Admissions Release Dates

College & University Admissions Decision Release Dates: 2024

For students who apply Early Action or Early Decision, below are some of the colleges’ decision release dates.   Please note that all dates are subject to change as some colleges post release dates and then change them. Please continue to check back as more colleges release their dates. 

School

Early Notification Date - 2024

Regular Notification Date - 2024

American University

Dec. 14 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 14

Amherst College

Dec. 8

March 22

Babson College

Dec. 13 (ED1); Dec. 15 (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 15

Bard College


mid-Dec. (EA and ED1); Feb. (ED2)

March

Barnard College

Dec. 13

March 27

Bates College

Dec. 16 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 16

Bentley University

Dec. 15 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 15

Boston College

Dec. 5 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 21

Boston University

Dec. 14 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 23

Bowdoin College

Dec. 15 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 22

Brandeis University

Dec. 7 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2)

March 21

Brown University

Dec. 15

March 28

Bryn Mawr College

Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 20

Bucknell University

Dec. 11 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 14

California Institute of Technology

Dec. 9

March 9

Carleton College

Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 22

Carnegie Mellon University

Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 1 (ED2)

March 15

Case Western Reserve University

Dec. 2 (ED1); by Dec. 19 (EA); by Feb. 10 (ED2)

March 16

Chapman University

Dec. 15

March 8

Claremont McKenna College

Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 22

Clark University

Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Jan. (EA); early Feb. (ED2)

late March

Clemson University

Dec. 14

Feb. 15

Colby College

Dec. 8 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 22

Colgate University

Dec. 13 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 22 @ 7:13 pm ET

College of Charleston

Dec. 1 (ED1 and SC students); Dec. 15 (EA non-SC students); Mar. 1 (ED2)

approx. March 1

College of the Holy Cross

Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 16

College of William and Mary

Dec. 5 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 22

Colorado College

Dec. 12 (ED1); Dec. 19 (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 14

Colorado University Boulder

by Feb. 1

by April 1

Columbia University

Dec. 14

March 28 at 7pm ET

Connecticut College

Dec. 8 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 16

Cornell University

Dec. 14

March 28

Dartmouth College

Dec. 15

March 28

Davidson College

by Dec. 16 (ED1); by Jan. 31 (ED2)

March 23

Denison University

Rolling decisions (ED)

March 14

Dickinson College

Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

late March

Drexel University

Dec. 15

March 21

Duke University

Dec. 14

March 28

Elon University

Dec. 1 (ED1); Dec. 20 (EA)

March 20

Emerson College

Dec. 20 (ED1); mid-Jan. (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 14

Emory University

Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 27

Florida State University

Dec. 12 (EA FL students)

Feb. 15

Fordham University

Dec. 14 (ED1 and EA); Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 15

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

N/A

late March

Franklin and Marshall

Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 12

George Washington University

Dec. 14 (ED1); late Feb. (ED2)

March 25

Georgetown University

Dec. 15

March 27

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dec. 8 (EA1 GA students); Jan. 26 @ 7pm (EA2)

March 1 (GA students); March 22 (out of state)

Hamilton College

Dec. 14 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 27

Harvard University

Dec. 14

March 28

Harvey Mudd College

Dec. 12 (ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 20

Haverford College

Dec. 8 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 15

Howard University

Jan. 27 (EA and ED1)

early April

Indiana University

by Jan. 15

March 15

James Madison University

mid-Jan.

mid-to-late March

Johns Hopkins University

Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 16 (ED2)

March 20

Kenyon College

Dec. 13 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 14

Lafayette College

starting Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 22

Lehigh University

Dec. 8 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 22

Loyola Marymount University

Dec. 17 (EA, ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

by April 1

Lynn University

by Dec. 15 (EA); by Feb. 15 (EA2)

by March 15

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dec. 16

March 14 at 6:28pm ET

Miami University, Oxford

Dec. 1 (ED1); Dec. 15 (EA); Feb. 1 (EA2)

March 15

Middlebury College

Dec. 9 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 16

Mount Holyoke College

late Dec. (ED1); late Jan. (ED2)

