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24 March 2022

Class of 2026 Regular Decision Notification Dates

Posted in Class of 2026

UPDATE #47 (3/24)

student-questionsHere's our updated list of regular decision 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, along with the notification dates from last year.  Bookmark this site, as we'll post updates often.

Good luck, seniors!

 


Class of 2026 Regular Notification Dates

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Institution Official Notification Date (2022) Updated Notification Date (2022) Actual Notification Date (2021)
American University by 4/1 3/16 4pm ET 3/17 3pm ET
Amherst College around 3/20 3/18 6:21pm ET 3/29 6:21pm ET
Babson College mid-March 3/18 3/19 afternoon ET
Bard College end of March 3/23 3/16
Barnard College late March 3/30 around 7pm ET 3/31 7pm ET
Bates College by 4/1 3/12 3/13 by 12pm ET
Boston College by 4/1 3/24 5pm ET 3/25 after 6pm ET
Boston University late March to early April 3/26 3/27
Bowdoin College mid-March 3/18 7pm ET 3/19 7pm ET
Brandeis University 4/1 3/24 evening ET 3/18 evening ET
Brigham Young University - Provo 2/21    
Brown University end of March 3/31 7pm ET 4/6 7pm ET
Bryn Mawr College by 4/1   3/22 4pm ET
Bucknell University by 4/1 3/16 9pm ET 3/17 9pm ET
California Institute of Technology mid-March 3/12 6:24am PT 3/6
Carleton College by 4/1 3/18 8pm CT 3/18 8pm CT
Carnegie Mellon University by 4/1 3/26 after 9am ET 3/27 after 9am ET
Case Western Reserve University 3/19    
Chapman University mid-March 3/9 3/10
Claremont McKenna College by 4/1 3/24 5pm PT 3/25 after 5pm PT
Clark University late March 3/16 afternoon ET 3/20
Colby College by 4/1 3/18 3/19 5pm ET
Colgate University by 4/1 3/23 8:13pm ET 3/24 8:13pm ET
College of the Holy Cross mid-March 3/19 3/20
College of William and Mary by 4/1   3/30
Colorado College mid-March 3/14 4pm MT 3/16 4pm MT
Columbia University early April 3/31 after 7pm ET 4/6 7pm ET
Connecticut College late March 3/19 3/20 10am ET
Cornell University early April 3/31 7pm ET 4/6 7pm ET
Dartmouth College early April   4/6 7pm ET
Davidson College by 4/1 3/26 10am ET 3/27 10am ET
Denison University mid-March 3/10 6:31pm ET 3/5
Dickinson College late March 3/10 3/15 3pm ET
Drexel University by 4/1 3/17 3/19
Duke University late March/early April   4/5 7pm ET
Emerson College 4/1 3/15 3/16
Emory University (Emory) by 4/1   3/24 6pm ET
Emory University (Oxford) by 4/1   3/24 6pm ET
Fordham University by 4/1 3/15 afternoon ET 3/15
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering late March   3/26
Franklin and Marshall by 4/1 3/9 3/16 7pm ET
George Washington University early April 3/28 evening ET 3/26
Georgetown University 4/1   3/26
Georgia Institute of Technology mid-March 3/5 12pm ET (GA), 3/25 7pm ET (non-GA) 3/13 12pm ET
Gettysburg College late March 3/14 5pm ET 3/16 5pm ET
Grinnell College late March/early April 3/11 3/12 4pm CT
Hamilton College late March 3/25 8pm ET 3/18 8pm ET
Harvard University late March   4/6 7pm ET
Harvey Mudd College 4/1 3/17 6pm PT 3/18 6pm PT
Haverford College early April 3/18 7pm ET 3/19 7pm ET
James Madison University mid-late March 3/9 3/11
Johns Hopkins University by 4/1 3/18 3pm ET 3/19 3pm ET
Kenyon College mid-March 3/21 3/17
Lafayette College mid-late March 3/24 4pm ET mailed 3/19, online 3/24 4pm ET
Lehigh University late March 3/24 3/25
Loyola Marymount University early April 3/4 3/9
Macalester College 3/27 3/14 3/21
Middlebury College late March 3/26 8am ET 3/27
Miami University - Oxford 3/15   3/22
MIT mid-March 3/14 6:20pm ET 3/14 6:28pm ET
Mount Holyoke College late March 3/22 7pm ET 3/23 evening ET
Muhlenberg College mid-March 3/9 4pm ET 3/10 4pm ET
