Class of 2025 Early Decision & Early Action Notification Dates from Spark Admissions (2024)

If you’re one of the many high school seniors who submitted Early Decision I (ED) or Early Action (EA) applications to colleges this fall, first let us say: congratulations!

“When will I hear back?” is probably the number one question on your mind these days. You put a lot of hard work into your Early Decision I and Early Action applications, and now you’re just playing the waiting game. So, when can you expect to be notified of colleges’ decisions?

Notification of admissions decisions can be unpredictable even in a normal year, and with COVID-19 having altered the landscape, 2020 is even more chaotic than usual. Fortunately, Spark Admissions is here to keep track of all announced and intended notification dates. Below, you can find our most up-to-date intel about when you can expect to learn your schools’ decisions.

SCHOOLEXPECTED NOTIFICATION DATEAmerican UniversityBy December 31Amherst CollegeDecember 11Babson CollegeEDI: Mid-December; EA: January 1Bard CollegeED: By December 31; EA: By December 31Barnard CollegeDecember 14Bates CollegeBy December 20Baylor UniversityEDI: By December 15; EA: By January 15Bentley UniversityLate DecemberBinghamton University-SUNYBy January 15Boston CollegeDecember 3Boston UniversityDecember 15Bowdoin CollegeDecember 11Brandeis UniversityDecember 10Brown UniversityDecember 17Bryant UniversityEDI: By December 1; EA: Mid-JanuaryBucknell UniversityMid-DecemberCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMid-DecemberCarleton CollegeDecember 10Carnegie Mellon UniversityDecember 12Case Western Reserve UniversityEDI: December 2; EA: December 19Champlain CollegeBy December 24Chapman UniversityLate DecemberClaremont McKenna CollegeDecember 15Clark UniversityEDI: December 20; EA: January 20Colby CollegeBy December 15Colgate UniversityMid-DecemberCollege of CharlestonED: December 1; EA: February 1College of the Holy CrossMid-DecemberColorado CollegeEDI: December 16; EA: Late DecemberColumbia UniversityDecember 15Connecticut CollegeMid-DecemberCooper UnionEngineering ED: December 15; Art ED: February 1Cornell UniversityDecember 17Dartmouth CollegeMid-DecemberDavidson CollegeDecember 15Denison UniversityBy December 15Dickinson CollegeMid-DecemberDuke UniversityMid-DecemberElon UniversityED: December 1; EA: December 20Emerson CollegeEDI: Mid-December; EA: Mid-DecemberEmory UniversityDecember 9Fairfield UniversityEDI: By December 15; EA: By January 1Flagler CollegeBy December 15Fordham UniversityED: December 19; EA: December 19Franklin and Marshall CollegeDecember 15George Mason UniversityDecember 15George Washington UniversityBy Late DecemberGeorgetown UniversityDecember 15Georgia Institute of TechnologyEAI: December 4; EAII: Mid-JanuaryGettysburg CollegeBy December 15Grinnell CollegeMid-to-Late DecemberHamilton CollegeBy December 15Harvard UniversityDecember 17Harvey Mudd CollegeDecember 11Haverford CollegeDecember 15High Point UniversityEDI: November 23; EA: December 16Hobart and William Smith CollegesDecember 15Hofstra UniversityEAI: December 15; EAII: January 15Howard UniversityED: November 15; EA: November 15Indiana University-BloomingtonBy January 15Ithaca CollegeED: By December 15; EA: By February 1Johns Hopkins UniversityDecember 11Kenyon CollegeMid-DecemberLafayette CollegeDecember 15Lehigh UniversityDecember 10Loyola Marymount UniversityED: By Mid-December; EA: By Late DecemberMacalester CollegeEDI: December 6; EA: December 20Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDecember 19Michigan State UniversityBy January 15Middlebury CollegeDecember 12Mount Holyoke CollegeLate DecemberMuhlenberg CollegeDecember 