March 20

Muhlenberg College

mid-Dec. (ED1); Feb. 1 (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2)

mid-March

New York University

Dec. 14 (ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 28

North Carolina State

Jan. 30

March 30

Northeastern University

Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (EA); by Mar. 1 (ED2)

March 13

Northwestern University

Dec. 15

March 27

Oberlin College

Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2)

March 23

Occidental College

Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 20 (ED2)

by April 1

Ohio State University - Columbus

Dec. 8 and Jan. 19

March 22

Pitzer College

Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 22

Pomona College

Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 15

Princeton University

Dec. 14

March 28

Providence College

by Dec. 1 (ED1); late Dec. (EA); late Feb. (ED2)

March 18

Reed College

Dec. (ED1); Feb. (ED2 and EA)

by April 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dec. 9 (ED1); Jan. 13 (ED2); Jan. 27 (EA)

March 2

Rice University

Dec. 14

March 26

Santa Clara University

Dec. 15 (EA, ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 18

Sarah Lawrence College

Dec. 20 (EA, ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

March 7

Skidmore College

Dec. 7 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 16

Smith College

Dec. 15 (ED1); late Jan. (ED2)

March 22

Southern Methodist University

Dec. 8 (ED1) Dec 18 (EA); mid-Mar. (ED2)

March 13

Stanford University

Dec. 15

March 30

Swarthmore College

Dec. 12 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 22

Syracuse University

starting Dec. 22 (ED1); mid-Jan. (ED2)

March 22

Trinity College

Dec. 14 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 15

Tufts University

Dec. 14 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

April 1

Tulane University

Dec. 5 (ED1); Dec. 20 (EA); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 8

University of California - Berkeley

N/A

March 28

University of California - Davis

N/A

March 8

University of California - Irvine

N/A

March 11

University of California - Los Angeles

N/A

March 22

University of California - San Diego

N/A

March 15

University of California - Santa Barbara

N/A

March 19

University of California - Santa Cruz

N/A

Feb. 29

University of Chicago

Dec. 18 (EA, ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 15

University of Connecticut

N/A

March 1

University of Florida

N/A

Feb. 23

University of Georgia

Nov. 17 - GA students; Dec. 15 (non-GA students)

March 15 at 4pm ET

University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

Jan. 26

early March

University of Maryland - College Park

Jan. 26

by April 1

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Jan. 24

March 5

University of Miami

Dec. 8 (ED1); late Jan. (EA); late Feb. (ED2)

March 15

University of Michigan

Jan. 26

March 29

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Jan. 26

March 22

University of Notre Dame

Dec. 15

March 15 

University of Pennsylvania

Dec. 14

March 28

University of Richmond

Dec. 15 (ED1); Jan. 26 (EA); Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 15

University of Rochester

mid-Dec. (ED1); early Feb. (ED2)

by April 1

University of South Carolina

Dec. 14 (EA)

mid-March

University of Southern California

Jan. 19

March 22

University of Texas - Austin

Feb. 1

March 1

University of Vermont

Dec. 1 (ED1); late Dec. (EA)

March 8

University of Virginia

Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (EA)

March 15

University of Washington

N/A

March 14

University of Wisconsin - Madison

by Jan. 31

on or before March 31

Vanderbilt University

Dec. 14 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 27

Vassar College

Dec. 8 (ED1); Jan. 26 (ED2)

March 26

Villanova University

Dec. 15 (ED1); Jan. 19 (EA); by Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 20

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

TBD

Feb. 23

Wake Forest University

Rolling decisions (ED1); by Jan. 15 (EA); Feb. 15 (ED2)

March 22

Washington and Lee University

Dec. 13 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2)

April 1

Washington University in St. Louis

Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 16 (ED2)

March 20

Wellesley College

Dec. 9 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 16

Wesleyan University

Dec. 10; mid-Feb. (ED2)

March 20

Wheaton College - MA

Dec. 12 (ED1); by Jan. 15 (EA); by Feb. 1 (ED2)

by March 31

Williams College

Dec. 8

March 22

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Dec. 13 (ED1); late Jan. (EA1); mid-Feb. (ED2); late Feb. EA2)

March 18

Yale University

Dec. 14

March 28