It’s college application season, and that means it’s time to make decisions about your college list. For some seniors, this will also mean deciding where to apply early. We’ve put together the table below to help you keep track of those early deadlines, including Early Decision (ED), Early Decision II (ED2), Early Action (EA), and Restrictive or Single-Choice Early Action (REA/SCEA) plans. To learn the differences between these application plans, see our recent guide here.
Note: Early Action dates followed by an asterisk indicate that the school offers a Restrictive or Single-Choice Early Action Plan.
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| School | ED Deadline | EA Deadline | ED II Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| Amherst College | 11/1 | ||
| Babson College | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/3 |
| Bard College | 11/1 | 11/1 | |
| Barnard College | 11/1 | ||
| Boston College | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Boston University | 11/1 | 1/4 | |
| Bowdoin College | 11/15 | 1/5 | |
| Brandeis University | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Brown University | 11/1 | ||
| Bryn Mawr College | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Bucknell University | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 11/1 | ||
| Carleton College | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 11/1 | 1/3 | |
| Case Western Reserve University | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/15 |
| Claremont McKenna College | 11/1 | 1/5 | |
| Colby College | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Colgate University | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| College of William and Mary | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Columbia University | 11/1 | ||
| Cornell University | 11/1 | ||
| Dartmouth College | 11/1 | ||
| Davidson College | 11/15 | 1/6 | |
| Dickinson College | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| Duke University | 11/1 | ||
| Elon University | 11/1 | 11/1 | |
| Emerson College | 11/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 |
| Emory University | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Fordham University | 10/15 | ||
| Franklin and Marshall College | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| George Washington University | 11/1 | 1/5 | |
| Georgetown University | 11/1 | ||
| Grinnell College | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Hamilton College | 11/15 | 1/5 | |
| Harvard University | 11/1* | ||
| Harvey Mudd College | 11/15 | 1/5 | |
| Haverford College | 11/15 | 1/5 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 11/1 | 1/3 | |
| Kenyon College | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| Lafayette College | 11/15 | 1/15 | |
| Lehigh University | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Loyola Marymount University | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/15 |
| Macalester College | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Miami University (Ohio) | 11/1 | 11/1 | 12/1 |
| Middlebury College | 11/15 | 1/3 | |
| MIT | 11/1 | ||
| Mount Holyoke College | 11/15 | 1/5 | |
| New York University (NYU) | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Northeastern University | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/1 |
| Northwestern University | 11/1 | ||
| Oberlin | 11/15 | 1/2 | |
| Pomona College | 11/15 | 1/8 | |
| Princeton University | 11/1* | ||
| Reed College | 11/15 | 11/15 | 12/20 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | 11/1 | 12/1 | 12/15 |
| Rice University | 11/1 | ||
| Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Santa Clara University | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/7 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/15 |
| Scripps College | 11/15 | 1/5 | |
| Smith College | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Southern Methodist University (SMU) | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/15 |
| Stanford University | 11/1* | ||
| Swarthmore College | 11/15 | 1/4 | |
| Syracuse University | 11/15 | ||
| Tufts University | 11/1 | 1/4 | |
| Tulane University | 11/1 | 11/15 | |
| University of Chicago | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/4 |
| University of Massachussetts-Amherst | 11/5 | ||
| University of Miami | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/1 |
| University of Michigan | 11/1 | ||
| University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 10/15 | ||
| University of Notre Dame | 11/1* | ||
| University of Pennsylvania | 11/1 | ||
| University of Richmond | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/1 |
| University of Rochester | 11/1 | 1/5 | |
| University of San Francisco | 11/1 | 11/1 | |
| University of Virginia | 11/1 | 11/1 | |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 11/1 | ||
| Vanderbilt University | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Vassar College | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Villanova University | 11/1 | 11/1 | 1/15 |
| Wake Forest University | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Washington and Lee University | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 11/1 | 1/4 | |
| Wellesley College | 11/1 | 1/1 | |
| Wesleyan University | 11/15 | 1/1 | |
| Williams College | 11/15 | ||
| Yale University | 11/10* |
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