ED December 12 at 6pm/EA January 16
January 17
University of Tampa
Official: ED December 11 at 5pm/EA late January
ED December 5/ EA late January
University of Texas at Austin
Official: EA January 15
January 15
University of Vermont
DONE: December 18
ED December 2/EA December 19
University of Virginia
DONE: Official: ED December 12 at 5pm/EA January 30
ED December 13 at 5pm/EA January 31 at 5pm
University of Wisconsin
DONE:Official: January 30
January 29 at 8pm
Vanderbilt University
DONE: Official: December 17
December 17 at 6 pm
Vassar College
DONE: Official: December 8
December 6
Villanova University
DONE: Official: ED November 21 at 4:30pm/ EA January 16 at 5pm
ED November 25/EA January 20
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
DONE: Official: January 23
ED December 9 at 5pm/EA February
Wake Forest University
DONE: ED rolling beginning in August
ED rolling beginning in August
Washington University St. Louis
DONE: Official: December 11
December 12 evening
Washington and Lee University
DONE: Official: December 12 at 8pm
December 13 at 8pm
Wellesley College
DONE: Official: December 13 at 10am
December 7 at 10am
Wesleyan University
DONE: Official: December 13
December 14 at 3pm
Williams College
DONE: Official: December 12
December 13
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
DONE: Official: ED mid-December/EA January 22
ED December 13 at 5pm/EA January 15
Yale University
DONE: Official: REA December 17 at 5pm
December 17 at 5pm

*Official dates are confirmed /published 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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