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); Dec. 31 (ED2)

March 14


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); Feb. 7 (ED2)

March 17


Binghamton University

Nov. 20

By April 1

Boston College

Dec. 3 (ED1); Feb. 4 (ED2)

March 18


Boston University

Dec. 13 (ED1); Feb. 17 (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

March 27


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

Mar. 14


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)

Feb. 18


Colby College

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

By April 1

Colgate University

Dec. 13 (ED1); Feb. 14 (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

March 27


Connecticut College

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

Late March

Cornell University

Dec. 12

March 27


Dartmouth College

Dec. 13 after 3:00pm

March 27


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); Jan. 31 (ED2)

Early April

Emory University

Dec. 11 (ED1); Feb. 5 (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)

Mar. 14


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 

March 27


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

March 14


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); Feb. 13 (ED2)

April 1

North Carolina State

Jan. 24 (EA)

March 30

Northeastern University

Dec. 12 (ED1); Jan. 29 (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

March 27


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)

Feb. 28


Trinity College

Dec. 1 (ED1); Dec. 15 (EA); Mar. 1 (ED2)

By late March

Tufts University

Dec. 13 (ED1); Feb. 2 (ED2)


March 20


Tulane University

Dec. 3 (ED1); Feb. 6 (ED2)

Feb. 28


University of California - Berkeley

N/A

March 27


University of California - Davis

N/A

March 7


University of California - Irvine

N/A

March 14


University of California - Los Angeles

N/A

March 14


University of California - San Diego

N/A

March 14


University of California - Santa Barbara

N/A

March 18


University of California - Santa Cruz

N/A

Feb. 21


University of Central Florida

Nov. 15 (EA)

Rolling (beginning in Jan.)

University of Chicago

Dec. 20 (EA & ED1); Feb. 18 (ED2)


Mar. 14


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

Jan. 31 (EA)

By Apr. 1

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Jan. 17 (EA)

By the end of March

University of Miami

Dec. 13 (ED1); Jan. 24 (EA); Feb. 21 (ED2)


Mar. 14


University of Michigan

Jan. 24 (EA)

By early April Rol

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Jan. 24 (EA)

March 31

University of North Florida

Nov. 20 (EA)

Rolling

University of Notre Dame

Dec. 17 (REA) at 6:42 pm

March 18


University of Pennsylvania

Dec. 19 (ED)

March 27


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)

Feb. 28


University of South Florida

Dec. 10 (EA)

Rolling

University of Southern California

Jan. 17

Mar. 14


University of Texas - Austin

Jan. 15 (EA); Feb. 7 (EA)

Feb. 15

University of Vermont

Dec. 2 (ED1); Late Dec (EA)

Early March

University of Virginia

Dec. 13 (ED); Jan. 31 (EA)

Mar. 14


University of Washington

N/A

Mar. 13


University of Wisconsin - Madison

Jan. 29 (EA)

By April 1

Vanderbilt University

Dec. 17 (ED1); Feb. 14 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

Feb. 15 (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)

Mar. 13


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)

March 27