Admissions Release Dates
College & University Admissions Decision Release Dates: 2025
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 - 2025 | Regular Notification Date - 2025 |
American University | Dec. 12 (ED1); Jan. 31 (EA); Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Amherst College | Dec. 13 | On or around March 20 |
Babson College | Dec. 17 (ED1); Mid-Feb (ED2) | By Mid-March |
Bard College | Mid-Dec. (EA&ED) | Late March |
Barnard College | Dec. 14 | Late March |
Bates College | Dec. 14 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Bentley University | Dec. 13 (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Binghamton University | Nov. 20 | By April 1 |
Boston College | Dec. 3 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Boston University | Dec. 13 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Bowdoin College | Dec. 13 (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | Mid-March |
Brandeis University | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2) | April 1 |
Brown University | Dec. 13 at 3 PM | Late March |
Bryn Mawr College | Dec. 13 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Mid-March |
Bucknell University | Dec. 16 (ED1); By mid-Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
California Institute of Technology | Dec. 12 5:48 pm PST | By mid-March |
Carleton College | Dec. 12 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Carnegie Mellon University | Dec. 13 | By April 1 |
Case Western Reserve University | Dec. 7 (ED1); Dec. 19 (EA); Around Feb. 10 (ED2) | On or around March 22 |
Chapman University | Dec. 13 (EA & ED) | Mid-March |
Claremont McKenna College | Dec. 13 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Clark University | Dec. 13 (EA); Late-Dec. (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Clemson University | Dec. 12 (EA) | Mid-Feb. |
Colby College | Dec. 13 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Colgate University | Dec. 13 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
College of Charleston | Early Dec. (ED1); Mid-Dec. (EA1); Early Mar. (ED2) | Mid-March |
College of the Holy Cross | Dec. 15 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | Mid-March |
College of William and Mary | Dec. 5 (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Colorado College | Dec. 11 (ED1); Dec. 17 (EA); Feb. 13 (ED2) | March 13 |
Colorado University Boulder | By Feb. 1 (EA) | By April 1 |
Columbia University | Dec. 18 | Late March |
Connecticut College | Dec. 14 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Cornell University | Dec. 12 | Late March |
Dartmouth College | Dec. 13 after 3:00pm | Late March/Early April |
Davidson College | Dec. 14 (ED1); By Jan. 31 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Denison University | Around Dec. 15 (ED1); Around Feb. 15 (ED2) | Mid-March |
Dickinson College | Dec. 12 (ED1); Late Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Drexel University | Dec. 13 (ED); Mid-Jan. (EA) | By April 1 |
Duke University | Dec. 16 (ED) | Late March/Early April |
Elon University | Dec. 1 (ED); Dec. 20 (EA) | March 20 |
Emerson College | Dec. 17 (ED1); Mid-Jan. (EA); Early Feb. (ED2) | Early April |
Emory University | Dec. 11 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Florida Atlantic University | Dec. 6 | Rolling |
Florida International Univ. | Dec. 11 | March 31 |
Florida Polytechnic Univ. | Dec. 15 | Rolling |
Florida State University | Dec. 12 (EA -FL resident) | Feb. 13 |
Fordham University | Dec. 20 (EA & ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Franklin and Marshall | By Dec. 15 (ED1); By Feb. 6 (ED2) | By April 1 |
George Washington University | Dec. 16 (ED1); Late Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Georgetown University | Dec. 13 (REA) | By April 1 |
Georgia Institute of Technology | Dec. 6 (EA: GA-resident); Jan. 31 (EA2: non-resident) | Late March (non-GA residents) |
Hamilton College | Dec. 12 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | Late March |
Harvard University | Dec. 12 (REA) 7pm | By the end of March |
Harvey Mudd College | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2) | April 1 |
Haverford College | Dec. 15 (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | Early April |
Howard University | Dec. 18 (EA & ED) | Early April |
Indiana University | Dec. 11 thru Jan. 15 (EA) | By March 15 |
James Madison University | Mid-Late Jan. (EA) | Mid-Late March |
Johns Hopkins University | Dec. 13 (ED1); Feb. 14 (ED2) | March 21 |
Kenyon College | Mid-Dec. (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Lafayette College | Dec. 16 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Lehigh University | Dec. 13 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Loyola Marymount University | Dec. 14 (EA & ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Lynn University | Dec. 5 | By March 15 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dec. 17 6:28 pm | Mid-March |
Miami University, Oxford | Dec. 1 (ED); Dec. 13 (EA1); Feb. 1 (EA2) | March 15 |
Michigan State University | Nov. 14 | Rolling (beginning March 31) |
