The University of Georgia announced today that it admitted 15,800+ applicants to the Class of 2029.

Over 47,860 applications were received this cycle, resulting in an overall admission rate of 33 percent.

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2029.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their "official" notification dates, so we've compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year's notification dates for reference.   Bookmark this page, as we'll be updating it frequently over the next 30 days.

Good luck, seniors!!

The University of Southern California recently announced that it would be changing the admission process for first-year candidates entering in fall 2026.  Of note is the new two-year ED pilot which makes an Early Decision (ED) option availalbe to most programs in the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Leventhal School of accounting.  The final Regular Decision (RD) deadline is also a few days earlier, on January 10th.  .

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 13.2 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2029.

6,762 early decision applications were received across both rounds, a 16% increase over last year.

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UPenn just announced that it will reinstate standardized testing requirements for applicants beginning with the 2025-2026 undergraduate admissions cycle.  

Exceptions will be permitted for students facing hardship in accessing testing if a testing waiver is submitted.

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Bowdoin College announced it admitted 296 applicants from both early decision rounds to the Class of 2029.  

Around 2,000 early decision applications were received from a total of around 14,000 applications the highest number in the college's history.  This gives an acceptance rate of 14.8% for early decision applicants, with regular decision results to be announced in March.

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The University of Southern California announced today that it admitted roughly 3,500 early action applicants to the Class of 2029.  

42,000 early action applications were received, up 2% year over year, resulting in an acceptance rate of 8 percent.

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Rice University admitted 6% of Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2029.  

EDII as an application option was introduced this cycle, and 2,513 applications were received in this inaural round.

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Several popular colleges and universities now support the Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR), also known as the Self-Reported Student Academic Record (SSAR), which allows students to submit their courses, grades, and test results to colleges during the application process.

That said, how the SRAR is used by these institutions varies. To help you navigate it all, we've enhanced the current list of participating institutions with admit rates, test score ranges and details on their polices for domestic first year applicants with direct links to the SRAR section of their admissions websites.

Note that while most of the 30+ participating institutions are public universities, there are a few private universities participating in SRAR/SSAR, including New York University (NYU) which requires the SRAR.

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Georgia Tech announced today that it admitted 2,950 Early Action 2 applicants to the Class of 2029. Early Action 2 applicants cover both international and U.S. students outside of the state of Georgia.

Over 36,185 early action 2 applications were received this cycle, resulting in an overall admission rate of 8.1 percent.

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Georgetown announced recently that it admitted 11 percent of Early Action applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 917 students were admitted out of 8,254 applicants.  

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 1,669 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 12,917 early applications were received, up 16 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 13 percent.    

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 721 early action applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 12,053 applications were submitted this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 6 percent.  

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Yale announced today that it accepted 10.82 percent of applicants to the Class of 2029 under Single Choice Early Action.

At total of 728 acceptances were offered from a pool of 6,729 early action applicants.  17 percent of applicants were deferred, 71 percent were denied, and 1 percent were withdrawn or incomplete.

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Duke announced today that it admitted 849 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2029.

A total of 6,627 applications were received, an increase of 6% from last year, resulting in an early decision rate of 12.8 percent. 

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