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Class of 2030
Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

Updated on 12/27/25

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
ED December 16/EA by mid-January
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Official: ED December 5/EA early February
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
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
ED/EA late December
ED/EA December 23
Indiana University Bloomington
Official: In waves December 11-January 15
In waves December 11- January 15
Iona College
late December
late December
Ithaca College
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
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
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
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
ED December 15/EA January 15
December 13
Occidental College
DONE: Official: December 9 at 8pm
December 13 at 7pm
Ohio State University
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
beginning mid- November in waves until late December
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
rolling beginning in November
rolling beginning in November
Purdue University
January 15
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
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
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 11 at 3pm
Rutgers
late January
January 23
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
Official: ED December 2/EA January 15
ED December 15/EA January 31
Salve Regina University
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
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
late December
December 18-20
Temple University
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
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
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
late January
January 22
University of Delaware
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
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
Official: January 30 at 5pm
January 31 at 5pm
University of Maine
beginning mid-November in waves
beginning mid-November in waves
University of Maryland College Park
by February 1
January 31
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Official: January 16
January 17 evening
University of Miami
Official: ED December 12 at 4pm/EA January 23
ED December 13/EA January 24
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Official: ED December 15/EA January 30
EA: January 24
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
in waves by January 31
in waves by January 31
University of New Hampshire
by January 31
by January 31
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
DONE: Official: December 18
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
rolling beginning in August
rolling beginning in August
University of Rhode Island
DONE: Official: December 18
December 14
University of Richmond
Official: ED December 12 at 7pm/EA January 23 at 7pm
ED: December 13 at 7pm/EA January 24
University of Rochester
mid-December
December 13
University of Scranton
mid-December
December 15
University of South Carolina
DONE: Official: December 18
December 17 late afternoon
University of Southern California
Official: ED December 12 at 6pm/EA mid-late January
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
mid-January
January 15
University of Vermont
DONE: December 18
ED December 2/EA December 19
University of Virginia
Official: ED December 12 at 5pm/EA February 6
ED December 13 at 5pm/EA January 31 at 5pm
University of Wisconsin
on or before January 31
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
Official: ED November 21 at 4:30pm/ EA January 20
ED November 25/EA January 20
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Official: late February
ED December 9 at 5pm/EA February
Wake Forest University
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
ED mid-December/EA late January
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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