Updated: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Are you ready for Regular Decision notification dates? Admissions offices across the U.S. are working hard to get through hundreds of thousands of Regular Decision college applications for the class of 2030 in order to notify students of their decisions this spring. We will update their decision release dates as we verify them, so bookmark this page and check back regularly!
The college admissions landscape continues to be competitive at the country’s most popular universities. Schools reporting record-high application numbers for admission to the class of 2030 include Lehigh University (20,441), Northeastern University (105,190), and the University of Virginia (82K+), which also admitted a record number of EA applicants. With large applicant pools, it is likely we will see admission rates at these schools remain low or even decrease. This also might lead to more waitlist decisions as colleges continue to try to manage their yields.
Most admissions decisions are released in late March. Students typically receive a notification from each individual school they applied to, either by email or in their application portal, when decisions are ready to be viewed. Below we have a comprehensive list of admission decision notification dates.
The Ivy League schools tend to release RD admissions decisions on the same day. Yale has announced March 26, 2026, as the date they will release Regular Decision notifications. We will continue to update this blog post as more universities announce their decision notification dates.
Below, we have aggregated the most requested decision release dates. 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!
Many of these dates are general, so continue to check back regularly for more specific updates about when college admissions decisions will be released. Keep an eye on those with a general time frame (mid/late March, early April, etc.). It is also possible for colleges to post a release date only to move it, so all these dates are subject to change.
| School | 2025-26 (Class of 2030) Regular Decision Notification Date | 2024-25 (Class of 2029) Regular Decision Notification Date |
| American University | March 12, 2026 at 4pm ET | March 13, 2025 |
| Amherst College | Late March | March 21, 2025 at 6:21 pm ET |
| Babson College | Mid-March | March 14, 2025 |
| Bard College | Late March | March 19, 2025 |
| Barnard College | Late March | March 26, 2025 |
| Bates College | By April 1 | March 22, 2025 |
| Boston College | By April 1 | March 18, 2025 |
| Boston University | Late March | March 22, 2025 |
| Bowdoin College | Mid-March | March 21, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| Brandeis University | March 3, 2026 | March 20, 2025 |
| Brown University | By Early April | March 27, 2025 |
| Bryn Mawr College | Mid-March | March 24, 2025 |
| Bucknell University | March 12, 2026 after 7:30pm ET (source: email) | March 13, 2025 at 7:30pm ET (source: phone call) |
| California Institute of Technology | March 12, 2026 (source: email) | March 8, 2025 at 10am PST |
| Carleton College | March 19, 2026 (source: email) | March 13, 2025 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | No later than April 1 | March 14, 2025 on a rolling basis |
| Case Western Reserve University | On or about March 21, 2026 | March 15, 2025 |
| Chapman University | March 5, 2026 | February 28, 2025 |
| Claremont McKenna College | By April 1 | March 21, 2025 |
| Colby College | On or before April 1 | March 21, 2025 |
| Colgate University | March 20, 2026 | March 21, 2025 |
| College of Charleston | Mid-March | February 27, 2025 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Mid-March | March 12, 2025 |
| College of William & Mary | By April 1 | March 24, 2025 in the evening |
| Colorado College | March 12, 2026 | March 13, 2025 at 4pm MT |
| Columbia University | Late March | March 27, 2025 |
| Connecticut College | March 7, 2026 | March 22, 2025 |
| Cornell University | Late March | March 27, 2025 at 7pm |
| Dartmouth College | Late March/Early April | March 27, 2025 |
| Davidson College | By April 1 | March 22, 2025 |
| Drexel University | March 5, 2026 | March 4, 2025 |
| Duke University | Late March/Early April | March 31, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| Emerson College | Early April | March 11, 2025 |
| Emory University | By April 1 | March 26, 2025 after 6pm ET |
| Fairfield University | April 1 | March 18, 2025 at 6pm ET |
| Fordham University | April 1, 2026 | March 14, 2025 |
| George Washington University | By April 1 | March 20, 2025 in the evening |
| Georgetown University | April 1 | March 25, 2025 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | In-state: March 6, 2026 Out-of-state: March 27, 2026 |
In-state: March 7, 2025 Out-of-State: March 28, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| Grinnell College | Late March/Early April | March 14, 2025 |
| Hamilton College | March 24, 2026 at 8pm ET (source: email) | March 20, 2025 |
