Class of 2025 Early Decision & Early Action Notification Dates

If you’re one of the many high school seniors who submitted Early Decision I (ED) or Early Action (EA) applications to colleges this fall, first let us say: congratulations!

“When will I hear back?” is probably the number one question on your mind these days. You put a lot of hard work into your Early Decision I and Early Action applications, and now you’re just playing the waiting game. So, when can you expect to be notified of colleges’ decisions?

Notification of admissions decisions can be unpredictable even in a normal year, and with COVID-19 having altered the landscape, 2020 is even more chaotic than usual. Fortunately, Spark Admissions is here to keep track of all announced and intended notification dates. Below, you can find our most up-to-date intel about when you can expect to learn your schools’ decisions.

EARLY DECISION I/EARLY ACTION NOTIFICATION DATES FOR 2020-2021 (CLASS OF 2025)

SCHOOL	EXPECTED NOTIFICATION DATE
American University	By December 31
Amherst College	December 11
Babson College	EDI: Mid-December; EA: January 1
Bard College	ED: By December 31; EA: By December 31
Barnard College	December 14
Bates College	By December 20
Baylor University	EDI: By December 15; EA: By January 15
Bentley University	Late December
Binghamton University-SUNY	By January 15
Boston College	December 3
Boston University	December 15
Bowdoin College	December 11
Brandeis University	December 10
Brown University	December 17
Bryant University	EDI: By December 1; EA: Mid-January
Bucknell University	Mid-December
California Institute of Technology	Mid-December
Carleton College	December 10
Carnegie Mellon University	December 12
Case Western Reserve University	EDI: December 2; EA: December 19
Champlain College	By December 24
Chapman University	Late December
Claremont McKenna College	December 15
Clark University	EDI: December 20; EA: January 20
Colby College	By December 15
Colgate University	Mid-December
College of Charleston	ED: December 1; EA: February 1
College of the Holy Cross	Mid-December
Colorado College	EDI: December 16; EA: Late December
Columbia University	December 15
Connecticut College	Mid-December
Cooper Union	Engineering ED: December 15; Art ED: February 1
Cornell University	December 17
Dartmouth College	Mid-December
Davidson College	December 15
Denison University	By December 15
Dickinson College	Mid-December
Duke University	Mid-December
Elon University	ED: December 1; EA: December 20
Emerson College	EDI: Mid-December; EA: Mid-December
Emory University	December 9
Fairfield University	EDI: By December 15; EA: By January 1
Flagler College	By December 15
Fordham University	ED: December 19; EA: December 19
Franklin and Marshall College	December 15
George Mason University	December 15
George Washington University	By Late December
Georgetown University	December 15
Georgia Institute of Technology	EAI: December 4; EAII: Mid-January
Gettysburg College	By December 15
Grinnell College	Mid-to-Late December
Hamilton College	By December 15
Harvard University	December 17
Harvey Mudd College	December 11
Haverford College	December 15
High Point University	EDI: November 23; EA: December 16
Hobart and William Smith Colleges	December 15
Hofstra University	EAI: December 15; EAII: January 15
Howard University	ED: November 15; EA: November 15
Indiana University-Bloomington	By January 15
Ithaca College	ED: By December 15; EA: By February 1
Johns Hopkins University	December 11
Kenyon College	Mid-December
Lafayette College	December 15
Lehigh University	December 10
Loyola Marymount University	ED: By Mid-December; EA: By Late December
Macalester College	EDI: December 6; EA: December 20
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	December 19
Michigan State University	By January 15
Middlebury College	December 12
Mount Holyoke College	Late December
Muhlenberg College	December 15
New York University	December 15
North Carolina State University-Raleigh	January 30
Northeastern University	EDI: December 9; EA: By February 1
Northwestern University	December 18
Oberlin College	December 15
Occidental College	December 15
Ohio State University-Columbus	By January 31
Pace University	ED: Early December; EA: Early January
Pennsylvania State University	By December 24
Pepperdine University	January 10
Pitzer College	December 18
Pomona College	By December 15
Providence College	EDI: By December 1; EA: Early January
Purdue University-West Lafayette	January 15
Quinnipiac University	ED: Mid-December; EAI: Mid-January
Reed College	EDI: Mid-December; EA: Early February
Rensselaer Polytechnic University	EDI: December 12; EA: January 30
Rhode Island School of Design	Mid-December
Rice University	December 10
Rochester Institute of Technology	Mid-December
Roger Williams University	Mid-December
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	February 15
Santa Clara University	EDI: Late December; EA: Late December
Sarah Lawrence College	EDI: Late December; EA: Late December
Scripps College	Mid-December
Simmons University	EAI: Mid-December; EAII: Mid-to-Late January
Skidmore College	Mid-December
Smith College	Mid-December
Southern Methodist University	EDI: Mid-December; EA: Mid-December
St. Lawrence University	Rolling
Stanford University	December 11
Stevens Institute of Technology	By December 15
Swarthmore College	December 15
Syracuse University	By January 1
Temple University	By January 10
Texas Christian University	ED: By January 1; EA: December 11
Trinity College	By Mid-December
Tufts University	December 15
Tulane University	EDI: December 17; EA: By January 15
Union College	EDI: Around December 1; EA: Late December
University at Buffalo-SUNY	Rolling
University of Chicago	EDI: December 21; EA: December 21
University of Colorado-Boulder	By February 1
University of Delaware	January 31
University of Denver	EDI: Early December; EA: Late December
University of Georgia	November 20
University of Maryland-College Park	By February 1
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Beginning in Mid-December
University of Massachusetts-Boston	EAI: by January 1; EAII: by February 15
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	Rolling
University of Miami	EDI: December 11; EA: By Early February
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	By Late January
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	EAI: By January 31; EAII: By February 15
University of New Hampshire	By January 31
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	By January 31
University of Notre Dame	December 16
University of Oregon	By December 15
University of Pennsylvania	December 16
University of Rhode Island	By January 31
University of Richmond	EDI: December 15; EA: January 25
University of Rochester	Mid-December
University of San Francisco	ED: By December 1; EA: By Mid-December
University of South Carolina	By Mid-December
University of Vermont	December 17
University of Virginia	EDI: December 11; EA: By Mid-February
University of Wisconsin-Madison	By January 31
Vanderbilt University	December 15
Vassar College	Mid-December
Villanova University	EDI: By December 15; EA: By January 15
Virginia Tech	ED: Mid-December; EA: Late February
Wake Forest University	Rolling
Washington and Lee University	December 13
Washington University in St. Louis	December 14
Wellesley College	December 12
Wesleyan University	December 12
Willamette University	ED: December 30; EA: December 30
William and Mary	December 7
Williams College	December 11
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	EDI: December 15; EAI: January 15
Yale University	December 16

 

Check the blog again later in the application cycle to find out the decision notification dates for EDII and Regular Decision applicants!