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Here’s our updated list of early decision and early action dates for the Class of 2023. As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their “official” notification dates, so we’ve compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year’s notification dates for reference.

Good luck, seniors!


Class of 2023 Early Notification Dates

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InstitutionNotification Date
(Current Year)
CommentsNotification Date
(Last Year)
Agnes Scott College12/15Official (updated)
American Universitymailed 12/18Official (updated)mailed 12/15
Amherst College12/7Official (updated)12/8 late in the day ET
Babson College12/7 4pm ETOfficial (updated)12/12 4pm ET (ED)
Barnard College12/12 evening ETOfficial (updated)12/12 evening ET
Bates College12/15Official (updated)by 12/20
Bentley University12/14Official (updated)
Boston College12/18 after 5
ET
Official (updated)12/14 after 5
ET
Boston University12/14 3pm ETOfficial (updated)12/11
Bowdoin College12/14 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/15 7pm ET
Brandeis University12/14Official (updated)
Brown University12/13 6pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14/6pm ET
Bryn Mawr College12/14Official (updated)
Bucknell University12/12Official (updated)12/13
California Institute of Technology12/8Official (updated)12/9
Carleton College12/11 8pm CTOfficial (updated)12/13 8pm CT
Carnegie Mellon University12/15 9am ETOfficial (updated)12/10 early AM ET
Case Western Reserve University12/20 8pm ETOfficial (updated)12/19 8pm ET (ED1/EA)
Claremont McKenna College12/14 shortly after 5pm PTOfficial (updated)12/15 after 5pm PT
Colby College12/13Official (updated)12/15
Colgate University12/13 7
ET
Official (updated)12/13 evening ET
College of William and Mary12/7Official (updated)12/6
Colorado College12/15 4pm MST (ED1), 12/20 4pm MST (EA)Official12/15 4pm MT (ED), 12/20 4pm MT (EA)
Columbia University12/13 after 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 after 7pm ET
Connecticut College12/14 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/15 7pm ET
Cornell University12/10 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/11
Dartmouth College12/13 4pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 4pm ET
Davidson College12/15 10am ETOfficial (updated)12/15 8pm ET
Dickinson College12/13 (ED1), 2/15 (EA)Official (updated)12/12
Duke University12/13 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 7pm ET
Emerson College12/14Official (updated)12/16 (EA)
Emory University (Emory)12/12 6pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 6pm ET
Emory University (Oxford)12/12 6pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 6pm ET
Franklin and Marshall12/15 12pm ETUpdatedmailed 12/13
George Mason University12/14Official (updated)12/15
George Washington University12/17Official (updated)12/14
Georgetown Universitymailed 12/13Official (updated)mailed 12/13
Georgia Institute of Technology1/12 12pm ETOfficial (updated)1/13 12pm ET
Grinnell College12/7 5pm CTOfficial (updated)12/8 5
CT
Hamilton College12/13 8pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 8pm ET
Harvard University12/13 after 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/12 after 7pm ET
Harvey Mudd College12/14Updated12/15
Haverford College12/14Official (updated)12/13 7pm ET
Johns Hopkins University12/14 3pm ETOfficial (updated)12/15 3pm ET
Kalamazoo College12/1 (ED1), 12/20 (EA)Official12/20
Kenyon College12/14Official (updated)12/15 6pm ET
Lafayette Collegemailed 12/12Official (updated)12/15
Lehigh University12/14Official (updated)12/14
Loyola Marymount University12/6Official (updated)12/14
Macalester College12/10Official (updated)12/10
Middlebury College12/8 8am ETOfficial12/9 8am ET
Miami University - Oxford11/30 (ED1), 12/15 (EA1)Official (updated)12/15