| Harvard University | End of March | March 27, 2025 |
| Harvey Mudd College | April 1 | March 15, 2025 at 12pm PT |
| Haverford College | Late March | March 14, 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University | March 18, 2026 | March 21, 2025 |
| Lafayette College | Late March | March 18, 2025 |
| Lehigh University | Late March | March 19, 2025 |
| Macalester College | March 8, 2026 | March 16, 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | March 14, 2026 at 1:59pm ET (source: email) | March 14, 2025 at 6:28pm ET |
| Middlebury College | Late March | March 15, 2025 (source: phone call) |
| New York University | April 1 | March 26, 2025 at 4pm ET |
| Northeastern University | By April 1 | March 12, 2025 |
| Northwestern University | March 25, 2026 (source: email) | March 26, 2025 |
| Occidental College | March 2, 2026 at 4pm ET | March 19, 2025 |
| Pepperdine University | April 1 | March 21, 2025 |
| Pitzer College | By April 1 | March 21, 2025 |
| Pomona College | By April 1 | March 21, 2025 |
| Princeton University | Late March | March 27, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| Providence College | March 10, 2026 | March 11, 2025 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | March 7, 2026 | March 8, 2025 |
| Rice University | By April 1 | March 26, 2025 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Mid-March | March 3, 2025 |
| Santa Clara University | By April 1 | March 18, 2025 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | March 9, 2026 | March 6, 2025 |
| Skidmore College | March 14, 2026 at 10am ET (source: email) | March 15, 2025 |
| Smith College | Late March | March 21, 2025 |
| Southern Methodist University | TBD | March 17, 2025 |
| Stanford University | By Early April | March 28, 2025 at 4pm PT |
| Swarthmore College | By April 1 | March 21, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| Syracuse University | March 6, 2026 | March 21, 2025 |
| Texas Christian University | By April 1 | March 7, 2025 |
| Trinity College | Late March | March 18, 2025 |
| Tufts University | By April 1 | March 20, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| Tulane University | March 6, 2025 at 4pm CT | February 28, 2025 |
| University of California, Berkeley | March 26, 2026 in the late afternoon/early evening (source: email) | March 27, 2025 |
| University of California, Davis | Mid-March | March 7, 2025 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Late March | March 21, 2025 |
| University of California, San Diego | By March 31 | March 14, 2025 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | March 17, 2026 at 3pm PT (source: email) | March 18, 2025 |
| University of Chicago | March 13, 2026 late afternoon | March 14, 2025 late afternoon |
| University of Florida | March 13, 2026 | March 14, 2025 at 5:30pm ET |
| University of Georgia | March 6, 2026 | March 14, 2025 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | By April 1 | March 28, 2025 |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | March 6, 2026 in the evening (source: email) | International Students: February 21, 2025 Domestic Students: March 7, 2025 |
| University of Miami | By April 1 | March 14, 2025 |
| University of Michigan | By April 3 | March 28, 2025 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | March 31 | March 21, 2025 |
| University of Notre Dame | March 18, 2026 at 6:42pm ET | March 18, 2025 at 6:42pm ET |
| University of Pennsylvania | April | March 27, 2025 |
| University of Richmond | Mid-March | March 14, 2025 at 7pm ET |
| University of Southern California | By April 1 | March 26, 2025, late afternoon PT |
| University of Tennessee | March 9, 2026 at 7pm ET | March 4, 2025, evening |
| University of Texas at Austin | February 13, 2026 | February 7, 2025 for most students |
| University of Vermont | Late February | March 7, 2025 |
| University of Virginia | By April 1 | March 14, 2025 at 5pm ET |
| Vanderbilt University | Late March | March 26, 2025 |
| Vassar College | Late March/Early April | March 25, 2025 |
| Villanova University | By April 1 | March 21, 2025 at 4pm ET |
| Virginia Tech | February 13, 2026 | February 28, 2025 |
| Wake Forest University | Around April 1 | March 21, 2025 |
| Washington and Lee University | April 1, 2026 | March 21, 2025 at 8pm ET |
| Washington University in St. Louis | By April 1 | March 13, 2025 |
| Wellesley College | Late March | March 22, 2025 |
| Wesleyan University | Late March | March 22, 2025 |
| Williams College | By April 1 | March 21, 2025 in the evening |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Late March | March 13, 2025 at 5pm ET |
| Yale University | March 26, 2026 at 7pm ET (source: admissions portal) | March 27, 2025 |
The IvyWise team wishes you a successful Regular Decision round. If you end up waitlisted at your top-choice school, we offer consultations to help you figure out what comes next and how to maximize your chances of admission.
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