As the fall semester begins, it’s time for seniors to finalize their college list. For some 12th graders, this is also when you decide whether you will apply to one or more schools early. To ease your process, we have put together a table to help keep track of early deadlines for colleges that offer EA or ED routes. Below, you can find Early Decision (ED), Early Decision II (ED2), Early Action (EA), and Restrictive or Single-Choice Early Action (REA/SCEA) application deadlines for colleges across the US. To learn the differences between these application plans, see our guide here.
Notes:
* This school offers a Restrictive or Single-Choice Early Action Plan.
† Georgia Tech offers a separate Early Action plan with a deadline of October 15th reserved for students who attend a Georgia high school or are Georgia residents living outside the state.
School Early Decision Early Action Early Decision II
American University November 1 November 1 January 15
Amherst College November 1
Babson College November 1 January 2
Bard College November 1
Barnard College November 1
Bates College November 15 January 10
Baylor University November 1 November 1
Bentley University November 15 January 15
Binghamton University November 1
Boston College November 1 January 2
Boston University November 1 January 5
Bowdoin College November 15 January 5
Brandeis University November 1 January 15
Brown University November 1
Bryn Mawr College November 15 January 1
Bucknell University November 15 January 10
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) November 1*
Carleton College November 15 January 15
Carnegie Mellon University November 1
Case Western Reserve University November 1 November 1 January 15
Claremont McKenna College November 1 January 10
Colby College November 15 January 5
Colgate University November 15 January 15
College of Charleston November 1 January 15
College of William and Mary November 1 January 5
Colorado College November 1 November 1 January 15
Columbia University November 1
Connecticut College November 15 January 15
Cornell University November 1
Dartmouth College November 1
Davidson College November 15 January 5
Dickinson College November 15 January 15
Drexel University November 1 November 1
Duke University November 1
Elon University November 1 November 1
Emerson College November 1 November 1 January 5
Emory University November 1 January 1
Fordham University November 1 November 1 January 3
Franklin and Marshall College November 15 January 15
George Washington University November 1 January 5
Georgetown University November 1*
Georgia Institute of Technology November 1†
Grinnell College November 15 January 5
Hamilton College November 15 January 5
Harvard University November 1*
Harvey Mudd College November 15 January 5
Haverford College November 15 January 5
Indiana University - Bloomington November 1
Ithaca College November 1 Decmeber 15
Johns Hopkins University November 1 January 2
Kenyon College November 15 January 15
Lafayette College November 15 January 15
Lehigh University November 1 January 1
Loyola Marymount University November 1 November 1 January 8
Macalester College November 1 November 1 January 1
Middlebury College November 1 January 3
MIT November 1
Mount Holyoke College November 15 January 3
New York University (NYU) November 1 January 1
Northeastern University November 1 November 1
Northwestern University November 1
Oberlin College November 15 January 2
Ohio State University November 1
Pennsylvania State University November 1
Pitzer College November 15 January 1
Pomona College November 15 January 8
Princeton University November 1*
Providence College November 1 November 1 January 15
Purdue University November 1
Reed College November 1 November 1 January 15
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) November 1 December 15 January 5
Rice University November 1
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) November 1 January 1
Rutgers University November 1
Santa Clara University November 1 November 1 January 7
Sarah Lawrence College November 1 November 1 January 15
Scripps College November 15 January 15
Skidmore College November 15 January 15
Smith College November 15 January 1
Southern Methodist University (SMU) November 1 November 1 January 15
Stanford University November 1*
Swarthmore College November 15 January 4
Syracuse University November 15
Texas Christian University (TCU) November 1 November 1 February 1
The New School November 1
Trinity College November 15 January 17
Tufts University November 1 January 5
Tulane University November 1 November 15 January 15
University of Chicago November 1 November 1 January 5
University of Delaware November 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign November 1
University of Maryland, College Park November 1
University of Massachussetts-Amherst November 5
University of Miami November 1 November 1 January 5
University of Michigan November 1
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill October 15
University of Notre Dame November 1*
University of Pennsylvania November 1
University of Richmond November 1 November 1 January 1
University of Rochester November 1 January 5
University of San Francisco November 1 November 1
University of Southern California (USC) November 1
University of Vermont November 1 November 1
University of Virginia November 1 November 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison November 1
Vanderbilt University November 1 January 1
Vassar College November 15 January 1
Villanova University November 1 November 1 January 15
Virginia Institute of Technology (Virginia Tech) November 1
Wake Forest University November 15 November 15 January 1
Washington and Lee University December 1 January 1
Washington University in St. Louis November 1 January 2
Wellesley College November 1 January 1
Wesleyan University November 15 January 1
Williams College November 15
Worcester Polytechnic Institute November 1 November 1 January 5
Yale University November 1*
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