Class of 2026 Early Decision 2
Deadlines, Notification Dates, Acceptance Rates
College | Application Deadline | Notification Date | ED Acceptance Rate (Last year) | RD Acceptance Rate (Last year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
American University | January 15 | by February 15 | 83% | 36% |
Babson College | January 3 | by Mid-February | 35% | 28% |
Bates College | January 1 | Official: February 5 | 46% | 10% |
Bennington College | January 15 | February 8 | 41% | 55% |
Boston College | January 1 | Official: February 3 | 37% | 24% |
Boston University: | January 4 | Official: February 8 at 6pm | 33% | 19% |
Bowdoin College | January 5 | Official: February 4 at 7pm | 22% | 7% |
Brandeis University | January 1 | Official: February 1 | 46% | 33% |
Bryn Mawr College | January 1 | Official: February 1 | 48% | 37% |
Bucknell University | January 15 | Mid-February | 55% | 36% |
Carleton College | January 15 | Official: February 11 | 28% | 20% |
Case Western Reserve | January 15 | Within 2 weeks of application submission beginning January 9 | 38% | 23% |
Claremont McKenna College | January 5 | by February 15 | 35% | 10% |
Clark University | January 15 | Early February | ||
Colby College | January 1 | on or before February 15 | 38% | 10% |
Colgate University | January 15 | Late February | 45% | 25% |
College of William and Mary | January 1 | Early February | 51% | 41% |
College of Wooster | January 15 | by February 1 | 100% | 53% |
College of the Holy Cross | January 15 | February 15 | 76% | 35% |
Colorado College | January 15 | Official: February 10 at 6pm | 24% | 10% |
Connecticut College | January 1 | mid-February | 49% | 37% |
Davidson College | January 6 | Official: February 1 | 47% | 16% |
Denison College | January 15 | mid-February | 45% | 27% |
Dickinson College | January 15 | Mid-February | 71% | 50% |
Emerson College | December 1 | Official: February 1 | N/A | 33% |
Emory University | January 1 | Official: February 2 | 27% | 18% |
Franklin & Marshall College | January 15 | February 15 | 56% | 35% |
George Washington University | January 15 | by Late February | 65% | 42% |
Gettysburg College | January 15 | by February 15 | 62% | 47% |
Grinnell College | January 1 | Early February | 65% | 17% |
Hamilton College | January 5 | Official: February 4 | 46% | 16% |
Harvey Mudd College | January 5 | Official: February 10 at 9pm | 23% | 17% |
Haverford College | January 5 | February 15 | 46% | 15% |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges | January 15 | February 15 | 82% | 61% |
Johns Hopkins University | :January 3 | Official: February 11 at 3pm | 29% | 8% |
Kenyon College | January 15 | Early February | 62% | 35% |
Lafayette College | January 15 | by February 15 | 51% | 34% |
Lehigh University | January 1 | Mid-February | 73% | 47% |
Macalester College | January 1 | Official: January 30 | 60% | 38% |
Marist College | February 1 | Mid-February | ||
Middlebury College | January 3 | Mid-February | 47% | 20% |
Mount Holyoke College | January 5 | late January | 67% | 51% |
New York University | January 1 | Official: February 15 | 28% | 14% |
Northeastern University | January 1 | by February 15 | 38% | 18% |
Oberlin College | January 2 | Official: February 1 | 44% | 35% |
Occidental College | January 10 | February 20 | 52% | 40% |
Pitzer College | January 8 | February 12 | 37% | 14% |
Pomona College | January 8 | Official: February 11 at 8pm | 15% | 6% |
Providence College | January 15 | by late February | 56% | 47% |
Reed College | December 20 | Early February | 48% | 39% |
Rhodes College | January 15 | within 2 weeks of applying | 65% | 51% |
Rochester Institute of Technology | January 1 | by February 15 | ||
Santa Clara University | January 7 | Mid-February | 69% | 37% |
Sarah Lawrence College | January 15 | Early February | 79% | 46% |
Scripps College | January 5 | Mid-February | 50% | 34% |
Skidmore College | January 15 | by February 15 | 60% | 30% |
Smith College | January 1 | by Late January | 65% | 34% |
Southern Methodist University | January 15 | Mid-March | 50% | 47% |
Swarthmore College | January 4 | Official: February 11 at 7pm | 24% | 8% |
Syracuse University | January 1 | by February 1 | 56% | 70% |
Trinity College | January 14 | Mid-February | 60% | 34% |
Trinity University | February 1 | Mid-February | 66% | 16% |
Tufts University | January 4 | Official: February 3 at 7pm | 29% | 15% |
Tulane University | January 8 | January 18 | 23% | 1% |
Union College | January 15 | by February 15 | 64% | 29% |
University of Chicago | January 4 | Official: February 11 | 25% | 6% |
University of Miami | January 1 | Mid-Late February | 52% | 22% |
University of Richmond | January 1 | February 15 | 58% | 23% |
University of Rochester | January 20 | Early February | 36% | 29% |
Vanderbilt University | January 1 | by Mid-February | 21% | 10% |
Vassar College | January 1 | Official: January 31 | 40% | 14% |
Villanova University | January 15 | by March 1 | N/A | 31% |
Wake Forest University | January 1 | around February 15 | 34% | 29% |
Washington University in St. Louis | January 4 | Official: February 10 | 35% | 14% |
Washington and Lee University | January 1 | Late January | 53% | 21% |
Wellesley College | January 1 | Late February | 39% | 18% |
Wesleyan University | January 1 | Mid-February | 54% | 19% |
Whitman College | January 15 | early February | 59% | 55% |
*Dates are provided by the college admissions office, but occasionally they change. We advise that you confirm the application deadline with your college.
*Dates and acceptance rates are based on crowdsourced info from college websites and secondary sources.