Middlebury College | Dec. 7 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Mount Holyoke College | Late Dec. (ED1); Late Jan. (ED2) | Late March |
Muhlenberg College | Mid-Dec. (ED1); By Feb. 1 (EA); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Mid-March |
New York University | Dec. 12 (ED) | April 1 |
North Carolina State | Jan. 30 (EA) | March 30 |
Northeastern University | Dec. 12 (ED1); By. Feb. 15 (EA); By Mar. 1 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Northwestern University | Dec. 17 (ED) | Late March |
Oberlin College | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2) | April 1 |
Occidental College | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 20 (ED2) | By Late March |
Ohio State University - Columbus | Dec. 13 (EA Ohio residents); Jan. 24 (EA non-residents) | March 7 |
Pitzer College | Dec. 13 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Pomona College | Dec. 13 (ED1); By Feb. 15 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Princeton University | Dec. 12 | Late March |
Providence College | Dec. 12 (ED1); By Feb. 1 (EA); By Mar. 1 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Reed College | Dec. (ED1); Feb. (EA&ED2) | By April 1 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 1 (EA); Jan. 25 (ED2) | Mid-March |
Rice University | Dec. 14 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Santa Clara University | Dec. 11 (EA&ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Sarah Lawrence College | Late-Dec. (EA&ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | By late March |
Skidmore College | Dec. 14 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Mid-March |
Smith College | Dec. 13 (ED1); Late Jan. (ED2) | Late March |
Southern Methodist University | Dec. 5 (ED1); Dec. 19 (EA); Mid-Mar. (ED2) | Mid-March |
Stanford University | Dec. 13 (REA) | By early April |
Swarthmore College | Dec. 13 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Syracuse University | Late Dec. (ED1); Late Jan. (ED2) | Late March |
Trinity College | Dec. 1 (ED1); Dec. 15 (EA); Mar. 1 (ED2) | By late March |
Tufts University | Dec. 13 (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
Tulane University | Dec. 3 (ED1) | By April 1 |
University of California - Berkeley | N/A | End of March |
University of California - Davis | N/A | Mid-March |
University of California - Irvine | N/A | By March 31 |
University of California - Los Angeles | N/A | Late March |
University of California - San Diego | N/A | By the end of March |
University of California - Santa Barbara | N/A | March 19 |
University of California - Santa Cruz | N/A | By March 31 |
University of Central Florida | Nov. 15 (EA) | Rolling (beginning in Jan.) |
University of Chicago | Dec. 20 (EA & ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
University of Connecticut | Mid-Dec. (ED) | Early March |
University of Florida | Jan. 24 (EA) | March 14 |
University of Georgia | Dec. 6 (non-GA residents) | Mid-March |
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign | Jan. 31 (EA) | Feb. 28 |
University of Maryland - College Park | By Feb. 1 (EA) | By Apr. 1 |
University of Massachusetts - Amherst | Jan. 17 (EA) | By the end of March |
University of Miami | Dec. 13 (ED1); Late Jan. (EA); Late Feb. (ED2) | By April 1 |
University of Michigan | Late Jan. (EA) | By early April Rol |
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Jan. 31 (EA) | March 31 |
University of North Florida | Nov. 20 (EA) | Rolling |
University of Notre Dame | Dec. 17 (REA) at 6:42 pm | By late March |
University of Pennsylvania | Dec. 19 (ED) | By April 1 |
University of Richmond | Dec. 13 (ED1); Around Feb. 15 (ED2, EA) | Around March 14 |
University of Rochester | Mid-Dec. (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | April 1 |
University of South Carolina | Mid-Dec. (EA) | Mid-March |
University of South Florida | Dec. 10 (EA) | Rolling |
University of Southern California | Jan. 17 | By April 1 |
University of Texas - Austin | Jan. 15 (EA) | Feb. 15 |
University of Vermont | Dec. 2 (ED1); Late Dec (EA) | Early March |
University of Virginia | Dec. 13 (ED); By Feb. 15 (EA) | By April 1 |
University of Washington | N/A | Mar. 1-15 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison | By Jan. 31 (EA) | By April 1 |
Vanderbilt University | Dec. 17 (ED1); Mid-Feb. ED2) | Late March |
Vassar College | Dec. 6 (ED1); Early Feb. (ED2) | Late March/Early April |
Villanova University | Nov. 25 (ED1); By Jan. 20 (EA) | By April 1 |
Virginia Tech | Late Feb. (EA) | Mid-March |
Wake Forest University | Nov. 22 | Around April 1 |
Washington and Lee University | Dec. 20 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Washington University in St. Louis | Dec. 13 (ED1); By Feb. 14 (ED2) | By April 1 |
Wellesley College | Dec. 7 @ 10am (ED1); Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Wesleyan University | Dec. 14 (ED1): Mid-Feb. (ED2) | Late March |
Wheaton College - MA | Dec. 15 (ED1); Jan. 15 (EA); Feb. 1 (ED2) | By March 31 |
Williams College | Feb. 15 (ED) | By April 1 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Dec. 13 (ED1); Late Jan. (EA1); Mid-Feb. (ED2); Late Feb. EA2) | By late March |
Yale University | Dec. 17 @ 5pm (SCEA) | By April 1 |