Brown accepted 879 applicants to the Class of 2027 under early decision.  

Early decision applications totaled 6,770 this year, up 10 percent and resulting in an early admission rate of 13 percent.

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Duke announced today that it admitted 800 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2027.

A total of 4,855 applications were received, resulting in an early decision rate of 17 percent. 

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Dartmouth accepted 578 applicants to the Class of 2027 under early decision.  

Early decision applicants totaled 3,009, up 14 percent year over year, resulting in an acceptance rate of 19 percent.   

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Emory University admitted 903 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2027. 722 were admitted to Emory College, 353 to Oxford College and 233 to both.

A total of 2,414 early decision 1 applications were received for admittance to Emory College, Oxford College at Emory or both.  

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Washington University in St. Louis announced it admitted 700 early decision 1 applicants to the Class of 2027.

About 2,000 early decision 1 applications were received, up 12 percent from the previous year, resulting in an acceptance rate of approximately 35 percent.  

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 1,040 early decision applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 4,243 early decision applications were received, up 22 percent year over year, resulting in an overall early admission rate of 25 percent.  The resident admit rate was 31 percent versus 17 percent for non-residents. 

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Most schools have completed their updates for the 2022-23 admission cycle (Class of 2027), and several of the changes we've observed are worth noting. 

Roughly 30 schools have modified early admission options available to applicants this fall.  Notable changes include the switch from early action to restrictive early action at Caltech and the addition of early action at USC, Clemson and Florida State.

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 2026.

This list includes results from Barnard, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Oxford at Emory, Tulane, University of Georgia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Williams  and Yale.  

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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.

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The University of Pennsylvania admitted 1,218 early decision applicants to the Class of 2026.  

Early decision applications totaled 7,795,  resulting in an admission rate of 16 percent.

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Brown accepted 896 applicants to the Class of 2026 under early decision.  

Early decision applications totaled 6,146 this year, up 11 percent and resulting in an early admission rate of 15 percent.

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Emory University admitted 804 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2026. 673 were admitted solely to Emory College, 325 solely to Oxford College and 194 to both.

A total of 2,205 early decision 1 applications were received for admittance to Emory College, Oxford College at Emory or both.  

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Duke announced today that it admitted 855 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2026.

A total of 4,015 applications were received, resulting in an early decision rate of 21 percent. 

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 24.1 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2026.

Around 650 students were admitted from a pool of 2,700 early decision applications.

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Barnard announced today that it admitted 29 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2026.  

A total of 1,501 early decision applications were received, up 17 percent year over year.  Early decision admits are expected to represent 62 percent of the incoming class size of 700.

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