Class Of 2026 Early Decision And Early Action Notification Dates

Class of 2026 Early Notification Dates

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InstitutionNotification Date (Current Year)CommentsNotification Date(Last Year)
American University12/16 4pm ET (ED1), 2/11 4pm ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/17 4pm ET
Amherst College12/10 6:21pm ETOfficial (updated)12/11 6:21pm ET
Babson College12/15 4pm ET (ED1), 1/1 (EA), 2/4 (ED2)Official (updated)week of 12/14
Barnard College12/14 ~6:30pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14
Bates College12/11 (ED1), by 2/15 (ED2)Official (updated)12/12 12pm ET (ED1), 2/6 by 12pm ET (ED2)
Beloit College12/1 (ED1), 12/2 (EA1)Official (updated)12/1 (ED1), 12/1 (EA1)
Boston College12/2 evening ET (ED1), 2/3 evening ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/3 evening ET (ED1), 2/4 evening ET (ED2)
Boston University12/14 (ED1), 2/8 (ED2)Official (updated)12/14 (ED1), 2/8 (ED2)
Bowdoin College12/10 7pm ET (ED1), 2/4 7pm ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/11 7pm ET
Brandeis University12/9 (ED1) 1/27 (ED2)Official (updated)12/10 evening ET
Brown University12/16 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/17 2pm ET
Bryn Mawr College12/15Official (updated)12/17 (ED1), 2/1 (ED2)
Bucknell University12/15 after 9pm ETOfficial (updated)12/16 9pm ET
California Institute of Technology12/18Official (updated)12/12
Carleton College12/9Official (updated)12/10 8pm CT
Carnegie Mellon University12/11Official (updated)12/12
Case Western Reserve University12/11 beginning 12pm ET (ED1), 12/21 (EA)Official (updated)12/5 (ED1), 12/22 (EA1)
Chapman University12/15 afternoon PT (EA1)Official (updated)12/16 (ED1), 12/16 (EA1)
Claremont McKenna College12/15Official (updated)12/15
Clark University12/17 (ED1), 1/20 (EA1)Official (updated)12/20 (ED1), 1/20 (EA1)
Colby College12/15Official (updated)12/11
Colgate University12/13 7:13pm ETOfficial (updated)12/10 7:13pm ET
College of the Holy Cross12/15Official (updated)12/15
College of William and Mary12/8 after 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/7 after 5pm ET
Colorado College12/15 4pm MT (ED1), 12/20 4pm MT (EA)Official (updated)12/11 (ED1), 12/16 (EA)
Columbia University12/14 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/15 after 7pm ET
Connecticut College12/10 7pm ET (ED1), 2/11 (ED2)Official (updated)12/11 evening ET (ED1), 2/12 evening ET (ED2)
Cornell University12/13 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/17 7pm ET
Dartmouth College12/10 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/16
Davidson College12/14 9pm ET (ED1), 1/29 10am ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/15 9pm ET (ED1), 1/30 (ED2)
Dickinson College12/16 (ED2), mid-Feb (ED2)Official (updated)12/10 3pm ET
Drexel University12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)Official (updated)12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)
Duke University12/16 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/18 7pm ET
Elon University12/1 (ED1), 12/16 eve ET (EA1)Official (updated)12/1 (ED1), 12/20 (EA1)
Emerson College12/14 (ED1), 12/14 (EA1)Official (updated)12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)
Emory University (Emory)12/15 6pm ET (ED1), 2/2 6pm ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/9 6pm ET (ED1), 2/3 6pm ET (ED2)
Emory University (Oxford)12/15 6pm ET (ED1), 2/2 6pm ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/9 6pm ET (ED1), 2/3 6pm ET (ED2)
Fordham University12/15 afternoon ET (ED1), 12/15 afternoon ET (EA1)Official (updated)12/15 afternoon ET (ED1), 12/15 afternoon ET (EA1)
Franklin and Marshall12/15Official12/15
George Mason University12/10Official (updated)12/11
George Washington University12/16 eve ETOfficial (updated)12/17
Georgetown University12/15Official12/15
Georgia Institute of Technology12/11 noon ET (EA1), 1/29 (EA2)Official (updated)12/4 5pm ET (EA1), 1/29 (EA2)
Grinnell College12/3Official (updated)12/4
Hamilton College12/15 evening ET (ED1), 2/4 (ED2)Official (updated)12/15 evening ET (ED1), 2/5 evening ET (ED2)
Harvard University12/16 after 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/17 7pm ET
Harvey Mudd College12/13 6pm PTOfficial (updated)12/11 6pm PT
Haverford College12/10Official (updated)12/11 7pm ET
Johns Hopkins University12/10 (ED1), 2/11 (ED2)Official (updated)12/11
Kenyon College12/10 (ED1), early Feb (ED2)Official (updated)12/11 (ED1), 2/8 (ED2)
Lafayette College12/15 4pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14
Lehigh University12/15Official (updated)12/10
Loyola Marymount University11/24 (ED1), 12/17 (EA1)Official (updated)11/25 (ED1), 1/8 (EA)
Macalester College12/5 (ED1), 12/19 (EA1), 1/31 (ED2)Official (updated)12/6 (ED1), 2/1 (ED2)
Marquette University12/21Official (updated)
Middlebury College12/11Official (updated)12/12 after 8am ET
