When will Ivy Day fall this admissions cycle? Ivy Day, the day (or, depending on the year, the days) on which the eight Ivy League schools release not their Early Action/Early Decision notifications but their Regular Decision notifications to applicants, typically falls on the last day of March or the first day of April.

Some years, all eight Ivies release their Regular Decision notifications on the same day in one fell swoop, while in other years, the decisions come out over a couple of days. In either case, Ivy Coach’s students, for one, don’t tend to worry about Ivy Day, as our Ivy League-bound high schoolers by that point have already applied Early to their top school of choice. And why? Because Early Decision/Early Action applicants have an indisputable advantage over Regular Decision applicants in the college admissions process. And no, this advantage cannot simply be chalked up to legacy status or athletic recruits (but more on that here).

Nonetheless, the day Ivy League schools release Regular Decision notifications significantly impacts the vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of applicants these schools collectively receive each year. So, when will the eight Ivy League schools release Regular Decision notifications to the Class of 2030?

When Do Ivy League Decisions Come Out?

Below is a breakdown of when each of the eight Ivy League schools intends to release Regular Decision notifications to applicants to the Class of 2030 in their own verbiage:

Ivy League School	2026 Regular Decision Notification Date
Brown University	By Early April 2026
Columbia University	Late March 2026
Cornell University	Late March 2026
Dartmouth College	Late March or Early April 2026
Harvard University	Late March 2026
Princeton University	Late March 2026
University of Pennsylvania	April 2026
Yale University	March 26, 2026 at 7 PM ET

Ivy Day Is Essentially A Misnomer

So, while there have been years in which all eight Ivy League schools have released Regular Decision notifications on the same day, in our experience at Ivy Coach, it’s more common for the Ivies to release decisions over a couple of days — in late March and on the first day of April. Thus, the term Ivy Day is a bit of a misnomer — it should really be Ivy Days. And as is often the case with the things we most look forward to, students awaiting their decisions will probably get them when they least expect it. After all, there’s no contractual obligation for these schools to release decisions on the exact dates they anticipate. In fact, most of the Ivies keep the range of dates for posting decisions rather vague to avoid stirring up too much anticipation for a single day.

So, should families hunker down and focus on the timeframe that their school of choice lays out for when decisions will be made? No way! Instead, students and families alike should, once the application process is said and done, go about their lives and try to shake out the stress of the past few months. There’s nothing you can do now to sway the fate of your application (aside from maintaining great grades and staying out of trouble), so you might as well relax and enjoy senior spring. And in the meantime, if you’re reading this before having submitted your Ivy League applications, why not enlist the help of experts to optimize your odds of admission?

Ivy Coach’s Assistance With Ivy League Admission

If you’re looking to set your child up for success in the Ivy League admissions process, you’ve come to the right place. Ivy Coach’s team of former elite college admissions officers (including former admissions officers from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Penn) is well-versed not only in assisting families with elite college admission but also in helping them navigate the stress that is bound to come about with this time of year. If you’re interested in enlisting our services, fill out our complimentary consultation form, and we’ll be in touch with an outline of our services.