Class of 2026 Regular Decision Notification Dates
Here’s our updated list of regular decision notification dates for the Class of 2026. 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, along with the notification dates from last year. Bookmark this site, as we’ll post updates often.
Good luck, seniors!
Class of 2026 Regular Notification Dates
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| Institution | Official Notification Date (2022) | Updated Notification Date (2022) | Actual Notification Date (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University | by 4/1 | 3/16 4pm ET | 3/17 3pm ET |
| Amherst College | around 3/20 | 3/18 6 ET | 3/29 6 ET |
| Babson College | mid-March | 3/18 | 3/19 afternoon ET |
| Bard College | end of March | 3/23 | 3/16 |
| Barnard College | late March | 3/30 around 7pm ET | 3/31 7pm ET |
| Bates College | by 4/1 | 3/12 | 3/13 by 12pm ET |
| Boston College | by 4/1 | 3/24 5pm ET | 3/25 after 6pm ET |
| Boston University | late March to early April | 3/26 | 3/27 |
| Bowdoin College | mid-March | 3/18 7pm ET | 3/19 7pm ET |
| Brandeis University | 4/1 | 3/24 evening ET | 3/18 evening ET |
| Brigham Young University - Provo | 2/21 | ||
| Brown University | end of March | 3/31 7pm ET | 4/6 7pm ET |
| Bryn Mawr College | by 4/1 | 3/22 4pm ET | |
| Bucknell University | by 4/1 | 3/16 9pm ET | 3/17 9pm ET |
| California Institute of Technology | mid-March | 3/12 6 PT | 3/6 |
| Carleton College | by 4/1 | 3/18 8pm CT | 3/18 8pm CT |
| Carnegie Mellon University | by 4/1 | 3/26 after 9am ET | 3/27 after 9am ET |
| Case Western Reserve University | 3/19 | ||
| Chapman University | mid-March | 3/9 | 3/10 |
| Claremont McKenna College | by 4/1 | 3/24 5pm PT | 3/25 after 5pm PT |
| Clark University | late March | 3/16 afternoon ET | 3/20 |
| Colby College | by 4/1 | 3/18 | 3/19 5pm ET |
| Colgate University | by 4/1 | 3/23 8 ET | 3/24 8 ET |
| College of the Holy Cross | mid-March | 3/19 | 3/20 |
| College of William and Mary | by 4/1 | 3/30 | |
| Colorado College | mid-March | 3/14 4pm MT | 3/16 4pm MT |
| Columbia University | early April | 3/31 after 7pm ET | 4/6 7pm ET |
| Connecticut College | late March | 3/19 | 3/20 10am ET |
| Cornell University | early April | 3/31 7pm ET | 4/6 7pm ET |
| Dartmouth College | early April | 4/6 7pm ET | |
| Davidson College | by 4/1 | 3/26 10am ET | 3/27 10am ET |
| Denison University | mid-March | 3/10 6 ET | 3/5 |
| Dickinson College | late March | 3/10 | 3/15 3pm ET |
| Drexel University | by 4/1 | 3/17 | 3/19 |
| Duke University | late March/early April | 4/5 7pm ET | |
| Emerson College | 4/1 | 3/15 | 3/16 |
| Emory University (Emory) | by 4/1 | 3/24 6pm ET | |
| Emory University (Oxford) | by 4/1 | 3/24 6pm ET | |
| Fordham University | by 4/1 | 3/15 afternoon ET | 3/15 |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | late March | 3/26 | |
| Franklin and Marshall | by 4/1 | 3/9 | 3/16 7pm ET |
| George Washington University | early April | 3/28 evening ET | 3/26 |
| Georgetown University | 4/1 | 3/26 | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | mid-March | 3/5 12pm ET (GA), 3/25 7pm ET (non-GA) | 3/13 12pm ET |
| Gettysburg College | late March | 3/14 5pm ET | 3/16 5pm ET |
| Grinnell College | late March/early April | 3/11 | 3/12 4pm CT |
| Hamilton College | late March | 3/25 8pm ET | 3/18 8pm ET |
| Harvard University | late March | 4/6 7pm ET | |
| Harvey Mudd College | 4/1 | 3/17 6pm PT | 3/18 6pm PT |
| Haverford College | early April | 3/18 7pm ET | 3/19 7pm ET |
| James Madison University | mid-late March | 3/9 | 3/11 |
| Johns Hopkins University | by 4/1 | 3/18 3pm ET | 3/19 3pm ET |
| Kenyon College | mid-March | 3/21 | 3/17 |
| Lafayette College | mid-late March | 3/24 4pm ET | mailed 3/19, online 3/24 4pm ET |
| Lehigh University | late March | 3/24 | 3/25 |
| Loyola Marymount University | early April | 3/4 | 3/9 |
| Macalester College | 3/27 | 3/14 | 3/21 |
| Middlebury College | late March | 3/26 8am ET | 3/27 |
| Miami University - Oxford | 3/15 | 3/22 | |
| MIT | mid-March | 3/14 6 ET | 3/14 6 ET |
| Mount Holyoke College | late March | 3/22 7pm ET | 3/23 evening ET |
| Muhlenberg College | mid-March | 3/9 4pm ET | 3/10 4pm ET |
| New York University | 4/1 | 3/31 | |
| North Carolina State | 3/30 | 3/26 | |
