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EA/ED Deadlines 2024-2025

Published on: September 3, 2024

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.

SchoolEarly DecisionEarly ActionEarly Decision II
American UniversityNovember 1November 1January 15
Amherst CollegeNovember 1
Babson CollegeNovember 1January 2
Bard CollegeNovember 1
Barnard CollegeNovember 1
Bates CollegeNovember 15January 10
Baylor UniversityNovember 1November 1
Bentley UniversityNovember 15January 15
Binghamton UniversityNovember 1
Boston CollegeNovember 1January 2
Boston UniversityNovember 1January 6
Bowdoin CollegeNovember 15January 6
Brandeis UniversityNovember 1January 2
Brown UniversityNovember 1
Bryn Mawr CollegeNovember 15January 1
Bucknell UniversityNovember 15January 15
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)November 1*
Carleton CollegeNovember 15January 15
Carnegie Mellon UniversityNovember 1January 3
Case Western Reserve UniversityNovember 1November 1January 15
Claremont McKenna CollegeNovember 1January 10
Colby CollegeNovember 15January 3
Colgate UniversityNovember 15January 15
College of CharlestonNovember 1January 15
College of William and MaryNovember 1January 5
Colorado CollegeNovember 1November 1January 15
Columbia UniversityNovember 1
Connecticut CollegeNovember 15January 15
Cornell UniversityNovember 1
Dartmouth CollegeNovember 1
Davidson CollegeNovember 15January 5
Dickinson CollegeNovember 15January 15
Drexel UniversityNovember 1November 1
Duke UniversityNovember 1
Elon UniversityNovember 1November 1
Emerson CollegeNovember 1November 1January 3
Emory UniversityNovember 1January 1
Fordham UniversityNovember 1November 1January 3
Franklin and Marshall CollegeNovember 15January 15
George Washington UniversityNovember 1January 5
Georgetown UniversityNovember 1*
Georgia Institute of TechnologyNovember 1†
Grinnell CollegeNovember 15January 5
Hamilton CollegeNovember 15January 6
Harvard UniversityNovember 1*
Harvey Mudd CollegeNovember 15January 5
Haverford CollegeNovember 15January 5
Indiana University - BloomingtonNovember 1
Ithaca CollegeNovember 1Decmeber 15
Johns Hopkins UniversityNovember 1January 2
Kenyon CollegeNovember 15January 15
Lafayette CollegeNovember 15January 15
Lehigh UniversityNovember 1January 1
Loyola Marymount UniversityNovember 1November 1January 8
Macalester CollegeNovember 1November 1January 1
Middlebury CollegeNovember 1January 3
MITNovember 1
Mount Holyoke CollegeNovember 15January 3
New York University (NYU)November 1January 1
Northeastern UniversityNovember 1November 1
Northwestern UniversityNovember 1
Oberlin CollegeNovember 15January 2
Ohio State UniversityNovember 1
Pennsylvania State UniversityNovember 1
Pitzer CollegeNovember 15January 1
Pomona CollegeNovember 15January 8
Princeton UniversityNovember 1*
Providence CollegeNovember 1November 1January 15
Purdue UniversityNovember 1
Reed CollegeNovember 1November 1December 20
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)November 1December 15December 15
Rice UniversityNovember 1
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)November 1January 1
Rutgers UniversityNovember 1
Santa Clara UniversityNovember 1November 1January 7
Sarah Lawrence CollegeNovember 1November 1January 15
Scripps CollegeNovember 15January 8
Skidmore CollegeNovember 15January 15
Smith CollegeNovember 15January 1
Southern Methodist University (SMU)November 1November 1January 15
Stanford UniversityNovember 1*
Swarthmore CollegeNovember 15January 4
Syracuse UniversityNovember 15
Texas Christian University (TCU)November 1November 1February 1
The New SchoolNovember 1
Trinity CollegeNovember 15January 17
Tufts UniversityNovember 1January 6
Tulane UniversityNovember 1November 15January 15
University of ChicagoNovember 1November 1January 2
University of DelawareNovember 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNovember 1
University of Maryland, College ParkNovember 1
University of Massachussetts-AmherstNovember 5
University of MiamiNovember 1November 1January 1
University of MichiganNovember 1
University of North Carolina-Chapel HillOctober 15
University of Notre DameNovember 1*
University of PennsylvaniaNovember 1
University of RichmondNovember 1November 1January 1
University of RochesterNovember 1January 5
University of San FranciscoNovember 1November 1
University of Southern California (USC)November 1
University of VermontNovember 1November 1
University of VirginiaNovember 1November 1
University of Wisconsin, MadisonNovember 1
Vanderbilt UniversityNovember 1January 1
Vassar CollegeNovember 15January 1
Villanova UniversityNovember 1November 1January 15
Virginia Institute of Technology (Virginia Tech)November 1
Wake Forest UniversityNovember 15November 15January 1
Washington and Lee UniversityDecember 1January 15
Washington University in St. LouisNovember 1January 2
Wellesley CollegeNovember 1January 1
Wesleyan UniversityNovember 15January 1
Williams CollegeNovember 15
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteNovember 1November 1January 5
Yale UniversityNovember 1*

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