10 February 2022
Class of 2026 Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates
Update #68 (2/10)
Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2026. 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!
Class of 2026 Early Notification Dates
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| Institution | Notification Date (Current Year) | Comments | Notification Date (Last Year) |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University | 12/16 4pm ET (ED1), 2/11 4pm ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/17 4pm ET |
| Amherst College | 12/10 6:21pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/11 6:21pm ET |
| Babson College | 12/15 4pm ET (ED1), 1/1 (EA), 2/4 (ED2) | Official (updated) | week of 12/14 |
| Barnard College | 12/14 ~6:30pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/14 |
| Bates College | 12/11 (ED1), by 2/15 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/12 12pm ET (ED1), 2/6 by 12pm ET (ED2) |
| Beloit College | 12/1 (ED1), 12/2 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/1 (ED1), 12/1 (EA1) |
| Boston College | 12/2 evening ET (ED1), 2/3 evening ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/3 evening ET (ED1), 2/4 evening ET (ED2) |
| Boston University | 12/14 (ED1), 2/8 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/14 (ED1), 2/8 (ED2) |
| Bowdoin College | 12/10 7pm ET (ED1), 2/4 7pm ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/11 7pm ET |
| Brandeis University | 12/9 (ED1) 1/27 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/10 evening ET |
| Brown University | 12/16 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/17 2pm ET |
| Bryn Mawr College | 12/15 | Official (updated) | 12/17 (ED1), 2/1 (ED2) |
| Bucknell University | 12/15 after 9pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/16 9pm ET |
| California Institute of Technology | 12/18 | Official (updated) | 12/12 |
| Carleton College | 12/9 | Official (updated) | 12/10 8pm CT |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 12/11 | Official (updated) | 12/12 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 12/11 beginning 12pm ET (ED1), 12/21 (EA) | Official (updated) | 12/5 (ED1), 12/22 (EA1) |
| Chapman University | 12/15 afternoon PT (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/16 (ED1), 12/16 (EA1) |
| Claremont McKenna College | 12/15 | Official (updated) | 12/15 |
| Clark University | 12/17 (ED1), 1/20 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/20 (ED1), 1/20 (EA1) |
| Colby College | 12/15 | Official (updated) | 12/11 |
| Colgate University | 12/13 7:13pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/10 7:13pm ET |
| College of the Holy Cross | 12/15 | Official (updated) | 12/15 |
| College of William and Mary | 12/8 after 5pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/7 after 5pm ET |
| Colorado College | 12/15 4pm MT (ED1), 12/20 4pm MT (EA) | Official (updated) | 12/11 (ED1), 12/16 (EA) |
| Columbia University | 12/14 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/15 after 7pm ET |
| Connecticut College | 12/10 7pm ET (ED1), 2/11 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/11 evening ET (ED1), 2/12 evening ET (ED2) |
| Cornell University | 12/13 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/17 7pm ET |
| Dartmouth College | 12/10 5pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/16 |
| Davidson College | 12/14 9pm ET (ED1), 1/29 10am ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/15 9pm ET (ED1), 1/30 (ED2) |
| Dickinson College | 12/16 (ED2), mid-Feb (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/10 3pm ET |
| Drexel University | 12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1) |
| Duke University | 12/16 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/18 7pm ET |
| Elon University | 12/1 (ED1), 12/16 eve ET (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/1 (ED1), 12/20 (EA1) |
| Emerson College | 12/14 (ED1), 12/14 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1) |
| Emory University (Emory) | 12/15 6pm ET (ED1), 2/2 6pm ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/9 6pm ET (ED1), 2/3 6pm ET (ED2) |
| Emory University (Oxford) | 12/15 6pm ET (ED1), 2/2 6pm ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/9 6pm ET (ED1), 2/3 6pm ET (ED2) |
| Fordham University | 12/15 afternoon ET (ED1), 12/15 afternoon ET (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/15 afternoon ET (ED1), 12/15 afternoon ET (EA1) |
| Franklin and Marshall | 12/15 | Official | 12/15 |
| George Mason University | 12/10 | Official (updated) | 12/11 |
| George Washington University | 12/16 eve ET | Official (updated) | 12/17 |
| Georgetown University | 12/15 | Official | 12/15 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 12/11 noon ET (EA1), 1/29 (EA2) | Official (updated) | 12/4 5pm ET (EA1), 1/29 (EA2) |
| Grinnell College | 12/3 | Official (updated) | 12/4 |
| Hamilton College | 12/15 evening ET (ED1), 2/4 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/15 evening ET (ED1), 2/5 evening ET (ED2) |
| Harvard University | 12/16 after 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/17 7pm ET |
| Harvey Mudd College | 12/13 6pm PT | Official (updated) | 12/11 6pm PT |
| Haverford College | 12/10 | Official (updated) | 12/11 7pm ET |
| Johns Hopkins University | 12/10 (ED1), 2/11 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/11 |
| Kenyon College | 12/10 (ED1), early Feb (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/11 (ED1), 2/8 (ED2) |
| Lafayette College | 12/15 4pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/14 |
| Lehigh University | 12/15 | Official (updated) | 12/10 |
| Loyola Marymount University | 11/24 (ED1), 12/17 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 11/25 (ED1), 1/8 (EA) |
| Macalester College | 12/5 (ED1), 12/19 (EA1), 1/31 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/6 (ED1), 2/1 (ED2) |
| Marquette University | 12/21 | Official (updated) | |
| Middlebury College | 12/11 | Official (updated) | 12/12 after 8am ET |
