Class of 2024 Early Decision Notification Dates
Early Decision and Early Action Notification Dates for the 2019-20 Application Season
The college admissions season is flying by, and before you know it early admission decisions will be released. Here’s our annual list of early decision notification dates!
It’s no surprise that the college admissions season is expected to be extremely competitive this year, especially after admission rates reached record-lows for the Class of 2023. It’s important that students know the benefits of applying in the early round – and the drawbacks – in order to find success in the admissions process. Students and parents also need to understand the latest admissions trends and how colleges are evaluating students’ applications
At IvyWise, we aim to relieve some of the stress commonly associated with the college admissions process, and that includes bringing you the most updated information on early decision release dates every year. Our annual release date list is the most comprehensive and updated daily as new information becomes available. Be sure to check the links provided within the list for the most recent dates and information.
Here are early application decision notification dates for the Class of 2024. Expect these dates to change as we draw closer to mid-December. Check back regularly for updated date and times – especially for those without specific dates and times or those labeled “TBD.”
| School | Early Decision Notification Date |
| Amherst College | December 11th |
| Babson College | December 17th, 4pm |
| Barnard College | Mid-December |
| Bates College | December 14th (Early Decision I) |
| Boston College | December 5th, 5:30pm EST (Early Decision I) |
| Boston University | December 15 |
| Bowdoin College | December 13th, 7pm ET (Early Decision I) |
| Brandeis University | December 15 |
| Brown University | December 12th, 6pm ET |
| Cal Tech | Mid-December |
| Carleton College | December 13th, 8pm Minnesota Time |
| Carnegie Mellon University | December 15 |
| Columbia University | December 12th, 7pm ET |
| Cornell University | December 12th, 7pm ET |
| Dartmouth College | December 12th |
| Duke University | December 12th, 7pm ET |
| Emerson College | December 13th |
| Emory University | December 11th, 6pm ET (Early Decision I) |
| George Mason University | December 12th |
| George Washington University | Mid-December |
| Georgetown University | Decision letters mailed on December 12th |
| Georgia Tech | January 18th, 10am ET |
| Hamilton College | December 15 |
| Harvard University | No earlier than December 12th, 7pm ET |
| Harvey Mudd | December 13th, 6pm PST |
| Johns Hopkins University | December 13th |
| Middlebury College | Mid-December |
| MIT | December 14th, 12:14pm ET |
| New York University | December 12th (Early Decision I) |
| Northwestern University | December 13th |
| Oberlin College | December 14th (Early Decision I) |
| Occidental College | December 13th, 5pm PST (Early Decision I) |
| Pomona College | By December 15 |
| Princeton University | December 12th, 7pm EST |
| Rice University | December 12th, 5pm CT |
| Stanford University | December 12th, 7pm EST |
| Suffolk University | December 12th, 3pm |
| Swarthmore College | By December 15 |
| Tufts University | December 13th, around 7pm EST |
| Tulane University | November 20th, 4pm CST (Early Decision) |
| University of Chicago | December 18th, late afternoon (Early Action and Early Decision I) |
| University of Georgia | November 22nd |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | December 13th (Early Action) |
| University of Miami | Late December (Early Decision I) |
| University of Michigan | December 19th |
| University of Notre Dame | December 13th, 6:42pm ET |
| University of Pennsylvania | December 16th, 7pm |
| University of Richmond | December 6th (Early Decision I) |
| University of San Francisco | By December 1st (Early Decision) |
| University of Texas at Austin | By February 1 (Priority Application) |
| University of Vermont | December 12th |
| University of Virginia | December 6th, evening (Early Decision) |
| Vanderbilt University | Mid-December (Early Decision I) |
| Villanova University | January 15th (Early Action) |
| Virginia Tech | By December 15th (Early Decision) |
| Washington & Lee University | December 13th |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Mid-December |
| Wellesley College | Mid-December |
| Wesleyan University | December 14th |
| William & Mary | December 6th, evening (Early Decision I) |
| Williams College | By December 15 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | December 16th, 5pm EST (Early Action I) |
| Yale University | December 16th |
See a school we left out or an updated release date we haven’t included yet? Tell us in the comments below and we will add it to our list!