Class Of 2026 Regular Decision Notification Dates - IvyWise

Are you ready for Regular Decision notification dates? Admissions offices across the U.S. are working hard to get through hundreds of thousands of Regular Decision college applications for the class of 2029 in order to notify students of their decisions this spring. 

Class of 2029 Admissions 

The college admissions landscape continues to be competitive at the country’s most popular universities. Schools reporting record-high application numbers for the class of 2029 include both NYU and UC Davis at 120,000+ applications — and more schools are sure to report record numbers. Some schools like Santa Clara University, Duke University, and the University of Georgia saw record-high numbers of students applying Early Decision or Early Action. With large applicant pools, it is likely we will see admission rates at these schools remain low or even decrease. This also might lead to more waitlist decisions as colleges continue to try to manage their yields. 

When Do Colleges Release Admissions Decisions? 

Most admissions decisions are released in late March. Students typically receive a notification from each individual school they applied to, either by email or in their application portal, when decisions are ready to be viewed. Below we have a comprehensive list of admission decision notification dates.

When Is Ivy Day 2025? 

The Ivy League schools tend to release admissions decisions on the same day at 7pm Eastern Time. Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton, and Yale have announced March 27, 2025 as the date they will release Regular Decision notifications, so we can assume that the other Ivies will release on the same day. 

2025 Admissions Decision Release Dates 

Below, we have aggregated the most requested decision release dates. See a school we left out or an updated release date we haven’t included yet? Tell us in the comments below and we will add it to our list!

Many of these dates are general, so continue to check back regularly for more specific updates about when college admissions decisions will be released. Keep an eye on those with a general time frame (mid/late March, early April, etc.). It is also possible for colleges to post a release date only to move it, so all these dates are subject to change.