| Miami University - Oxford | 12/1 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/1 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1) |
| MIT | 12/18 3:14pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/19 3:14pm ET |
| Mount Holyoke College | 12/15 (ED1), 1/25 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/16 |
| New York University | 12/15 ~4pm ET (ED1), 2/15 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/15 4pm ET (ED1), 2/16 (ED2) |
| North Carolina State | 1/28 (EA) | Official (updated) | 1/30 |
| Northeastern University | 12/8 (ED1), 1/26 (EA1), 2/2 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/9 (ED1), 1/27 (EA1), 2/3 (ED2) |
| Northwestern University | 12/17 | Official (updated) | 12/18 3pm CT |
| Oberlin College | 12/15 after 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/12 afternoon ET |
| Occidental College | 12/11 | Official (updated) | 12/11 |
| Pepperdine University | 12/17 | Official (updated) | 1/10 |
| Pitzer College | 12/10 | Official (updated) | 12/11 |
| Pomona College | 12/15 (ED1), 2/11 5pm PT (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/15 5pm PT |
| Princeton University | 12/16 7pm ET | Official (updated) | |
| Providence College | 12/1 (ED1), late Dec (EA1) | Official | 12/1 (ED1), 12/18 7pm ET (EA1) |
| Purdue University | begins 1/14 5pm ET | Official (updated) | 1/15 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 12/11 (ED1), 1/29 (EA1) | Official | 12/12 7pm ET (ED1), 1/30 (EA1) |
| Rice University | 12/9 after 5pm CT | Official (updated) | 12/10 after 5pm CT |
| Saint Michaels College | 12/5 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/7 |
| Santa Clara University | 12/15 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/15 (ED1, EA) |
| Sarah Lawrence College | late Dec (ED1), late Dec (EA1) | Official | 12/12 |
| Scripps College | 12/16 | Official (updated) | 12/15 |
| Sewanee: The University of the South | 12/10 eve CT (ED1), 1/21 7pm CT (EA1), 1/27 7pm CT (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/11 evening CT (ED), 1/20 7pm CT (EA) |
| Skidmore College | 12/9 | Official (updated) | 12/16 |
| Smith College | mid-Dec (ED1), 2/3 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/16 (ED1), 1/29 (ED2) |
| Southern Methodist University | 12/6 (ED1), 12/17 7pm CT (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/18 |
| Stanford University | 12/15 4pm PT | Official (updated) | 12/11 4pm PT |
| Swarthmore College | 12/14 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/15 7pm ET |
| Syracuse University | 12/17 | Official (updated) | 12/15 |
| Texas Christian University | 12/3 (ED1), 1/1 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/4 (ED1), 12/11 (EA1) |
| Trinity College | 12/13 evening ET | Official (updated) | 12/10 evening ET |
| Tufts University | 12/14 7pm ET (ED1), 2/3 7pm ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/15 7pm ET |
| Tulane University | 11/22 4pm CT (ED1), 12/20 4pm CT (EA1), 1/27 4pm CT (ED2) | Official (updated) | 11/18 3:30pm CT (ED), 12/17 3:30pm CT (EA), 1/19 3:30pm CT (ED2) |
| Union College | 12/7 (ED1), 12/18 (EA1) | Official | 12/1 (ED1), 12/16 7pm ET (EA1) |
| University of Chicago | 12/17 (ED1), 12/17 (EA1), 2/11 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/21 afternoon CT (ED1), 2/12 (ED2) |
| University of Denver | 12/14 evening MT (ED1), 1/15 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/15 (ED1), 1/15 (EA1) |
| University of Georgia | 11/19 late afternoon ET | Official (updated) | 11/20 |
| University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign | mid-Feb | Official | mid-February |
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst | began 12/7 (additional waves through January) | Official (updated) | 12/10 (first batch) |
| University of Miami | 12/13 (ED1), 2/7 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/31 (ED1), 2/7 (EA1) |
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | late Jan | Official | late January |
| University of Notre Dame | 12/16 6:42pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/16 6:42pm ET |
| University of Pennsylvania | 12/16 7pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/16 7pm ET |
| University of Richmond | 12/10 7pm ET (ED1), 1/25 (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/11 (ED1), 1/25 (EA1) |
| University of Vermont | 12/16 5pm ET | Official (updated) | 12/17 5pm ET |
| University of Virginia | 12/10 eve ET (ED1), 2/4 evening ET (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/11 evening ET (ED), mid-February (EA) |
| Vanderbilt University | 12/15 | Official (updated) | 12/15 after 5pm CT |
| Vassar College | 12/10 | Official (updated) | 12/8 close of business ET |
| Villanova University | 12/15 by 5pm ET (ED1), 1/15 (EA1), by 3/1 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/15 after 5pm ET, 1/15 (EA), 3/1 4:30pm ET (EDII) |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute | 12/10 5pm ET (ED1), late Feb (EA1) | Official (updated) | 12/11 (ED1), 2/28 (EA1) |
| Washington and Lee University | 12/15 8pm ET (ED1) | Official (updated) | 12/16 8pm ET |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 12/9 5pm CT (ED1), 2/10 afternoon CT (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/14 |
| Wellesley College | 12/11 10am ET (ED1), mid-Feb (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/12 |
| Wesleyan University | 12/11 (ED1), 2/12 afternoon ET (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/12 |
| Whitman College | 12/10 (ED1), late Jan (ED2) | Official (updated) | mid-December |
| Willamette University | 12/30 (ED1), 12/30 (EA1) | Official | 12/11 (ED1), 12/11 (EA1) |
| Williams College | 12/10 evening ET | Official | 12/11 evening ET |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 12/15 5pm ET (ED1), 12/15 5pm ET (EA1), 2/15 (ED2) | Official (updated) | 12/14 5pm ET (ED1)(EA1) |
| Yale University | 12/15 evening ET | Official (updated) | 12/16 5pm ET |
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