When will the school you applied to in the Early Action/Early Decision round notify you of their decision? Early Action and Early Decision notification dates are fast approaching, marking the first time some members of the Class of 2031 will see how they fared in the admissions cycle this year.

But there’s no need to refresh your inbox constantly. We’ll tell you when you can expect the school you applied to Early to post their decision in your portal, though these dates are subject to change as we move closer to the looming deadlines.

2026-2027 Early Action and Early Decision Notification Dates

Below is a breakdown of when America’s highly selective universities intend to release Regular Decision notifications to applicants to the Class of 2031 in their own verbiage:

College / University	2026-2027 Early Action/Early Decision Notification Date
American University	ED I: December 31st EA: Mid-January ED II: Mid-February
Amherst College	ED: Mid-December
Babson College	ED I: Mid-December EA: Mid-January ED II: Mid-February
Barnard College	ED: Mid-December
Bates College	ED I: December 20th ED II: February 15th
Boston College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Boston University	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 9th
Bowdoin College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Early February
Brown University	ED: Mid-December
Bryn Mawr College	ED I: Late December ED II: Mid-February
Bucknell University	ED I: Early December ED II: Late February
California Institute of Technology	EA: Mid-December
Carleton College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Carnegie Mellon University	ED I: December 15th
Case Western Reserve University	ED I: December 6th EA: December 20th ED II: February 7th
Claremont McKenna College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Colby College	ED I: On or Before December 15th ED II: On or Before February 15th
Colgate University	ED I: December 12th ED II: February 13th
College of William & Mary	ED I: Early December ED II: Early February
Colorado College	ED I: December 11th EA: January 8th ED II: February 12th
Columbia University	ED: Mid-December
Connecticut College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Cornell University	ED: Mid-December
Dartmouth College	ED: Mid-December
Davidson College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 1st
Duke University	ED: Mid-December
Emerson College	ED I: Mid-December EA: Mid-December ED II: Early February
Emory University	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Fordham University	ED I: December 20th EA: December 20th ED II: February 15th
George Washington University	ED I: Late December ED II: Late February
Georgetown University	EA: December 15th
Georgia Institute of Technology	EA I: Early December EA II: Late January
Grinnell College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Early February
Hamilton College	ED I: December 19th ED II: February 15th
Harvard University	EA: Mid-December
Harvey Mudd College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Haverford College	ED I: December 15th ED II: Early February
Indiana University	EA: On or Before January 15th
Johns Hopkins University	ED I: December 12th ED II: February 13th
Lafayette College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Lehigh University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Loyola Marymount University	ED I: Mid-December EA: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Middlebury College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	EA: Mid-December
New York University	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Northeastern University	ED I: January 1st EA: February 15th ED II: March 1st
Northwestern University	ED: December
Oberlin College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 1st
Occidental College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Pepperdine University	EA: January 10th ED: January 10th
Pomona College	ED I: December 15th ED II: February 15th
Princeton University	EA: Mid-December
Purdue University	EA: January 15th
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	ED I: December 12th ED II: January 16th EA: January 30th
Rice University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Late January
Sarah Lawrence College	ED I: Late December EA: Late December ED II: Early February
Smith College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Late January
Stanford University	EA: Mid-December
Swarthmore College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Syracuse University	ED I: Late December ED II: Mid-January
Tufts University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Tulane University	ED I: December 15th EA: January 10th ED II: February 15th
University of Chicago	ED I: Mid-December EA: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
University of Colorado – Boulder	EA: February 1st
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	EA: January 30th
University of Maryland	EA: February 1st
University of Massachusetts Amherst	EA: Late January
University of Miami	ED I: December 15th EA: Late January ED II: Late February
University of Michigan	ED: December 24th EA: January 30th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	EA: December 20th (NC Residents) EA: February 10th (non-NC Residents)
University of Notre Dame	EA: Mid-December
University of Pennsylvania	ED: December
University of Richmond	ED I: December 12th EA: February 15th ED II: February 13th
University of Rochester	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Early February
University of Southern California	EA: Late January ED: Mid-December
University of Texas at Austin	EA: January 15th
University of Virginia	ED I: December 15th EA: February 15th
University of Wisconsin	EA: On or Before January 31st
Vanderbilt University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Villanova University	ED I: December 1st EA: January 20th ED II: February 15th
Virginia Polytechnic Institute	EA: Late February
Wake Forest University	ED I: Rolling EA: January 15th ED II: February 15th
Washington & Lee University	ED I: December 20th ED II: February 1st
Washington University in St. Louis	ED I: December 11th EA: December 23rd ED II: February 12th
Wellesley College	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Wesleyan University	ED I: Mid-December ED II: Mid-February
Williams College	ED: December 15th
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	ED I: Mid-December EA I: Late January ED II: Mid-February EA II: Late February
Yale University	EA: Mid-December

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