College Application Deadlines for 2025-2026
Published on August 30, 2025
Undergraduate
Admissions
See below for the 2025~2026 application deadlines for every undergraduate colleges supported on AdmitStudio.
Boston College
- Early Decision I: November 1, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 2, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
Boston University
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Early Decision 2: January 5, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Brown University
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- Restrictive Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University
- Early Decision: November 3, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Columbia University
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 1, 2026
Common Application Colleges
- Early Action / Decision: November 1 or November 15 for most colleges
- Regular Decision: January 1 ~ January 5 for most colleges
Cornell University
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
Dartmouth College
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 1, 2026
Duke University
- Early Decision: November 3, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Georgia Institute of Technology
- Early Action 1 (Georgia residents): October 15, 2025
- Early Action 2 (Non-Georgia residents): November 3, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Harvard University
- Restrictive Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 1, 2026
Johns Hopkins University
- Early Decision I: November 1, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 2, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Action: January 5, 2026
Northwestern University
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
University of Michigan
- Early Action/Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: February 1, 2026
University of Notre Dame
- Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
New York University (NYU)
- Early Decision I: November 1, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 1, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
University of Pennsylvania
- Early Decision: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Princeton University
- Single-Choice Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 1, 2026
Stanford University
- Restrictive Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
Tufts University
- Early Decision I: November 3, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 5, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
University of California Application
- Submission window: October 1 ~ December 1, 2025
- FAFSA, California Dream Act Application, and GPA Verification Form: March 2, 2026
University of Chicago
- Early Action: November 3, 2025
- Early Decision I: November 3, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 5, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 5, 2026
University of Texas at Austin
- Early Action: October 15, 2025
- Regular Decision: December 1, 2025
Vanderbilt University
- Early Decision I: November 1, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 1, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 1, 2026
Washington University in St. Louis
- Early Decision I: November 3, 2025
- Early Decision II: January 2, 2026
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
Yale University
- Single-Choice Early Action: November 1, 2025
- Regular Decision: January 2, 2026
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