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Early Decision Notification Dates 2021-2022

If you’ve done the double-check on your Common App profile, proofread the final draft of your personal statement, and sent your materials to your top-choice schools, congrats! You’re done with your early action or early decision application. Now comes the tough part—the nerve-racking waiting period that awaits you as early decision notification dates 2021-2022 start getting closer. 

Don’t sweat all through November since the minute you press “submit” on your application. Colleges won’t be getting around to sending your decisions for another month. The results for ED I and ED II usually arrive in mid-December. In case you’re looking for the release dates for specific schools, here are the early action and early decision notification dates at the top 50 national universities and liberal arts colleges for the Class of 2026. While many columns in the table say “mid-December,” we will update with the exact dates as the colleges make announcements closer to early December. Keep your eyes peeled on this page!

Early Decision Notification Dates 2021-2022 for the Top 50 National Universities

School Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date

Princeton University December 16

Columbia University December 14, 7 PM EST
Harvard University December 16
Massachusetts Institute of Technology December 18, 3.14 PM EST
Yale University December 15
Stanford University December 15, 4 PM PST
University of Chicago December 17
University of Pennsylvania December 16, 7 PM ET
California Institute of Technology December 18
Johns Hopkins University December 10; 3 PM ET
Duke University December 16
Northwestern University December 17
Dartmouth College December 10
Brown University December 16; 7 PM ET
Vanderbilt University December 15
Washington University in St. Louis December 9
Cornell University December 13
Rice University December 9, 5 PM CT
University of Notre Dame Mid-December

Emory University December 15
Georgetown University December 13
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor January 15
Carnegie Mellon University December 11
University of Virginia ED: December 10
New York University December 15
Tufts University Mid-December

University of Florida February 26
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill January 31
Wake Forest University Rolling basis
University of Rochester Mid-Rochester
Boston College December 2, evening
Georgia Institute of Technology December 11, 12 PM ET
William & Mary December 8, 5 PM ET
Boston University Mid-December

Brandeis University December 15
Case Western Reserve University December 4 (ED), December 21 (EA)
Tulane University November 22
University of Wisconsin – Madison January 31
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign Mid-February
University of Georgia November 20
Lehigh University Mid-December

Northeastern University December 31
Ohio State University February 18
Pepperdine University January 10
Purdue University January 15
Villanova University December 15

Early Decision Notification Dates 2021-2022 for the Top 50 Liberal Arts College

School Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date

Williams College December 10
Amherst College December 10
Swarthmore College December 14; 7 PM ET
Pomona College December 15
Wellesley College December 11
Bowdoin College December 9
Claremont McKenna December 15
Carleton College December 15
Hamilton College December 15
Middlebury College December 10
Washington and Lee University Late December
Grinnell College Mid-December
Vassar College Mid-December
Colby College December 15
Davidson College December 14
Haverford College Mid-December

Smith College Mid-December

Colgate University Mid-December

Wesleyan University Mid-December

Barnard College December 15
Bates College December 20
University of Richmond Mid-December

Colorado College Mid-December (ED); Late December (EA)

Harvey Mudd College December 13; 6 PM PST
Macalester College December 5
Bryn Mawr College Late December
Kenyon College Mid-December

Scripps College Mid-December

Soka University of America Mid-December

Berea College Mid-December

Bucknell University Mid-December

Mount Holyoke College Mid-December

College of the Holy Cross Mid-December

Oberlin College Mid-December

Pitzer College Mid-December

Skidmore College Mid-December

Lafayette College Mid-December

Occidental College Mid-December

Thomas Aquinas College Rolling
Franklin and Marshall College Mid-December

Denison University Mid-December

Trinity College Mid-December

Union College Mid-December

DePauw University Mid-December

Dickinson College Mid-December

Sewanee – the University of the South Mid-December

Whitman College Mid-December

As you await the impending arrival of the early decision notification dates 2021-2022, don’t forget to keep working hard on your regular decision applications and senior year classes. It’s an overwhelming time and even though you might be anxious thinking about what your early schools might say in their letter, remember that there are other options out there if things don’t work out. But if the early decision notification dates 2021-2022 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!

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