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Writer's pictureMarcia Farias

Early Applications Decision Dates

Many of our students have applied ED or EA (including SCEA and REA) to universities.

While competition is fierce this application season, our students are confident that with our guidance they have definitely put their best foot forward.

This cohort was an ambitious one - most students applied to 12 universities and all applied to Top 100 US universities, as well as Top 100 World Universities.

Still, the Common App preliminary findings for Nov.1 deadlines is that growth in the number of international applicants (applicants who report citizenship for a country outside the U.S.) continues to far outpace growth in domestic applicants at 87% since 2019–20 (versus 38%).

In total, through Nov. 1, 836,679 distinct first-year applicants planning to enroll in the 2024–25 academic year had applied to 834 returning members (an increase of 41% from 592,390 in 2019–20, pre-pandemic).


Below you will find release dates for decisions on early applications.


What can you do while you wait?

1- continue doing well in school;

2- continue demonstrating interest to the colleges and universities that track demonstrated interest;

3- check your university portals frequently;

4- continue writing your supplemental essays and preparing additional applications to schools that were in your college list, in case you still have work to do;

4- breathe! You have done your part, and all of the universities on your college list are institutions where you will thrive.

Again, congratulations on your hard work!

American University - ED I: by December 31 ED II: by February 15

Amherst College - ED: early to mid-December

Babson College - ED I: by mid-December EA: by January 1 ED II: by mid-February

Bard College - ED I: by December 31 EA: by December 31 ED II: by January 31

Barnard College - ED: mid-December

Bates College - ED I: by December ED II: by February 15

Baylor University - ED: by December 15 EA: by January 15

Boston College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

Boston University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Bowdoin College - ED I: mid-December ED II: early February

Brandeis University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 1, 2024

Brown University - ED: December 15

Bryn Mawr College - ED I: late December ED II: mid-February

Bucknell University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Caltech - REA: mid-December

Carleton College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

Carnegie Mellon University - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 1

Case Western Reserve University - ED I: on or about December 2 EA: on or about December 19 ED II: on or about February 10

Claremont McKenna College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

Clemson University EA: mid-December

Colgate University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

College of Charleston ED I: around December 1 EA (out-of-state): around December 15 ED II: around March 1

College of the Holy Cross

Colorado College ED I: mid-December EA: late December ED II: mid-February

Columbia University ED: mid-December

Connecticut College ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Cornell University - ED: mid-December

Dartmouth College - ED: by mid-December

Davidson College - ED I: by December 16 ED II: by January 31

Denison University - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

DePaul University - EA: By December 15

Drexel University - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December

Duke University - ED: mid-December

Elon University - ED I: December 1, 2023 EA: December 20, 2023

Emerson College - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-January ED II: early February

Emory University - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

Fordham University - ED I: December 20, 2023 EA: December 20, 2023 ED II: February 15, 2024

Furman University - ED I: by December 1 EA: by January 15 ED II: by February 1

George Washington University - ED I: by late December ED II: by late February

Georgetown University - EA: by December 15

Georgia Institute of Technology - EA I: December 8, 2023 EA II: TBA

Grinnell College - ED I: mid- to late-December ED II: early February

Hamilton College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

Harvard University - REA: mid-December

Harvey Mudd College - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 15, 2024

Haverford College - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: early February

Indiana University - EA: by January 15

Johns Hopkins University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 16, 2024

Lafayette College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Lehigh University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Lewis & Clark College - ED: by December 15 EA: by January 15

Loyola Marymount University - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Macalester College - ED I: December 3, 2023 EA: December 20, 2023 ED II: January 28, 2024

Marquette University - EA: by December 15

Middlebury College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

MIT - EA: mid-December

New York University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 15, 2024

Northeastern University - ED I: by January 1 EA: by February 15 ED II: by March 1

Northwestern University - ED: December

Occidental College - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 20, 2024

Ohio State University - EA: by January 31

Penn State University - EA: by December 24

Pepperdine University - EA: January 10, 2024

Pomona College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15

Princeton University - SCEA: mid-December

Purdue University - EA: January 15, 2024

Reed College - ED I: December ED II: February EA: February

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - ED I: December 9, 2023 ED II: January 13, 2024 EA: January 27, 2024

Rice University - ED I: mid-December

Santa Clara University - ED I: late December EA: late December ED II: mid-February

Seattle University - EA: mid-December

Sewanee: The University of the South - ED I: early December EA: late January ED II: late January

Skidmore College - ED I: mid-December ED II: by mid-February

Smith College - ED I: mid-December ED II: late January

Southern Methodist University - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December ED II: mid-March

Stanford University - REA: by mid-December

Swarthmore College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Texas A&M University - EA Engineering: mid-December

Texas Christian University - EA: by January 1 ED I: by January 1 ED II: by March 3

The New School

Tufts University - ED I: by mid-December ED II: by mid-February

Tulane University - ED I: by December 15 EA: by January 10 ED II: by February 15

University of Chicago - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December ED II: mid-February

University of Colorado – Boulder - EA: by February 1

University of Denver - ED I: early December EA: late December – late January ED II: mid-February

University of Georgia - EA: generally by December 1

University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign - EA: January 26, 2024

University of Maryland - EA: by February 1

University of Massachusetts Amherst - EA: January 24, 2024

University of Miami - ED I: by Mid-December EA: by the end of January ED II: by late February

University of Michigan - EA: by late January

University of Minnesota - EA I: By January 31 EA II: by February 15

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill - EA: January 31, 2024

University of Notre Dame - REA: mid-December

University of Pennsylvania - ED: by mid-December

University of Richmond - ED I: around December 15 EA: around January 25 ED II: around February 15

University of Rochester - ED I: mid-December ED II: early February

University of Southern California - EA: mid- to late January

University of Texas at Austin - Priority: February 1, 2024

University of Vermont - ED: December 1, 2023 EA: late December

University of Virginia - ED: by December 15 EA: by February 15

University of Wisconsin - EA: on or before January 31

Vanderbilt University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Vassar College - ED I: mid-December ED II: early February

Villanova University - ED I: by December 15 EA: by January 20 ED II: by February 15

Virginia Tech - EA: TBD

Wake Forest University - ED I: Rolling EA: by January 15 ED II: around February 15

Washington & Lee University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 1, 2024

Washington University in St. Louis - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 16

Wellesley College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

Wesleyan University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February

William & Mary - ED I: early December ED II: early February

Williams College - ED: by December 15

Worcester Polytechnic Institute - ED I: mid-December EA I: late January ED II: mid-February EA II: late February

Yale University - SCEA: mid-December

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