Georgia Tech announced that it admitted 2,399 Early Action 1 applicants to the Class of 2026.  Early Action 1 is for Georgia residents only.  

Early Action 1 applications totaled nearly 6,100, resulting in an admission rate of 39 percent.

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Johns Hopkins admitted 520 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2026.  

Early decision applicant count was not provided.

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Rice University admitted 440 early decision applicants to the Class of 2026.  

Early decision applications increased slightly from last year, though the article did not disclose the resulting admission rate.

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 1,097 early decision applicants to the Class of 2026.  

A total of 3,466 early decision applications were received, up 18 percent year over year, resulting in an overall early admission rate of 32 percent.  The resident admit rate was 38 percent versus 25 percent for non-residents. 

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The University of Georgia offered 8,917 early action applicants to the Class of 2026.

A total of 21,570 applications were received, up 3 percent from the previous year, resulting in an admit rate of 41 percent.  

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Most schools have completed their updates for the 2021-22 admission cycle (Class of 2026), and several of the changes we've observed are worth noting. 

Roughly 25 schools have modified early admission options available to applicants this fall.  Notable changes include the resumption of Restrictive Early Action at Princeton, the introduction of Early Decision 2 at Carnegie Mellon, Emerson and Loyola Marymount, and the removal of Early Decision 2 at Syracuse University.

If you're considering early admission, be sure to check out our list as it may impact how you decide to apply this fall.   Note to our subscribers: the data has already been incorporated into the product, simply re-run College Kickstart to see how it impacts your plan.

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Here's our latest list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2025.

This list includes results from Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Colgate, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Providence College, Rice, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Williams and Yale.

Bookmark this page, as we'll be updating it frequently over the next several weeks.

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2025.  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.

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Rice University admitted 421 early decision applicants to the Class of 2024.  

Early decision applications rose 29 percent to 2,635, resulting in an admission rate of 16 percent.

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Duke announced today that it received 5,036 early decision applications for the Class of 2025, up 18 percent year over year.

With 840 students admitted, resulting in an early decision rate of 17 percent. The slightly lower than normal number of admitted students this year is due to more Class of 2024 students taking a gap year.

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Harvard announced today that it admitted 747 applicants to the Class of 2025 under restrictive early action.  

A total of 10,086 early applications were received, up 57 percent year over year, resulting in an early admission rate of 7.4 percent. 

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Brown accepted 885 applicants to the Class of 2025 under early decision.  

Early decision applications totaled 5,540 this year, up 22 percent and resulting in an early admission rate of 16 percent.

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The University of Pennsylvania admitted 1,194 early decision applicants to the Class of 2025.  

Early decision applications totaled 7,962, up 23 percent year over year, resulting in an admission rate of 15 percent.

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Dartmouth accepted 566 applicants (including 21 matched through QuestBridge) to the Class of 2025 under early decision.  

Early decision applicants totaled 2,664, up 29 percent year over year, resulting in an acceptance rate of 21 percent.

Dartmouth anticipates these early admits will account for 49 percent of this year's targeted class of 1,150.    

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Yale announced today that it admitted 837 applicants to the Class of 2025 under Single Choice Early Action.

A record 7,939 applications were received, up 38 percent year over year, resulting in an early admission rate of 10.5 percent.  50 percent of applicants were deferred, 38 percent were denied, and 1 percent were withdrawn or incomplete.

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