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2018/2019 Early Decision & Early Action Notification Dates
Although college application season is not yet over, for students graduating high school this year (2019) who have applied Early Decision (ED) or Early Action to their top schools, anticipation is growing. By the end of December 2018, many of the most selective schools in the country, including Ivy League schools, will have notified their first batch of applicants of their acceptance, deferral, or rejection.
Below is a list of colleges and universities that have announced their 2018/2019 (college class of 2023) Early Decision and Early Action notification schedules; be sure to check this post regularly for updates! Please note that some schools have only given approximate notification dates. Therefore, decisions may not be available for those schools until several days after the date given below, and in some cases may be sent earlier.
Please see the table below to find your school, and be sure to check your email and applicant portals regularly!
| School | Date |
| Amherst College | December 7 |
| Babson College (ED), Babson College (EA) | Mid-December, January 1 |
| Barnard College | December 12 |
| Boston College | December 18 (in the evening) |
| Boston University | December 15 |
| Brandeis University | December 15 |
| Brown University | December 13, 6 PM ET |
| Cal Tech | Mid-December |
| Carnegie Mellon University | December 15 |
| Colgate University (ED I) | December 13 (in the evening) |
| Columbia University | December 13, after 7 PM ET |
| Cornell University | December 10 at 7 PM ET |
| Dartmouth College | December 13, 4 PM ET |
| Davidson College | December 15, 10 AM ET |
| Duke University | December 13, 7 PM ET |
| Emory University | December 12, 6 PM ET |
| George Washington University | Mid-December |
| Georgetown University | December 13 (decisions mailed) |
| Hamilton College | December 15 |
| Harvard University | December 13, after 7 PM ET |
| Harvey Mudd | December 15 (decisions mailed by this date) |
| Johns Hopkins University | December 14, 3 PM ET |
| Middlebury College | December 8, 8 AM ET |
| MIT | December 15, 12:15 PM ET |
| New York University | December 13, by the afternoon |
| Northwestern University | December 15 |
| Notre Dame University | Mid-December |
| Occidental College (ED I), Occidental College (ED II) | Mid-December, Early February |
| Pomona College | December 15 |
| Princeton University | December 12 after 7 PM CT |
| Southern Methodist University (SMU) | December 4, 7 PM CT |
| Stanford University | December 7, 4 PM PT |
| Swarthmore College | December 15 |
| Trinity College | December 13 |
| Tufts University | Mid-December |
| Tulane University (ED), Tulane University (EA) | November 19 (4 PM CT), December 20 (3:30 PM CT) |
| University of Chicago | December 17, late afternoon CT |
| University of Miami | December 14 (in the evening) OR early the following week |
| University of Michigan | December 24 (but may be delayed to spring because of high volume of applications) |
| University of Pennsylvania | December 13, 7 PM ET |
| University of Virginia | January 31 |
| Vanderbilt University | December 13 |
| Vassar College (ED I), Vassar College (ED II) | Mid-December, February 1 (approximate) |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mid-December |
| Wellesley College (ED I) | Mid-December |
| Williams College | December 15 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | December 20 |
| Yale University | December 14, after 5 PM ET |
