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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