Here's our latest list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2029.

This list currently includes results from Bennington, Boston College, Bowdoin, Brown, Duke, Emory, Fairfield, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Grinnell, MIT, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Santa Clara University, Tulane, University of Central Florida, University of Georgia, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Williams College, and Yale.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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Georgia Tech announced today that it admitted 2650 early action applicants (in-state only) to the Class of 2029.

Over 8100 early action applications were received this cycle, resulting in an overall admission rate of 33 percent.

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The University of Georgia announced today that it admitted 9,500+ early action applicants to the Class of 2029.

Over 30,490 early action applications were received this cycle, resulting in an overall admission rate of 31 percent (42 percent in-state, 24 percent out-of-state).

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The University of Georgia offered approximately 5,350 in-state early action applicants to the Class of 2029.

A total of 12,860+ in-state applications were received, up 13 percent from the previous year, resulting in an in-state admit rate of 42 percent.  

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Looking for a way to enhance admission odds without obligating yourself to attend?  Here's a list of colleges with early action admission rates that are at least 50% higher than their regular decision admission rates.  

Unlike Early Decision, Early Action is non-binding, so it nearly always works to your advantage.  And as the list shows, this advantage can be meaningful if you're a competitive applicant...all for simply applying 45-60 days earlier than normal.  

With most early action deadlines occurring in early November, the time is now to take a closer look. 

Most schools have completed their updates for the 2024-25 admission cycle (Class of 2029), and several of the changes we've observed are worth noting. 

Over 20 schools have modified early admission options available to applicants this fall.  Notable changes include American University (new EA1), Carnegie Mellon (ED2 removed), RIT (new EA1), UConn (new ED1), University of Florida (new EA1), UT Austin (new EA1), and University of Vermont (new ED2).

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 run College Kickstart to see how it impacts your plan.

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Here's our initial list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2028.

This list includes results from American University, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bucknell, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Fairfield, Florida State University (in-state), Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern (Boston Campus), Notre Dame, Rice, Santa Clara University, the University of Georgia, the University of Southern California, the University of Tennessee, the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Williams College, and Yale.  

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2028.  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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 661 early action applicants to the Class of 2028.  

A total of 12,563 applications were submitted this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 5.3 percent.  

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