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 |