Congratulations on completing your early action or early decision application—a significant achievement in your college admissions journey! Now, the anticipation builds as you eagerly await the early decision notification dates for the 2024-2025 application cycle. While specific release dates for each school are still pending, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of early action and early decision notification dates for the Class of 2029 at the top 50 national universities and liberal arts colleges. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often, as we’ll be updating it with confirmed dates as schools make their announcements, typically closer to early December. In the meantime, take a deep breath and stay tuned!
Early Decision Notification Dates 2024-2025 for the Top 50 National Universities
| School | Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date |
|---|---|
| Princeton University | Mid-December |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Mid-December |
| Harvard University | Mid-December |
| Stanford University | Mid-December |
| Yale University | Mid-December |
| University of Pennsylvania | Mid-December |
| California Institute of Technology | Mid-December |
| Duke University | by December 15 |
| Brown University | Mid-December |
| Johns Hopkins University | Mid-December |
| Northwestern University | Mid-December |
| Columbia University | Mid-December |
| Cornell University | Mid-December |
| University of Chicago | Mid-December |
| Rice University | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Dartmouth College | Mid-December |
| Vanderbilt University | Late-December/Early-January |
| University of Notre Dame | Late-March |
| University of Michigan – Ann Arbor | Late-January |
| Georgetown University | by December 15 |
| University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | by January 31 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | by December 15 |
| Emory University | by December 15 |
| University of Virginia | Mid-December |
| Washington University in St. Louis | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| University of Florida | Mid-January |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Mid-December |
| New York University | ED I: December 15 ED II: February 15 |
| University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign | January 31 |
| University of Wisconsin – Madison | by January 31 |
| Boston College | ED I: December 15 ED II: February 15 |
| Tufts University | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Boston University | by December 15 |
| Ohio State University | January 31 |
| Purdue University | January 15 |
| Lehigh University | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| University of Georgia | Early December |
| University of Rochester | ED I: mid-December ED II: early-February |
| Wake Forest University | by January 15 |
| Case Western Reserve University | ED I: December 7 ED II: February 10 |
| Northeastern University | ED I: by January 1 ED II: by March 1 |
| William & Mary | ED I: early December ED II: mid-February |
| Brandeis University | ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 1 |
| Villanova University | ED I: by December 1 ED II: by February 15 |
| Tulane University | ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15 |
| Pepperdine University | by January 10 |
Early Decision Notification Dates 2024-2025 for the Top 50 Liberal Arts College
| School | Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date |
|---|---|
| Williams College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Amherst College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Pomona College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Swarthmore College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Wellesley College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Bowdoin College | ED I: mid-December |
| Carleton College | ED I: December 15 ED II: February 15 |
| Barnard College | mid-December |
| Claremont McKenna | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Grinnell College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Middlebury College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Wesleyan University | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Davidson College | ED I: mid-December ED II: late-January |
| Hamilton College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Harvey Mudd College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Smith College | ED I: December 15 ED II: late-January |
| Vassar College | ED I: mid-December ED II: early-February |
| Colgate University | ED I: mid-December ED II: early-March |
| Haverford College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Washington and Lee University | ED I: late-December ED II: late-January |
| Bates College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Colby College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| University of Richmond | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| College of the Holy Cross | late-December |
| Macalester College | ED I: late-December ED II: mid-February |
| Berea College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Bryn Mawr College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Bucknell University | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Lafayette College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Colorado College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Mount Holyoke College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Franklin and Marshall College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Occidental College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Scripps College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Skidmore College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Denison University | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Kenyon College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Pitzer College | ED I: late-December ED II: mid-February |
| Trinity College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Union College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| DePauw University | December 15 |
| Dickinson College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Whitman College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Oberlin College | ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February |
| Sewanee – the University of the South | ED I: mid-December ED II: late-January |
| Soka University of America | December 8 |
| Thomas Aquinas College | Rolling |
As you anticipate the upcoming early decision notifications for the 2024-2025 application cycle, it’s important to continue focusing on your regular decision applications and maintaining strong performance in your senior year classes. This period can be stressful, and it’s natural to feel anxious about the outcomes from your early applications. Remember, there are numerous opportunities available, and if your early applications don’t result in acceptance, other paths remain open. But if the early decision notification dates 2024-2025 bring good news, you could be done with your college application process by the end of the year. We wish you the best of luck!
