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Early Decision Notification Dates: 2023-2024 Application Cycle
November 17, 2023
Early Decision Notification Dates: 2023-2024 Application Cycle
In recent years colleges have relied heavily on Early Action and Early Decision application rounds, causing many prospective students to apply early. This may have you wondering, when do early decisions come out?
2023-2024 Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates
These dates are subject to change as we get closer to mid-December when all early decisions should come out. Generally most colleges notify applicants around December 15th. Please keep in mind that if you are a student who is rejected by your ED college, there are only about two weeks left to submit your application for regular admission. If you are put on waitlist, we recommend you follow these tips to boost your chances of acceptance.
| School | Early Decision Notification Date |
| 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 |
| Barnard College | ED: mid-December |
| Bates College | ED I: by December 20
ED II: by February 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
ED II: February 1 |
| Brown University | ED: by mid-December |
| 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: December 2
EA: December 19 ED II: February 10 |
| Chapman University | ED: mid-December |
| Claremont McKenna College | ED I: by December 15
ED II: by February 15 |
| Colby College | ED I: on or before December 15
ED II: on or before February 15 |
| Colgate University | ED I: mid-December
ED II: mid-February |
| 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 |
| 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
EA: December 20 |
| 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
EA: December 20 ED II: February 15 |
| Furman University | ED I: by December 1
EA: by January 15 ED II: by February 1 |
| George Mason University | EA: mid-December |
| George Washington University | ED I: by late December
ED II: by late February |
| Georgetown University | EA: by December 15 |
| Georgia Tech | EA I: TBD
EA II: TBD |
| Hamilton College | ED I: by December 15
ED II: by February 15 |
| Harvard University | REA: mid-December |
| Harvey Mudd College | ED I: December 15
ED II: February 15 |
| Haverford College | ED I: December 15
ED II: early February |
| Johns Hopkins University | ED I: December 15
ED II: February 16 |
| Lafayette College | ED I: December 15
ED II: February 15 |
| Lehigh University | ED I: mid-December
ED II: mid-February |
| Loyola Marymount University | ED I: mid-December
EA: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Middlebury College | ED I: mid-December
ED II: mid-February |
| MIT | EA: mid-December |
| New York University | ED I: December 15
ED II: February 15 |
| Northeastern University | ED I: by January 1
EA: by February 15 ED II: by March 1 |
| Northwestern University | ED: December |
| Oberlin College | ED I: by December 15
ED II: by February 1 |
| Occidental College | ED I: December 15
ED II: February 20 |
| Ohio State University | EA: by January 31 |
| Parsons (The New School) | EA: late December/early January |
| Penn State University | EA: by December 24 |
| Pomona College | ED I: by December 15
ED II: by February 15 |
| Pratt Institute | EA: by mid-December |
| Princeton University | SCEA: mid-December |
| Purdue University | EA: January 15 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ED I: December 9
ED II: January 13 EA: January 27 |
| Rice University | ED I: mid-December |
| Rutgers University | EA: January 31 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | ED I: late December
EA: late December ED II: early February |
| 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 |
| Stanford University | REA: by mid-December |
| Swarthmore College | ED I: mid-December
ED II: mid-February |
| Syracuse University | ED I: late December rolling through January |
| Temple University | EA: by January 10 |
| Texas Christian University (TCU) | EA: by January 1
ED I: by January 1 ED II: by March 3 |
| Trinity College | ED I: by mid-December
ED II: by mid-February |
| 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 Georgia | EA: by December 1 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | EA: January 26 |
| University of Maryland | EA: by February 1 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | EA: by the end of January |
| University of Miami | ED I: by Mid-December
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 |
| University of Notre Dame | REA: mid-December |
| University of Pennsylvania | ED: by mid-December |
| University of Richmond | ED I: Around December 15
ED II: Around February 15 |
| University of Rochester | ED I: mid-December
ED II: early February |
| University of San Francisco | ED: mid-December
EA: late January |
| University of Southern California | EA: mid- to late January |
| University of South Carolina | EA: mid-December |
| University of Tennessee | EA: mid-December |
| University of Texas at Austin | Priority: February 1 |
| University of Vermont | ED: December 1
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: TBD
ED II: TBD |
| 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 |