Miami University - Oxford12/1 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)Official (updated)12/1 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)
MIT12/18 3:14pm ETOfficial (updated)12/19 3:14pm ET
Mount Holyoke College12/15 (ED1), 1/25 (ED2)Official (updated)12/16
New York University12/15 ~4pm ET (ED1), 2/15 (ED2)Official (updated)12/15 4pm ET (ED1), 2/16 (ED2)
North Carolina State1/28 (EA)Official (updated)1/30
Northeastern University12/8 (ED1), 1/26 (EA1), 2/2 (ED2)Official (updated)12/9 (ED1), 1/27 (EA1), 2/3 (ED2)
Northwestern University12/17Official (updated)12/18 3pm CT
Oberlin College12/15 after 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/12 afternoon ET
Occidental College12/11Official (updated)12/11
Pepperdine University12/17Official (updated)1/10
Pitzer College12/10Official (updated)12/11
Pomona College12/15 (ED1), 2/11 5pm PT (ED2)Official (updated)12/15 5pm PT
Princeton University12/16 7pm ETOfficial (updated)
Providence College12/1 (ED1), late Dec (EA1)Official12/1 (ED1), 12/18 7pm ET (EA1)
Purdue Universitybegins 1/14 5pm ETOfficial (updated)1/15
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute12/11 (ED1), 1/29 (EA1)Official12/12 7pm ET (ED1), 1/30 (EA1)
Rice University12/9 after 5pm CTOfficial (updated)12/10 after 5pm CT
Saint Michaels College12/5 (EA1)Official (updated)12/7
Santa Clara University12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)Official (updated)12/15 (ED1, EA)
Sarah Lawrence Collegelate Dec (ED1), late Dec (EA1)Official12/12
Scripps College12/16Official (updated)12/15
Sewanee: The University of the South12/10 eve CT (ED1), 1/21 7pm CT (EA1), 1/27 7pm CT (ED2)Official (updated)12/11 evening CT (ED), 1/20 7pm CT (EA)
Skidmore College12/9Official (updated)12/16
Smith Collegemid-Dec (ED1), 2/3 (ED2)Official (updated)12/16 (ED1), 1/29 (ED2)
Southern Methodist University12/6 (ED1), 12/17 7pm CT (EA1)Official (updated)12/18
Stanford University12/15 4pm PTOfficial (updated)12/11 4pm PT
Swarthmore College12/14 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/15 7pm ET
Syracuse University12/17Official (updated)12/15
Texas Christian University12/3 (ED1), 1/1 (EA1)Official (updated)12/4 (ED1), 12/11 (EA1)
Trinity College12/13 evening ETOfficial (updated)12/10 evening ET
Tufts University12/14 7pm ET (ED1), 2/3 7pm ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/15 7pm ET
Tulane University11/22 4pm CT (ED1), 12/20 4pm CT (EA1), 1/27 4pm CT (ED2)Official (updated)11/18 3:30pm CT (ED), 12/17 3:30pm CT (EA), 1/19 3:30pm CT (ED2)
Union College12/7 (ED1), 12/18 (EA1)Official12/1 (ED1), 12/16 7pm ET (EA1)
University of Chicago12/17 (ED1), 12/17 (EA1), 2/11 (ED2)Official (updated)12/21 afternoon CT (ED1), 2/12 (ED2)
University of Denver12/14 evening MT (ED1), 1/15 (EA1)Official (updated)12/15 (ED1), 1/15 (EA1)
University of Georgia11/19 late afternoon ETOfficial (updated)11/20
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaignmid-FebOfficialmid-February
University of Massachusetts - Amherstbegan 12/7 (additional waves through January)Official (updated)12/10 (first batch)
University of Miami12/13 (ED1), 2/7 (EA1)Official (updated)12/31 (ED1), 2/7 (EA1)
University of Michigan - Ann Arborlate JanOfficiallate January
University of Notre Dame12/16 6:42pm ETOfficial (updated)12/16 6:42pm ET
University of Pennsylvania12/16 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/16 7pm ET
University of Richmond12/10 7pm ET (ED1), 1/25 (EA1)Official (updated)12/11 (ED1), 1/25 (EA1)
University of Vermont12/16 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/17 5pm ET
University of Virginia12/10 eve ET (ED1), 2/4 evening ET (EA1)Official (updated)12/11 evening ET (ED), mid-February (EA)
Vanderbilt University12/15Official (updated)12/15 after 5pm CT
Vassar College12/10Official (updated)12/8 close of business ET
Villanova University12/15 by 5pm ET (ED1), 1/15 (EA1), by 3/1 (ED2)Official (updated)12/15 after 5pm ET, 1/15 (EA), 3/1 4:30pm ET (EDII)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute12/10 5pm ET (ED1), late Feb (EA1)Official (updated)12/11 (ED1), 2/28 (EA1)
Washington and Lee University12/15 8pm ET (ED1)Official (updated)12/16 8pm ET
Washington University in St. Louis12/9 5pm CT (ED1), 2/10 afternoon CT (ED2)Official (updated)12/14
Wellesley College12/11 10am ET (ED1), mid-Feb (ED2)Official (updated)12/12
Wesleyan University12/11 (ED1), 2/12 afternoon ET (ED2)Official (updated)12/12
Whitman College12/10 (ED1), late Jan (ED2)Official (updated)mid-December
Willamette University12/30 (ED1), 12/30 (EA1)Official12/11 (ED1), 12/11 (EA1)
Williams College12/10 evening ETOfficial12/11 evening ET
Worcester Polytechnic Institute12/15 5pm ET (ED1), 12/15 5pm ET (EA1), 2/15 (ED2)Official (updated)12/14 5pm ET (ED1)(EA1)
Yale University12/15 evening ETOfficial (updated)12/16 5pm ET

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