| Northeastern University | by 4/1 | 3/16 evening ET | 3/17 |
| Northwestern University | late March | 3/25 | 3/26 |
| Oberlin College | 4/1 | 3/19 | 3/20 |
| Occidental College | 4/1 | 3/24 5pm PT | 3/25 5pm PT |
| Ohio State University - Columbus | 3/18 | ||
| Pepperdine University | 4/1 | 3/18 | |
| Pitzer College | by 4/1 | 3/18 4pm PT | 3/19 4pm PT |
| Pomona College | by 4/1 | 3/18 5pm PT | 3/25 5pm PT |
| Princeton University | April | 4/6 7pm ET | |
| Providence College | by 4/1 | 3/14 evening ET | 3/15 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 3/12 | 3/6 evening ET | |
| Rice University | by 4/1 | 3/24 5pm CT | 3/30 5pm CT |
| Saint Michaels College | by 4/1 | 2/27 | |
| Santa Clara University | late March | 3/16 | by 3/18 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | late March/early April | 3/17 | |
| Scripps College | by 4/1 | 3/19 | 3/22 |
| Sewanee: The University of the South | early March | 3/2 6pm CT | 3/3 7pm CT |
| Skidmore College | mid-March | 3/16 | 3/15 |
| Smith College | late March | 3/26 | |
| Southern Methodist University | mid-March | 3/14 evening CT | |
| Stanford University | by 4/1 | 4/9 | |
| Swarthmore College | mid-March | 3/18 7pm ET | 3/19 7pm ET |
| Syracuse University | late March | 3/18 | 3/19 |
| Texas Christian University | 3/16 | ||
| Trinity College | late March | 3/14 evening ET | 3/11 evening ET |
| Tufts University | by 4/1 | 3/29 7pm PT | 3/30 7pm ET |
| Tulane University | by 4/1 | 3/31 3pm CT | |
| Union College | 3/19 | 3/20 | |
| University of California - Berkeley | end of March | 3/24 | 3/25 |
| University of California - Davis | mid-March | 3/11 | mid-late March |
| University of California - Irvine | by 3/31 | 3/18 | 3/12 |
| University of California - Los Angeles | late March | 3/18 | 3/19 |
| University of California - Merced | begins 3/1 | 3/18 4pm PT | |
| University of California - Riverside | begins 3/1 | ||
| University of California - San Diego | by 3/31 | 3/18 | 3/19 |
| University of California - Santa Barbara | mid-March | 3/22 3pm PT | 3/16 |
| University of California - Santa Cruz | 3/15-3/31 | ||
| University of Chicago | late March | 3/11 4pm CT | 3/12 late afternoon CT |
| University of Connecticut - Storrs | begins 3/1 | 2/25 1pm ET | |
| University of Florida | late February | 2/25 6pm ET | 2/26 6pm ET |
| University of Georgia | mid-March | 3/18 late afternoon ET | 3/19 |
| University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign | by 3/1 | 2/25 4pm CT | 2/19 |
| University of Maryland - College Park | by 4/1 | 3/31 | |
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst | first week of March to mid-April | begins 2/9 | mid-February to early March |
| University of Miami | 4/1 | 3/26 | |
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | early April | ||
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | by 3/31 | 3/26 | |
| University of Notre Dame | late March | 3/17 6 ET | 3/26 6 ET |
| University of Pennsylvania | April | 4/6 7pm ET | |
| University of Richmond | 4/1 | 3/18 7pm ET | 3/12 |
| University of Rochester | 4/1 | 3/18 | 3/23 evening ET |
| University of Southern California | by 4/1 | 3/25 | 3/30 |
| University of Texas - Austin | by 3/1 | ||
| University of Vermont | early March | 3/4 5pm ET | |
| University of Virginia | by 4/1 | 3/18 eve ET | 3/25 evening ET |
| University of Wisconsin - Madison | by 3/31 | ||
| Vanderbilt University | late March | 3/29 after 5pm CT | |
| Vassar College | late March | 3/31 close of business ET | |
| Villanova University | by 4/1 | 3/18 evening ET | 3/25 after 4pm ET |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute | early March | 3/4 5pm ET | 3/5 |
| Wake Forest University | by 4/1 | 3/26 | |
| Washington and Lee University | 4/1 | 3/25 8pm ET | 3/31 8pm ET |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 4/1 | 3/24 afternoon CT | 3/24 afternoon CT |
| Wellesley College | late March | 3/19 10am ET | 3/20 |
| Wesleyan University | late March | 3/26 | 3/27 |
| Wheaton College - MA | by 3/31 | ||
| Whitman College | early March | 3/3 3pm PT | 2/25 3pm PT |
| Williams College | early April | 3/18 evening ET | 3/25 pm ET |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | by 4/1 | 3/23 5pm ET | 3/29 5pm ET |
| Yale University | by 4/1 | 4/6 7pm ET |