New York University 4/1   3/31
North Carolina State 3/30   3/26
Northeastern University by 4/1 3/16 evening ET 3/17
Northwestern University late March 3/25 3/26
Oberlin College 4/1 3/19 3/20
Occidental College 4/1 3/24 5pm PT 3/25 5pm PT
Ohio State University - Columbus   3/18  
Pepperdine University 4/1 3/18  
Pitzer College by 4/1 3/18 4pm PT 3/19 4pm PT
Pomona College by 4/1 3/18 5pm PT 3/25 5pm PT
Princeton University April   4/6 7pm ET
Providence College by 4/1 3/14 evening ET 3/15
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3/12   3/6 evening ET
Rice University by 4/1 3/24 5pm CT 3/30 5pm CT
Saint Michaels College by 4/1 2/27  
Santa Clara University late March 3/16 by 3/18
Sarah Lawrence College late March/early April   3/17
Scripps College by 4/1 3/19 3/22
Sewanee: The University of the South early March 3/2 6pm CT 3/3 7pm CT
Skidmore College mid-March 3/16 3/15
Smith College late March   3/26
Southern Methodist University mid-March 3/14 evening CT  
Stanford University by 4/1   4/9
Swarthmore College mid-March 3/18 7pm ET 3/19 7pm ET
Syracuse University late March 3/18 3/19
Texas Christian University   3/16  
Trinity College late March 3/14 evening ET 3/11 evening ET
Tufts University by 4/1 3/29 7pm PT 3/30 7pm ET
Tulane University by 4/1   3/31 3pm CT
Union College 3/19   3/20
University of California - Berkeley end of March 3/24 3/25
University of California - Davis mid-March 3/11 mid-late March
University of California - Irvine by 3/31 3/18 3/12
University of California - Los Angeles late March 3/18 3/19
University of California - Merced begins 3/1   3/18 4pm PT
University of California - Riverside begins 3/1    
University of California - San Diego by 3/31 3/18 3/19
University of California - Santa Barbara mid-March 3/22 3pm PT 3/16
University of California - Santa Cruz 3/15-3/31    
University of Chicago late March 3/11 4pm CT 3/12 late afternoon CT
University of Connecticut - Storrs begins 3/1 2/25 1pm ET  
University of Florida late February 2/25 6pm ET 2/26 6pm ET
University of Georgia mid-March 3/18 late afternoon ET 3/19
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign by 3/1 2/25 4pm CT 2/19
University of Maryland - College Park by 4/1   3/31
University of Massachusetts - Amherst first week of March to mid-April begins 2/9 mid-February to early March
University of Miami 4/1   3/26
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor early April    
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill by 3/31   3/26
University of Notre Dame late March 3/17 6:42pm ET 3/26 6:42pm ET
University of Pennsylvania April   4/6 7pm ET
University of Richmond 4/1 3/18 7pm ET 3/12
University of Rochester 4/1 3/18 3/23 evening ET
University of Southern California by 4/1 3/25 3/30
University of Texas - Austin by 3/1    
University of Vermont early March 3/4 5pm ET  
University of Virginia by 4/1 3/18 eve ET 3/25 evening ET
University of Wisconsin - Madison by 3/31    
Vanderbilt University late March   3/29 after 5pm CT
Vassar College late March   3/31 close of business ET
Villanova University by 4/1 3/18 evening ET 3/25 after 4pm ET
Virginia Polytechnic Institute early March 3/4 5pm ET 3/5
Wake Forest University by 4/1   3/26
Washington and Lee University 4/1 3/25 8pm ET 3/31 8pm ET
Washington University in St. Louis 4/1 3/24 afternoon CT 3/24 afternoon CT
Wellesley College late March 3/19 10am ET 3/20
Wesleyan University late March 3/26 3/27
Wheaton College - MA by 3/31    
Whitman College early March 3/3 3pm PT 2/25 3pm PT
Williams College early April 3/18 evening ET 3/25 pm ET
Worcester Polytechnic Institute by 4/1 3/23 5pm ET 3/29 5pm ET
Yale University by 4/1   4/6 7pm ET

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