Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates

Dun-dun-duuunnnnnn… The moment many seniors (and their parents) have been waiting for is finally upon us! You’ve done the arduous (and so worth it!) work of creating a compelling early application package. WAITING for those early notification dates to round the corner can be killer but for now, take a moment and congratulate yourself on slaying an extremely difficult process.

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In an attempt to take a likely stressor off your plate (enough with the college research) we’ve compiled our annual list of early action and early decision notification dates just for you. Best of luck!!

EARLY DECISION NOTIFICATION DATES –CLASS OF 2023

Amherst College	December 15th
Babson College	EDI & EA: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February
Barnard College	Mid-December
Boston College	December 20th
Brown University	Mid-December
Bucknell University	EDI & II: within one month from ED date
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	EA: Mid-December
Carnegie Mellon University	ED: December 15th
Claremont McKenna College	EDI: December 15th; EDII: February 15th
Colgate University	EDI: Mid-December; EDII: within 4 weeks of receipt of all materials
Columbia University	Mid-December
Connecticut College	EDI: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February
Cornell University	Mid-December
Dartmouth College	Mid-December
Duke University	December 15th
Emory University	EDI: by December 15th; EDII: by February 15th
Georgetown University	by December 15th
Harvard University	No earlier than 7pm EST on December 13th
Harvey Mudd College	EDI: mailed December 15th; EDII: mailed February 15th
Haverford College	EDI: December 15th; EDII: February 15th
Johns Hopkins University	by December 15th
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Mid-December
New York University	EDI: December 15th; EDII: February 15th
Northwestern University	Mid-December
Pomona College	EDI: by December 15th; EDII: by February 15th
Princeton University	Mid-December
Rice University	by Mid-December
Stanford University	December 7th
Swarthmore College	Online by Mid-December
Tufts University	EDI: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February
Tulane University	ED: by December 15th; EA: January 15th
University of Chicago	EA/EDI: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February
University of Michigan	EA: no later than December 24th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	by end of January
University of Pennsylvania	ED: December 13th, 7pm EST
University of Virginia	No later than January 31st
Vanderbilt University	EDI: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February
Wake Forest University	ED: Rolling; EDII: approximately February 15th
Washington University in St. Louis	ED1: by December 15th; EDII: by February 15th
Wellesley College	ED1: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February; Regular Decision with Early Evaluation Option: Late March
Wesleyan University	EDI: Mid-December; EDII: Mid-February
Williams College	December 15th
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	EAI: December 20th; EAII: February 10th
Yale University	SCEA: Online Mid-December

Notice a school of interest not listed? Simply let us know in the comments and we’ll gather the information for you and post.

Additional schools based on comments:

U Miami:
EDI: Late December; EA: Late January; EDII: Mid-February

Georgia Tech:
EA: January 12

UT Austin:
February 1

U Richmond:
EDI: ~ December 15; EDII: ~February 15