Here's our latest list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2029.

This list currently includes results from American, Bennington, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, Duke, Emory, Emory Oxford, Fairfield, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Grinnell, MIT, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Santa Clara University, Tulane, University of Central Florida, USC, University of Georgia, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Williams College, and Yale.

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Emory University admitted 336 Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2029. 2350 were admitted to Emory College, 153
to Oxford College and 52 to both.

The EDII acceptance rate at ECAS was 10% and the rate at Oxford was 11%.

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Here's our updated list of early decision and early action notification dates for the Class of 2029.  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.

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 13.2 percent of early decision applicants to the Class of 2029.

6,762 early decision applications were received across both rounds, a 16% increase over last year.

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Rice University admitted 6% of Early Decision II applicants to the Class of 2029.  

EDII as an application option was introduced this cycle, and 2,513 applications were received in this inaural round.

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Duke announced today that it admitted 849 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2029.

A total of 6,627 applications were received, an increase of 6% from last year, resulting in an early decision rate of 12.8 percent. 

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Rice University admitted 13% of early decision applicants to the Class of 2029.  

2,970 early decision applications were received, an increase from last year's high of 2,886.
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Williams College announced yesterday that 26.6 percent of early decision applicants were admitted to the Class of 2029.

A total of 257 early decision acceptances were offered from a pool of 964 applicants.   

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Johns Hopkins announced today that it admitted 551 applicants to the Class of 2029 under early decision I.  

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Brown accepted 906 applicants to the Class of 2029 under early decision.  

Early decision applications totaled 5,048 this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 18 percent.

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Emory University admitted 995 Early Decision I applicants to the Class of 2029. 805 were admitted to Emory College, 400 to Oxford College and 210 to both.

A total of 3,311 early decision 1 applications were received for admittance to Emory College, Oxford College at Emory or both.  

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The University of Virginia announced today that it admitted 1,282 early decision applicants to the Class of 2029.  

A total of 4,971 early decision applications were received. The resident admit rate was 29.5 percent versus 21 percent for non-residents. 

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Looking for a way to enhance admission odds? Here's a list of schools with early decision admission rates that are at least twice as high as their regular decision admission rates.  

Because Early Decision is a binding commitment, it only makes sense if you're a competitive applicant, affordability isn't an issue, and you're absolutely certain it's the school for you. But as the list shows, there can be a meaningful advantage in applying this way if you are.  For example, at Bucknell University, roughly 60% of the Class of 2025 was admitted through Early Decision, and the admission rate was 73% vs. 31% for those who applied via Regular Decision.  Or at Bates College in Maine, roughly 80% of the incoming class was admitted through Early Decision and the admission rate was 46% vs. 10% for those who applied via Regular Decision.  These are differences too big to ignore.

Note: most early decision deadlines occur in early November, so the time is now to consider if it makes sense for you. Click here for more information about early admission, and here to find out how College Kickstart can help you take full advantage. 

Most schools have completed their updates for the 2024-25 admission cycle (Class of 2029), and several of the changes we've observed are worth noting. 

Over 20 schools have modified early admission options available to applicants this fall.  Notable changes include American University (new EA1), Carnegie Mellon (ED2 removed), RIT (new EA1), UConn (new ED1), University of Florida (new EA1), UT Austin (new EA1), and University of Vermont (new ED2).

If you're considering early admission, be sure to check out our list as it may impact how you decide to apply this fall.   Note to our subscribers: the data has already been incorporated into the product, simply run College Kickstart to see how it impacts your plan.

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Here's our initial list of reported early decision and early action admission rates for the Class of 2028.

This list includes results from American University, Boston College, Boston University, Brown, Bucknell, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Fairfield, Florida State University (in-state), Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern (Boston Campus), Notre Dame, Rice, Santa Clara University, the University of Georgia, the University of Southern California, the University of Tennessee, the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Williams College, and Yale.  

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