For many of you, your college applications are almost completed (and there is light at the end of the tunnel, we promise). The next big item coming up is early admissions decisions!

 

The college admissions landscape continues to surprise us this year. The new, digital SAT will be implemented in Spring 2024, and some schools, such as MIT, terminate their test-optional admissions policy. With USC offering its first Early Action admissions option and CalTech moving to a new Restricted Early Action plan, notification dates for early admissions results seem more important than ever!

 

Insights on Early Decision & Early Action

For 23 years, Insight Education is committed to helping high school students and families to navigate the college admissions process, and that includes understanding your concerns and providing a tailored strategy for you. Here are the top 3 common questions surrounding ED/EA, and you can always reach out to your Insight Counselor or contact us to find out more!

 

Q: What do I need to do between now and the decision time?

A: Check your portal regularly! Set up a weekly reminder and commit to checking your email and college portal. Some schools may require you to send in your progress report for the current school year.

 

Q: What does my result mean? Can I do anything if I am deferred?

A: To understand your result, check out our article “Accepted, Deferred, or Denied: Understand Early Admissions Results.” If you are deferred from your dream school, don’t worry! You’re not out of the race yet. The school wants to compare you to their regular applicant pool OR they simply need more details from you. To learn more about that, visit The Importance of Writing A Letter of Continued Interest  

 

Q: What do I do about ED II if my ED I decision won’t come back until January?

A: You can still apply to ED II. When ED I notifies your acceptance, you can withdraw your application from ED II school.

 

Q: What do I do if my current progress report is not as good?

A: If you are improving but your progress report doesn’t show it, ask your school counselor to make a note on your progress report before you send it to your ED school.

 

 

2022-2023 College Admissions Season –
Early Decision / Early Action Notification Date for Class of 2027

Here are early admissions decision notification dates for the upcoming Class of 2027. Please check back regularly for updated dates and times as we gather the most updated information – especially for those without specific dates and times or those labeled “TBD.”

Last Updated: January 9, 2023

School	Early Decision I Notification Date	Early Action Notification Date	Early Decision II Notification Date	Early Action II Notification Date
American University	December 16		February 15
Amherst College	December 9 @ 6:21pm ET
Babson College	December 14	December 16	Mid-February
Barnard College	December 14 @6:30pm ET
Bates College	December 20		February 15
Baylor University	December 5	January 15	March 1
Bentley University	Late December		Early February
Boston College	December 6		February 15
Boston University	December 13		February 15
Bowdoin College	December 9		Mid-February
Brandeis University	December 15		February 1
Brown University	December 20 @ 7pm ET
Bryn Mawr College	December 16 @ 5pm ET		ED2: TBA
Bucknell University	December 14		Mid-February
Cal Tech		December 10 @ 8:06am PT
Carleton College	December 15
Carnegie Mellon University	December 10 after 9 am ET		February 1
Case Western University	December 5	December 21	Beginning January 9
Chapman University	December 16	Late December, rolling through early February
Clark University	Late December	Mid-January	Early February
Claremont McKenna College	December 15		February 15
Clemson University		December 1
Colby University	On and before December 15		On and before February 15
Colgate University	Mid-December		Mid-February
Columbia University	December 15 @ 7pm ET
Cooper Union	Late December
Cornell University	December 15 @ 7pm ET
Dartmouth College	December 16 @ 3pm ET
Davidson College	December 15 @ 9pm ET		February 1
Drexel University	Mid-December	Mid-December
Duke University	December 17 @ 2pm ET
Elon University	December 1	December 20
Emerson College	Mid-December	Mid-December	Early February
Emory University	December 15 after 6pm ET		February 15
Fordham University	December 20	December 20
George Mason University		December 15
George Washington University	December 15		Late-February
Georgetown University		December 15
Georgia Tech		December 9 (for Georgia students)		Late January (for Non-Georgia students)
Hamilton College	December 15		February 15
Harvard University		REA: December 15 at 7pm ET
Harvey Mudd	December 15		February 15
Haverford College	December 10		Early February
Hofstra University		December 15		January 15
Indiana University Bloomington		January 15
Johns Hopkins University	December 16		February 17
Lafayette College	December 15 @ 4pm ET		February 15
Lehigh University	December 9		Mid-February
MIT		December 17 @ 12:17pm ET
Middlebury College	Mid-December		Mid-February
Mount Holyoke College	Late December		Late January
New York University (NYU)	December 15		February 15
Northeastern University	December 8	February 1	March 1
Northwestern University	December 16
Oberlin College	December 15		February 1
Occidental College	December 15		February 20
The Ohio State University		Late January
University of Oregon		November 8  (some Insight students already heard the great news)
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)		November 15 (some Insight students already heard the great news)
Pomona College	December 15 @ 5pm PT		February 15
Princeton University		Single Choice Early Action (SCEA) Decision Notification: December 15 at 7pm ET
Purdue University		January 15
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	December 10	January 28	January 14
Rice University	December 14 after 5pm CT
Rutgers University		January 31
Santa Clara University	Late December	Late December	Mid-February
Stanford University		REA: December 16 @ 4pm PT
Suffolk University		Late December
Swarthmore College	December 13 at 7pm ET
Syracuse University	Late December rolling through January
Temple University		November 18 (Some Insight students already heard the good news)	Mid-February
Trinity College	December 15		Mid-February
Tufts University	December 13 at 7pm ET		Mid-February
Tulane University	December 1 at 4pm CT	January 15	January 31
University of Chicago	December 21	December 21	Mid-February
University of Georgia		November 18 at 4pm ET
University of Illinois at Chicago		December 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)		January 27
University of Massachusettes		Late January
University of Miami	December 9	Late January	Late February
University of Michigan		Late January
University of Minnesota		November 7 (Including engineering. Some Insight students already heard the good news!)		February 15
University of North Carolina (UNC)		January 31
University of Notre Dame		Restrictive Early Action decisions released in December 16 @ 6:42pm ET
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)	December 15 @ 7pm ET
University of Richmond	December 9	January 25	February 15
University of Rochester	Mid-December		Early-February
University of San Francisco	Mid-December	Late January
University of South California (USC)		January 20
University of South Carolina		December 14
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)		February 1
University of Wisconsin-Madison		On or before January 31
University of Vermont	December 20	December 20
University of Virginia	December 13 at 5pm ET	February 15
Vanderbilt University	December 14 @ 5:30pm CT
Villanova University	December 14 @ 5pm ET	January 20	February 15
Virginia Tech	December 9 at 5pm ET	Late February
Washington & Lee University	December 16 @ 8pm ET		Late January
Washington University in St. Louis (Wustl)	December 13		February 17
Wellesley College	December 10		Mid-February
Wesleyan University	December 10		Mid-February
William & Mary	December 9		Early February
Williams College	December 9
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	December 13	January 15	February 15	March 1
Yale University		Single choice early action decisions will be available in December 15 after 5pm ET