Many of our students have applied ED or EA (including SCEA and REA) to universities.
While competition is fierce this application season, our students are confident that with our guidance they have definitely put their best foot forward.
This cohort was an ambitious one - most students applied to 12 universities and all applied to Top 100 US universities, as well as Top 100 World Universities.
Still, the Common App preliminary findings for Nov.1 deadlines is that growth in the number of international applicants (applicants who report citizenship for a country outside the U.S.) continues to far outpace growth in domestic applicants at 87% since 2019–20 (versus 38%).
In total, through Nov. 1, 836,679 distinct first-year applicants planning to enroll in the 2024–25 academic year had applied to 834 returning members (an increase of 41% from 592,390 in 2019–20, pre-pandemic).
Below you will find release dates for decisions on early applications.
What can you do while you wait?
1- continue doing well in school;
2- continue demonstrating interest to the colleges and universities that track demonstrated interest;
3- check your university portals frequently;
4- continue writing your supplemental essays and preparing additional applications to schools that were in your college list, in case you still have work to do;
4- breathe! You have done your part, and all of the universities on your college list are institutions where you will thrive.
Again, congratulations on your hard work!
American University - ED I: by December 31 ED II: by February 15
Amherst College - ED: early to mid-December
Babson College - ED I: by mid-December EA: by January 1 ED II: by mid-February
Bard College - ED I: by December 31 EA: by December 31 ED II: by January 31
Barnard College - ED: mid-December
Bates College - ED I: by December ED II: by February 15
Baylor University - ED: by December 15 EA: by January 15
Boston College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
Boston University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Bowdoin College - ED I: mid-December ED II: early February
Brandeis University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 1, 2024
Brown University - ED: December 15
Bryn Mawr College - ED I: late December ED II: mid-February
Bucknell University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Caltech - REA: mid-December
Carleton College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
Carnegie Mellon University - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 1
Case Western Reserve University - ED I: on or about December 2 EA: on or about December 19 ED II: on or about February 10
Chapman University - ED: mid-December EA: mid-December, Rolling through mid-March
Claremont McKenna College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
Clemson University EA: mid-December
Colgate University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
College of Charleston ED I: around December 1 EA (out-of-state): around December 15 ED II: around March 1
College of the Holy Cross
ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: by February 15
Colorado College ED I: mid-December EA: late December ED II: mid-February
Columbia University ED: mid-December
Connecticut College ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Cornell University - ED: mid-December
Dartmouth College - ED: by mid-December
Davidson College - ED I: by December 16 ED II: by January 31
Denison University - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
DePaul University - EA: By December 15
Drexel University - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December
Duke University - ED: mid-December
Elon University - ED I: December 1, 2023 EA: December 20, 2023
Emerson College - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-January ED II: early February
Emory University - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
Fordham University - ED I: December 20, 2023 EA: December 20, 2023 ED II: February 15, 2024
Furman University - ED I: by December 1 EA: by January 15 ED II: by February 1
George Washington University - ED I: by late December ED II: by late February
Georgetown University - EA: by December 15
Georgia Institute of Technology - EA I: December 8, 2023 EA II: TBA
Grinnell College - ED I: mid- to late-December ED II: early February
Hamilton College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
Harvard University - REA: mid-December
Harvey Mudd College - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 15, 2024
Haverford College - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: early February
Indiana University - EA: by January 15
Johns Hopkins University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 16, 2024
Lafayette College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Lehigh University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Lewis & Clark College - ED: by December 15 EA: by January 15
Loyola Marymount University - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Macalester College - ED I: December 3, 2023 EA: December 20, 2023 ED II: January 28, 2024
Marquette University - EA: by December 15
Middlebury College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
MIT - EA: mid-December
New York University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 15, 2024
Northeastern University - ED I: by January 1 EA: by February 15 ED II: by March 1
Northwestern University - ED: December
Occidental College - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 20, 2024
Ohio State University - EA: by January 31
Penn State University - EA: by December 24
Pepperdine University - EA: January 10, 2024
Pomona College - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 15
Princeton University - SCEA: mid-December
Purdue University - EA: January 15, 2024
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - ED I: December 9, 2023 ED II: January 13, 2024 EA: January 27, 2024
Rice University - ED I: mid-December
Santa Clara University - ED I: late December EA: late December ED II: mid-February
Seattle University - EA: mid-December
Sewanee: The University of the South - ED I: early December EA: late January ED II: late January
Skidmore College - ED I: mid-December ED II: by mid-February
Smith College - ED I: mid-December ED II: late January
Southern Methodist University - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December ED II: mid-March
Stanford University - REA: by mid-December
Swarthmore College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Syracuse University - ED I: late December rolling through January ED II: late January rolling through February
Texas A&M University - EA Engineering: mid-December
Texas Christian University - EA: by January 1 ED I: by January 1 ED II: by March 3
The New School
Parsons EA: late December – early January Eugene Lang EA: late December – early January
Tufts University - ED I: by mid-December ED II: by mid-February
Tulane University - ED I: by December 15 EA: by January 10 ED II: by February 15
University of Chicago - ED I: mid-December EA: mid-December ED II: mid-February
University of Colorado – Boulder - EA: by February 1
University of Denver - ED I: early December EA: late December – late January ED II: mid-February
University of Georgia - EA: generally by December 1
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign - EA: January 26, 2024
University of Maryland - EA: by February 1
University of Massachusetts Amherst - EA: January 24, 2024
University of Miami - ED I: by Mid-December EA: by the end of January ED II: by late February
University of Michigan - EA: by late January
University of Minnesota - EA I: By January 31 EA II: by February 15
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill - EA: January 31, 2024
University of Notre Dame - REA: mid-December
University of Pennsylvania - ED: by mid-December
University of Richmond - ED I: around December 15 EA: around January 25 ED II: around February 15
University of Rochester - ED I: mid-December ED II: early February
University of Southern California - EA: mid- to late January
University of Texas at Austin - Priority: February 1, 2024
University of Vermont - ED: December 1, 2023 EA: late December
University of Virginia - ED: by December 15 EA: by February 15
University of Wisconsin - EA: on or before January 31
Vanderbilt University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Vassar College - ED I: mid-December ED II: early February
Villanova University - ED I: by December 15 EA: by January 20 ED II: by February 15
Virginia Tech - EA: TBD
Wake Forest University - ED I: Rolling EA: by January 15 ED II: around February 15
Washington & Lee University - ED I: December 15, 2023 ED II: February 1, 2024
Washington University in St. Louis - ED I: by December 15 ED II: by February 16
Wellesley College - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
Wesleyan University - ED I: mid-December ED II: mid-February
William & Mary - ED I: early December ED II: early February
Williams College - ED: by December 15
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - ED I: mid-December EA I: late January ED II: mid-February EA II: late February
Yale University - SCEA: mid-December