MIT12/15 12
ET
Official (updated)12/14 6
ET
Mount Holyoke College12/12Updated12/14
New York University12/13 afternoon ETOfficial (updated)12/15 5pm ET
North Carolina State1/30Official1/30
Northeastern University12/5 (ED1), 1/23 (EA)Official (updated)12/7 pm ET
Northwestern University12/13Official (updated)12/14
Oberlin College12/14Official (updated)
Occidental College12/14 5pm PTOfficial (updated)12/15 6pm PT
Pitzer College12/14 3pm PTOfficial (updated)12/15 5pm ET
Pomona College12/14 5pm PTOfficial (updated)12/8
Princeton University12/12 after 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/13 after 3pm ET
Purdue University1/15Official (updated)1/15 5pm ET
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute12/15Official (updated)12/16
Rice University12/14 3
CT
Official (updated)12/14
Roger Williams University12/11 2pm ETOfficial (updated)
Saint Anselmby 1/1 (ED1), by 1/15 (EA1)Officialmailed by 1/15
Saint Michael’s College12/10Official (updated)
Santa Clara University12/12Official (updated)
Sarah Lawrence College12/15Official (updated)mailed 12/12
Scripps College12/14Updated12/15
Sewanee: The University of the South12/14 pm ETOfficial (updated)
Smith College12/14 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 5pm ET
Southern Methodist University12/4 7pm CT (ED), 12/14 7pm CT (EA)Official (updated)12/15 7pm CT
Stanford University12/7 4pm PTOfficial (updated)12/8 4pm PT
Suffolk University12/13 mid afternoon ETOfficial (updated)
Swarthmore College12/14 7pm ETUpdated12/8 7pm ET
Texas Christian University11/30 (ED1), 12/14 5pm CT (EA)Official (updated)12/1
Trinity College12/13 7m ETOfficial (updated)12/14 7pm ET
Tufts University12/14Official (updated)12/15 afternoon ET
Tulane Universitymailed 11/16 (ED1), online 12/20 3
CT (EA)
Official (updated)mailed 11/27 (EDI), 12/17 (EA)
Union Collegeby 12/15Official12/12 evening ET (EDI)
University of Chicago12/17 late afternoon CT (ED,EA)Official (updated)12/18 late afternoon CT
University of Georgia11/16Official (updated)11/17
University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign12/14 4pm CTOfficial (updated)12/15 4pm CT
University of Maryland - College Park1/25Official (updated)12/18
University of Massachusetts - Amherstbegins week of 12/10 and continues into early JanuaryOfficial (updated)commences mid-December, rolls through mid-January
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor12/20Official (updated)12/20
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill1/25Official (updated)by 1/31
University of Notre Dame12/14 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14
University of Pennsylvania12/13 7pm ETOfficial (updated)12/13 7pm ET
University of Richmondmailed 12/7 (ED1), 1/25 (EA)Official (updated)mailed 12/15 (EDI), 1/20 (EA)
University of San Franciscomailed 12/13Official (updated)
University of Texas - Austinstarts 12/7 after 5pm CTOfficial (updated)
University of Vermont12/13 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 5pm ET
University of Virginia1/25/19 5pm ETOfficial (updated)1/25 evening ET
Vanderbilt University12/13 5
CT
Official (updated)12/14 after 5
CT
Vassar College12/10Official (updated)12/11 close of business
Villanova Universityby 12/20 after 5pm ET (ED1), 1/15 (EA)Official (updated)12/15
Virginia Polytechnic Institute12/14 (ED), 2/22 (EA)Official (updated)12/12 after 6pm ET
Washington and Lee University12/14 8pm ETOfficial (updated)12/15 8pm ET
Washington University at St. Louis12/13Official (updated)12/14
Wellesley College12/6 pm ETOfficial (updated)12/7 evening
Wesleyan University12/8 3pm ETOfficial (updated)12/13
Whitman Collegemid-DecemberOfficialmid-December
Williams College12/7Official (updated)12/8 evening
Worcester Polytechnic Institute12/19 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/18 5pm ET
Yale University12/14 5pm ETOfficial (updated)12/14 evening ET