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Early Decision Notification Dates: 2025-2026 Application Cycle AND What to Do In the Meantime
November 7, 2025
What to Do While Waiting For College Decision Notifications
While you are waiting, we recommend that you upkeep your grades and extracurricular activities, especially because in a few months you’ll be updating colleges. Also, if you have time, we recommend you apply for scholarships and mentally prepare yourself for whatever decision may come, be it an acceptance, deferral, or denial.
If you have applied Early Action/Decision, here is a list of the notification Dates
| College / University | 2025-2026 Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date |
| American University | ED I: By December 31st
EA: By January 31st ED II: By February 15th |
| Amherst College | ED: Early to Mid-December |
| Babson College | ED I: By Mid-December
EA: By January 15th ED II: By Mid-February |
| Barnard College | ED: Mid-December |
| Bates College | ED I: By December 20th
ED II: By Mid-February |
| Boston College | ED I: December 15th
ED II: By February 15th |
| Boston University | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Bowdoin College | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Early February |
| Brown University | ED: Mid-December |
| Bryn Mawr College | ED I: Late December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Bucknell University | ED I: Early December
ED II: Mid-February |
| California Institute of Technology | EA: Mid-December |
| Carleton College | ED I: By December 15th
ED II: By February 15th |
| Carnegie Mellon University | ED I: By December 15th |
| Case Western Reserve University | ED I: ~December 6th
EA: ~December 20th ED II: ~February 7th |
| Claremont McKenna College | ED I: By December 15th
ED II: By February 15th |
| Colby College | ED I: On or before December 15th
ED II: On or Before February 15th |
| Colgate University | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| College of William & Mary | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Colorado College | ED I: December 11th
EA: January 8th ED II: February 12th |
| Columbia University | ED: Mid-December |
| Connecticut College | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Cornell University | ED: Mid-December |
| Dartmouth College | ED: Mid-December |
| Davidson College | ED I: By December 15th
ED II: By February 1st |
| Duke University | ED: Mid-December |
| Emerson College | ED I: Mid-December
EA: Mid-December ED II: Early February |
| Emory University | ED I: By December 15th
ED II: By February 15th |
| Fordham University | ED I: December 20th
EA: December 20th ED II: February 15th |
| George Washington University | ED I: By Late December
ED II: By Late February |
| Georgetown University | EA: By December 15th |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | EA I: TBD
EA II: TBD |
| Grinnell College | ED I: Mid-Late December
ED II: Early February |
| Hamilton College | ED I: By December 19th
ED II: By February 15th |
| Harvard University | EA: Mid-December |
| Harvey Mudd College | ED I: December 15th
ED II: February 15th |
| Haverford College | ED I: December 15th
ED II: Early February |
| Indiana University | EA: On or Before January 15th |
| Johns Hopkins University | ED I: December 12th
ED II: February 13th |
| Lafayette College | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| 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: TBD
ED II: TBD |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | EA: Mid-December |
| New York University | ED I: December 15th
ED II: February 15th |
| Northeastern University | ED I: By January 1st
EA: By February 15th ED II: By March 1st |
| Northwestern University | ED: Mid-December |
| Oberlin College | ED I: By December 15th
ED II: By February 1st |
| Occidental College | ED I: December 15th
ED II: February 20th |
| Pepperdine University | EA: January 10th
EA: January 10th |
| Pomona College | ED I: By December 15th
ED II: By February 15th |
| Princeton University | EA: Mid-December |
| Purdue University | EA: January 15th |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ED I: December 13th
ED II: January 17th EA: January 31st |
| Rice University | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Sarah Lawrence College | ED I: Late December
EA: Late December ED II: Mid-February |
| Smith College | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Late January |
| Stanford University | EA: Mid-December |
| Swarthmore College | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Syracuse University | ED I: Late December
ED II: Mid-January |
| Tufts University | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Early February |
| Tulane University | ED I: December 15th
EA: By January 10th ED II: By February 15th |
| University of Chicago | ED I: Mid-December
EA: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February |
| University of Colorado – Boulder | EA: By February 1st |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | EA: January 30th |
| University of Maryland | EA: By February 1st |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | EA: Late January |
| University of Miami | ED I: By Mid-December
EA: Late January ED II: Late February |
| University of Michigan | ED: December 24th
EA: January 31st |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | EA: January 10th (non-NC Residents) |
| University of Notre Dame | EA: Mid-December |
| University of Pennsylvania | ED: December |
| University of Richmond | ED I: December 12th
EA: January 23rd ED II: February 13th |
| 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: January 15th |
| University of Virginia | ED I: December 15th
EA: By February 15th |
| University of Wisconsin | EA: On or Before January 31st |
| Vanderbilt University | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Villanova University | ED I: By December 1st
EA: By January 20th ED II: By February 15th |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute | EA: Late February |
| Wake Forest University | ED I: Rolling
EA: By January 15th ED II: Around February 15th |
| Washington & Lee University | ED I: December 20th
ED II: February 1st |
| Washington University in St. Louis | ED I: December 12th
ED II: February 13th |
| Wellesley College | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Wesleyan University | ED I: Mid-December
ED II: Mid-February |
| Williams College | ED: December 15th |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ED I: Mid-December
EA I: Late January ED II: Mid-February EA II: Late February |
| Yale University | EA: Mid-December |
