Trying to understand how demonstrated interest factors into a college/university you're considering?  Then check out our list of institutions where demonstrated interest is deemed important or very important.  

To compile the list, we've identified every school in our coverage universe where the Common Data Set entry for "level of applicant's interest" is reported as important or very important.  Note that the Common Data set defines four options—very important, important, considered and not considered—and that inconsistencies are likely to exist in the way colleges define these terms.  

Nevertheless, the list remains a great way to get a better sense for where visiting a campus (virtually), taking advantage of an optional interview or completing an optional essay prompt may more strongly weigh on your candidacy for admission. 

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2027.  As many of you know, schools often post results in advance of their "official" notification dates, so we've compiled the most recently updated dates for you here where available, as well as last year's notification dates for reference.   Bookmark this page, as we'll be updating it frequently over the next 30 days.

Good luck, seniors!

Georgia Tech announced that it admitted 2,838 Early Action 2 applicants to the Class of 2027.  Early Action 2 is for international and out-of-state students only.  

Early Action 1 applications totaled exceeded 27,500, resulting in an admission rate of 10 percent.

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The University of Southern California announced today that it admitted roughly 2,400 early action applicants to the Class of 2027.  

Over 40,600 early action applications were received, resulting in an acceptance rate of 6 percent.

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Brown accepted 879 applicants to the Class of 2027 under early decision.  

Early decision applications totaled 6,770 this year, up 10 percent and resulting in an early admission rate of 13 percent.

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Duke announced today that it admitted 800 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2027.

A total of 4,855 applications were received, resulting in an early decision rate of 17 percent. 

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it admitted a total of 685 early action applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 11,924 applications were submitted this year, down 20 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 5.7 percent.  

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The University of Notre Dame announced it admitted 1,701 restrictive early action applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 11,163 early applications were received, up 15 percent year over year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 15 percent.    

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Dartmouth accepted 578 applicants to the Class of 2027 under early decision.  

Early decision applicants totaled 3,009, up 14 percent year over year, resulting in an acceptance rate of 19 percent.   

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Harvard announced today that it admitted 722 applicants to the Class of 2027 under restrictive early action.  

A total of 9,553 early applications were received, up 1.2 percent year over year, resulting in an early admission rate of 7.56 percent. 

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Yale announced today that it accepted 10 percent of applicants to the Class of 2027 under Single Choice Early Action.

At total of 776 acceptances were offered from a pool of 7,744 early action applicants.  21 percent of applicants were deferred, 67 percent were denied, and 2 percent were withdrawn or incomplete.

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Emory University admitted 903 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2027. 722 were admitted to Emory College, 353 to Oxford College and 233 to both.

A total of 2,414 early decision 1 applications were received for admittance to Emory College, Oxford College at Emory or both.  

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Washington University in St. Louis announced it admitted 700 early decision 1 applicants to the Class of 2027.

About 2,000 early decision 1 applications were received, up 12 percent from the previous year, resulting in an acceptance rate of approximately 35 percent.  

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 1,040 early decision applicants to the Class of 2027.  

A total of 4,243 early decision applications were received, up 22 percent year over year, resulting in an overall early admission rate of 25 percent.  The resident admit rate was 31 percent versus 17 percent for non-residents. 

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Georgia Tech announced that it admitted 2,577 Early Action 1 applicants to the Class of 2027.  Early Action 1 is for Georgia residents only.  

Early Action 1 applications totaled nearly 6,437, resulting in an admission rate of 40 percent.

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