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You’ve written your Common App personal statement, finished your supplemental essays, acquired recommendations from your favorite teachers, created a fantastic activity resume, sent out your applications, crossed your fingers (and toes!), and now all you have left to do is wait for the results. And waiting is the wooorst!
Especially since acceptance rates are lower than ever, which means college admissions is getting more competitive. Many students decide to apply Early Decision as it is often their best chance to get into their top choice school. Luckily, some schools, like Wake Forest University, Tufts University, and University of Chicago, have two Early Decision deadlines. This way, if you are rejected or deferred from your top choice school, you can try your hand again at the early decision pool.
To make the wait a little less painful, we’ve compiled a list of Early Decision, Early Action, and Early Decision II deadlines for you so you can be prepared for the timing of your admissions decision. Some schools announce their decisions in a portal, via email, and some even through snail mail (to which we say: why?). We update this list all the time, so make sure to check back in for new schools, changes, or additions!
| School Name | Early Decision Notification Date | Early Action Notification Date | Early Decision II Notification Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | December 15, 2017 | ||
| Babson College | Mid-December 2017 | January 1, 2018 | |
| Barnard College | Mid-December 2017 | ||
| Bates College | December 20, 2017 | February 15, 2018 | |
| Boston College | by December 25, 2017 | ||
| Boston University | December 15, 2017 | February 1, 2018 | |
| Brandeis University | December 15, 2017 | February 1, 2018 | |
| Brown University | Mid-December 2017 | ||
| California Institute of Technology | Mid-December 2017 | ||
| Carnegie Mellon University | December 10, 2017 | ||
| Columbia University | December 15, 2017 | ||
| Cornell University | December 11, 2017 | ||
| Dartmouth College | December 15, 2017 | ||
| Duke University | December 14, 2017 | ||
| Emory University | December 14, 2017 at 6pm EST | February 15, 2018 | |
| Fordham University | December 19, 2017 | December 19, 2017 | |
| Georgia Tech | January 13, 2018 | ||
| George Washington University | By late December 2017 | By late February 2018 | |
| Georgetown University | December 15, 2017 | ||
| Hamilton College | December 15, 2017 | February 15, 2018 | |
| Harvard University | December 12, 2017 | ||
| Harvey Mudd College | December 15, 2017 | February 15, 2018 | |
| John Hopkins University | By December 15, 2017 | ||
| Lafayette College | December 15, 2017 | ||
| Middlebury College | Mid-December 2017 | Mid-February 2018 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | December 14, 2017 at 6:28pm EST | ||
| New York University | December 15, 2017 at 4:00pm EST | February 15, 2018 | |
| Northeastern University | December 15, 2017 | February 1, 2018 | February 15, 2018 |
| Northwestern University | Mid-December 2017 | ||
| Notre Dame | Mid-December 2017 | ||
| Pomona College | December 15, 2017 | February 15, 2018 | |
| Princeton University | December 13, 2017 after 3:00pm EST | ||
| Purdue University | January 15, 2018 | ||
| Rutgers University | January 31, 2018 | ||
| Stanford University | December 8, 2017 at 4:00pm PST | ||
| Syracuse University | Mid-December 2017 | Mid-February 2018 | |
| Swarthmore College | December 8, 2017 at 7:00pm EST | ||
| Tufts University | Mid-December 2017 | Mid-February 2018 | |
| Tulane University | December 15, 2017 | January 15, 2018 | |
| University of Chicago | December 18, 2017 in the late afternoon | December 18, 2017 in the late afternoon | Mid-February 2018 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | December 1, 2017 | ||
| University of Miami | Late December 2017 | Late January 2018 | Mid-February 2018 |
| University of Michigan | By December 24, 2017 | ||
| University of North Carolina | End of January | ||
| University of Notre Dame | By December 25, 2017 | ||
| University of Pennsylvania | Mid-December 2017 | ||
| University of Virginia | January 31, 2018 | ||
| Vanderbilt University | December 15, 2017 | February 15, 2018 | |
| Villanova University | Late December 2017 | Late December 2017 | |
| Wake Forest University | Rolling Basis | February 15, 2018 | |
| Washington University in St. Louis | By December 15, 2017 | ||
| Wellesley College | Mid-December 2017 | Mid-February 2018 | |
| Williams College | By December 15, 2017 | ||
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | December 20, 2017 Round 2: February 10, 2018 | ||
| Yale University | Mid-December 2017 |
