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 2030 in order to notify students of their decisions this spring. We will update their decision release dates as we verify them, so bookmark this page and check back regularly!  

Class of 2030 Admissions 

The college admissions landscape continues to be competitive at the country’s most popular universities. Schools reporting record-high application numbers for admission to the class of 2030 include Lehigh University (20,441), Northeastern University (105,190), and the University of Virginia (82K+), which also admitted a record number of EA applicants. 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 2026? 

The Ivy League schools tend to release admissions decisions on the same day at 7pm Eastern Time. Yale has announced March 26, 2026, as the date they will release Regular Decision notifications, so we can assume that the other Ivies will release on the same day.  

2026 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. 

School 2025-26 (Class of 2030) Regular Decision Notification Date 2024-25 (Class of 2029) Regular Decision Notification Date 
American University April 1  March 13, 2025
Amherst College Late March  March 21, 2025 at 6:21 pm ET
Babson College Mid-March  March 14, 2025
Bard College Late March  March 19, 2025
Barnard College Late March  March 26, 2025
Bates College By April 1  March 22, 2025
Boston College By April 1  March 18, 2025
Boston University Late March  March 22, 2025
Bowdoin College Mid-March  March 21, 2025 at 7pm ET
Brandeis University April 1  March 20, 2025
Brown University By Early April  March 27, 2025
Bryn Mawr College Mid-March  March 24, 2025
Bucknell University Mid-March  March 13, 2025 at 7:30pm ET (source: phone call)
California Institute of Technology Mid-March March 8, 2025 at 10am PST
Carleton College April 1  March 13, 2025
Carnegie Mellon University No later than April 1  March 14, 2025 on a rolling basis
Case Western Reserve University On or about March 21, 2026  March 15, 2025 
Chapman University Mid-March  February 28, 2025
Claremont McKenna College By April 1  March 21, 2025 
Colby College On or before April 1  March 21, 2025
Colgate University March 20, 2026  March 21, 2025 
College of Charleston Mid-March  February 27, 2025
College of the Holy Cross Mid-March  March 12, 2025
College of William & Mary By April 1  March 24, 2025 in the evening
Colorado College March 12, 2026  March 13, 2025 at 4pm MT
Columbia University Late March  March 27, 2025
Connecticut College Late March  March 22, 2025
Cornell University Late March  March 27, 2025 at 7pm
Dartmouth College Late March/Early April  March 27, 2025 
Davidson College By April 1  March 22, 2025
Drexel University By April 1  March 4, 2025
Duke University Late March/Early April  March 31, 2025 at 7pm ET
Emerson College Early April  March 11, 2025
Emory University By April 1  March 26, 2025 after 6pm ET
Fairfield University April 1  March 18, 2025 at 6pm ET
Fordham University April 1, 2026  March 14, 2025
George Washington University By April 1  March 20, 2025 in the evening
Georgetown University April 1  March 25, 2025
Georgia Institute of Technology Mid-March  In-state: March 7, 2025 Out-of-State: March 28, 2025 at 7pm ET
Grinnell College Late March/Early April  March 14, 2025
Hamilton College Late March  March 20, 2025
Harvard University End of March  March 27, 2025
Harvey Mudd College April 1  March 15, 2025 at 12pm PT
Haverford College Late March  March 14, 2025
Johns Hopkins University March 18, 2026  March 21, 2025
Lafayette College Late March  March 18, 2025
Lehigh University Late March  March 19, 2025
Macalester College March  March 16, 2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mid-March (traditionally, MIT releases on Pi Day, March 14) March 14, 2025 at 6:28pm ET
Middlebury College Late March  March 15, 2025 (source: phone call)
New York University April 1  March 26, 2025 at 4pm ET
Northeastern University By April 1  March 12, 2025
Northwestern University Early April 2026  March 26, 2025 
Pepperdine University April 1  March 21, 2025 
Pitzer College By April 1  March 21, 2025 
Pomona College By April 1  March 21, 2025
Princeton University Late March  March 27, 2025 at 7pm ET
Providence College By April 1  March 11, 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute March 7, 2026  March 8, 2025 
Rice University By April 1  March 26, 2025
Rochester Institute of Technology Mid-March  March 3, 2025
Santa Clara University By April 1  March 18, 2025
Sarah Lawrence College Late March  March 6, 2025
Skidmore College Mid-March  March 15, 2025
Smith College Late March  March 21, 2025
Southern Methodist University TBD  March 17, 2025 
Stanford University By Early April  March 28, 2025 at 4pm PT 
Swarthmore College By April 1  March 21, 2025 at 7pm ET 
Syracuse University March 21, 2026  March 21, 2025 
Texas Christian University By April 1 March 7, 2025
Trinity College Late March  March 18, 2025 
Tufts University By April 1  March 20, 2025 at 7pm ET
Tulane University By April 1  February 28, 2025 
University of California, Berkeley End of March  March 27, 2025
University of California, Davis Mid-March  March 7, 2025 
University of California, Los Angeles Late March  March 21, 2025
University of California, San Diego By March 31  March 14, 2025
University of California, Santa Barbara Mid-March  March 18, 2025
University of Chicago Late March  March 14, 2025 late afternoon
University of Florida March 13, 2026 March 14, 2025 at 5:30pm ET
University of Georgia Mid-March  March 14, 2025
University of Maryland, College Park By April 1  March 28, 2025
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Early March  International Students: February 21, 2025 Domestic Students: March 7, 2025
University of Miami By April 1 March 14, 2025
University of Michigan By April 3  March 28, 2025
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill March 31  March 21, 2025
University of Notre Dame Late March  March 18, 2025 at 6:42pm ET
University of Pennsylvania April  March 27, 2025
University of Richmond Mid-March  March 14, 2025 at 7pm ET 
University of Southern California By April 1  March 26, 2025 late afternoon PT
University of Tennessee March 9, 2026 March 4, 2025 (evening) 
University of Texas at Austin February 15, 2026  February 7, 2025 for most students 
University of Vermont Late February  March 7, 2025
University of Virginia By April 1  March 14, 2025 at 5pm ET
Vanderbilt University Late March  March 26, 2025
Vassar College Late March/Early April   March 25, 2025 
Villanova University By April 1  March 21, 2025 at 4pm ET 
Wake Forest University Around April 1  March 21, 2025
Washington & Lee University April 1, 2026  March 21, 2025 at 8pm ET
Washington University in St. Louis By April 1  March 13, 2025
Wellesley College Late March  March 22, 2025
Wesleyan University Late March  March 22, 2025
Williams College By April 1  March 21, 2025 in the evening 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Late March  March 13, 2025 at 5pm ET 
Yale University March 26, 2026 at 7pm ET (source: admissions portal)  March 27, 2025 

The IvyWise team wishes you a successful Regular Decision round. If you end up waitlisted at your top-choice school, we offer consultations to help you figure out what comes next and how to maximize your chances of admission.  

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