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 20 |
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 | by April 1 |
Bates College | Dec. 16 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Bentley University | Dec. 15 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2) | March 15 |
Boston College | Dec. 5 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Boston University | Dec. 14 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Bowdoin College | Dec. 15 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2) | mid-March |
Brandeis University | Dec. 7 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2) | April 1 |
Brown University | Dec. 15 | March 28 |
Bryn Mawr College | Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | TBD |
Bucknell University | Dec. 11 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | by April 1 |
California Institute of Technology | Dec. 9 | March 9 |
Carleton College | Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | April 1 |
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 | mid-March |
Claremont McKenna College | Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Clark University | Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Jan. (EA); early Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Clemson University | Dec. 14 | mid-Feb. |
Colby College | Dec. 8 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | on or before April 1 |
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) | mid-March |
College of William and Mary | Dec. 5 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2) | by April 1 |
Colorado College | Dec. 12 (ED1); Dec. 19 (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2) | mid-March |
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) | late March |
Cornell University | Dec. 14 | late March |
Dartmouth College | Dec. 15 | late March/early April |
Davidson College | by Dec. 16 (ED1); by Jan. 31 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Denison University | Rolling decisions (ED) | April 1 |
Dickinson College | Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Drexel University | Dec. 15 | by April 1 |
Duke University | Dec. 14 | late March / early April |
Elon University | Dec. 1 (ED1); Dec. 20 (EA) | March 20 |
Emerson College | Dec. 20 (ED1); mid-Jan. (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2) | mid-March |
Emory University | Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | April 1 |
Florida State University | Dec. 12 (EA FL students) | Feb. 15 |
Fordham University | Dec. 14 (ED1 and EA); Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | N/A | late March |
Franklin and Marshall | Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
George Washington University | Dec. 14 (ED1); late Feb. (ED2) | by April 1 |
Georgetown University | Dec. 15 | April 1 |
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) | late March |
Harvard University | Dec. 14 | end of March |
Harvey Mudd College | Dec. 12 (ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2) | April 1 |
Haverford College | Dec. 8 (ED1); early Feb. (ED2) | early April |
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) | late March |
Lafayette College | starting Dec. 15 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Lehigh University | Dec. 8 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | late March |
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) | late March |
Mount Holyoke College | late Dec. (ED1); late Jan. (ED2) | late March |
Muhlenberg College | mid-Dec. (ED1); Feb. 1 (EA); mid-Feb. (ED2) | mid-March |
New York University | Dec. 14 (ED1); Feb. 15 (ED2) | April 1 |
North Carolina State | Jan. 30 | March 30 |
Northeastern University | Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (EA); by Mar. 1 (ED2) | April 1 |
Northwestern University | Dec. 15 | March |
Oberlin College | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 1 (ED2) | April 1 |
Occidental College | Dec. 15 (ED1); Feb. 20 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Ohio State University - Columbus | Dec. 8 and Jan. 19 | end of March |
Pitzer College | Dec. 13 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Pomona College | Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by April 1 |
Princeton University | Dec. 14 | late March |
Providence College | by Dec. 1 (ED1); late Dec. (EA); late Feb. (ED2) | by April 1 |
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 | April 1 |
Santa Clara University | Dec. 15 (EA, ED1); early Feb. (ED2) | by April 1 |
Sarah Lawrence College | Dec. 20 (EA, ED1); early Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Skidmore College | Dec. 7 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | mid-March |
Smith College | Dec. 15 (ED1); late Jan. (ED2) | by March 30 |
Southern Methodist University | Dec. 8 (ED1) Dec 18 (EA); mid-Mar. (ED2) | TBD |
Stanford University | Dec. 15 | early April |
Swarthmore College | Dec. 12 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | mid-March |
Syracuse University | starting Dec. 22 (ED1); mid-Jan. (ED2) | late March |
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) | April 1 |
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 1-31 |
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) | by April 1 |
University of Michigan | Jan. 26 | by March 31 |
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Jan. 26 | by March 31 |
University of Notre Dame | Dec. 15 | March 15 |
University of Pennsylvania | Dec. 14 | by April |
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 | April 1 |
University of Texas - Austin | Feb. 1 | March 1 |
University of Vermont | Dec. 1 (ED1); late Dec. (EA) | early March |
University of Virginia | Dec. 15 (ED1); by Feb. 15 (EA) | March 15 |
University of Washington | N/A | March 1-15 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison | by Jan. 31 | on or before March 31 |
Vanderbilt University | Dec. 14 (ED1); mid-Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Vassar College | Dec. 8 (ED1); Jan. 26 (ED2) | Early April |
Villanova University | Dec. 15 (ED1); Jan. 19 (EA); by Feb. 15 (ED2) | by May 1 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute | TBD | March |
Wake Forest University | Rolling decisions (ED1); by Jan. 15 (EA); Feb. 15 (ED2) | Approx. April 1 |
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) | late March |
Wesleyan University | Dec. 10; mid-Feb. (ED2) | late March |
Wheaton College - MA | Dec. 12 (ED1); by Jan. 15 (EA); by Feb. 1 (ED2) | by March 31 |
Williams College | Dec. 8 | April 1 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Dec. 13 (ED1); late Jan. (EA1); mid-Feb. (ED2); late Feb. EA2) | late March |
Yale University | Dec. 14 | by April 1 |