15New York UniversityDecember 15North Carolina State University-RaleighJanuary 30Northeastern UniversityEDI: December 9; EA: By February 1Northwestern UniversityDecember 18Oberlin CollegeDecember 15Occidental CollegeDecember 15Ohio State University-ColumbusBy January 31Pace UniversityED: Early December; EA: Early JanuaryPennsylvania State UniversityBy December 24Pepperdine UniversityJanuary 10Pitzer CollegeDecember 18Pomona CollegeBy December 15Providence CollegeEDI: By December 1; EA: Early JanuaryPurdue University-West LafayetteJanuary 15Quinnipiac UniversityED: Mid-December; EAI: Mid-JanuaryReed CollegeEDI: Mid-December; EA: Early FebruaryRensselaer Polytechnic UniversityEDI: December 12; EA: January 30Rhode Island School of DesignMid-DecemberRice UniversityDecember 10Rochester Institute of TechnologyMid-DecemberRoger Williams UniversityMid-DecemberRutgers University-New BrunswickFebruary 15Santa Clara UniversityEDI: Late December; EA: Late DecemberSarah Lawrence CollegeEDI: Late December; EA: Late DecemberScripps CollegeMid-DecemberSimmons UniversityEAI: Mid-December; EAII: Mid-to-Late JanuarySkidmore CollegeMid-DecemberSmith CollegeMid-DecemberSouthern Methodist UniversityEDI: Mid-December; EA: Mid-DecemberSt. Lawrence UniversityRollingStanford UniversityDecember 11Stevens Institute of TechnologyBy December 15Swarthmore CollegeDecember 15Syracuse UniversityBy January 1Temple UniversityBy January 10Texas Christian UniversityED: By January 1; EA: December 11Trinity CollegeBy Mid-DecemberTufts UniversityDecember 15Tulane UniversityEDI: December 17; EA: By January 15Union CollegeEDI: Around December 1; EA: Late DecemberUniversity at Buffalo-SUNYRollingUniversity of ChicagoEDI: December 21; EA: December 21University of Colorado-BoulderBy February 1University of DelawareJanuary 31University of DenverEDI: Early December; EA: Late DecemberUniversity of GeorgiaNovember 20University of Maryland-College ParkBy February 1University of Massachusetts-AmherstBeginning in Mid-DecemberUniversity of Massachusetts-BostonEAI: by January 1; EAII: by February 15University of Massachusetts-DartmouthRollingUniversity of MiamiEDI: December 11; EA: By Early FebruaryUniversity of Michigan-Ann ArborBy Late JanuaryUniversity of Minnesota-Twin CitiesEAI: By January 31; EAII: By February 15University of New HampshireBy January 31University of North Carolina-Chapel HillBy January 31University of Notre DameDecember 16University of OregonBy December 15University of PennsylvaniaDecember 16University of Rhode IslandBy January 31University of RichmondEDI: December 15; EA: January 25University of RochesterMid-DecemberUniversity of San FranciscoED: By December 1; EA: By Mid-DecemberUniversity of South CarolinaBy Mid-DecemberUniversity of VermontDecember 17University of VirginiaEDI: December 11; EA: By Mid-FebruaryUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonBy January 31Vanderbilt UniversityDecember 15Vassar CollegeMid-DecemberVillanova UniversityEDI: By December 15; EA: By January 15Virginia TechED: Mid-December; EA: Late FebruaryWake Forest UniversityRollingWashington and Lee UniversityDecember 13Washington University in St. LouisDecember 14Wellesley CollegeDecember 12Wesleyan UniversityDecember 12Willamette UniversityED: December 30; EA: December 30William and MaryDecember 7Williams CollegeDecember 11Worcester Polytechnic InstituteEDI: December 15; EAI: January 15Yale UniversityDecember 16

Check the blog again later in the application cycle to find out the decision notification dates for EDII and Regular Decision applicants!

Class of 2025 Early Decision & Early Action Notification Dates from Spark Admissions (2024)
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