Ivy League Admissions 2030: Early Decision & Action Dates

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Ivy League Admissions 2030: Early Decision & Action Dates

When will the school you applied to in the Early Action/Early Decision round notify you of their decision? As it’s now early December, Early Action and Early Decision notification dates are right around the corner, marking the first time some members of the Class of 2030 will see how they fared in the admissions cycle this year.
Ivy League Class of 2030 Early Action and Early Decision notification dates with QFS

But there’s no need to refresh your inbox constantly. We’ll tell you when you can expect the school you applied to Early to post their decision in your portal, though these dates are subject to change as we move closer to the looming deadlines.

2025–2026 Ivy League Early Action & Decision Release Schedule

Below is an overview of when the most selective U.S. universities plan to announce Regular Decision results for the Class of 2030, as stated in their official communications.
College / University 2025–2026 Ivy League Early Action & Decision Release Schedule
American University
Amherst College
Babson College
Barnard College
Bates College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
California Institute of Technology
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Colgate University
College of William & Mary
Colorado College
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Emerson College
Emory University
Fordham University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
EA I: TBD
EA II: TBD
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Loyola Marymount University
Middlebury College
ED I: TBD
ED II: TBD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Pepperdine University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
Sarah Lawrence College
Smith College
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of Chicago
University of Colorado – Boulder
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
Priority: January 15th
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Wake Forest University
Washington & Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University

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Final Thoughts

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