Wesleyan University announced it received 742 early decision I applications for the Class of 2021, up more than 16 percent from the previous year. Actual admission results were not provided.  

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Williams admitted 257 applicants to the Class of 2021 under early decision.  

Early decision applications grew 25 percent from the previous year to 728, resulting in an early admission rate of 35%.

Early decision admits will comprise 47 percent of this year's class. 

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Columbia University announced it received 4,086 early decision applications for the Class of 2020, up 16 percent from the previous year.  The actual admission results were not provided.  

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The University of Pennsylvania admitted 1,354 early decision applicants to the Class of 2020.  

Early decision applications rose 7 percent from the previous year to 6,147, resulting in an admission rate of 22 percent.

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Here's our latest list of reported early admission rates for the Class of 2020.

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Three of the five Claremont Colleges—Pomona, Pitzer and Harvey Mudd—announced early decision results for the Class of 2020 on Friday.  

• Pomona College reported 19.4 percent of early decision (ED) applicants were admitted this year. 914 ED applications were received this year, up 24 percent from last year.  ED admittances will make up approximately 40 percent of the incoming class.

• Pitzer College reported 27.8 percent of ED applicants were admitted to the Class of 2020.  423 ED applications were received this year, up 4 percent from the previous year.

• Harvey Mudd College reported that 16.6 percent of ED applicants were admitted to the Class of 2020.  464 ED applications were received, up 6 percent from last year.  ED admittances will make up approximately 35 perent of the incoming class.

• Scripps College and Claremont McKenna College did not report early admission results in the article.

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Vanderbilt University reported today that it admitted 23.6 percent of Early Decision I/II applicants to the Class of 2020.  

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Middlebury College announced today that it admitted 60 early decision II applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 318 early decision II applications were received this year, resulting in an early decision II admission rate of 20 percent.

Overall, a total of 954 early decision I and II applications were received and 398 were admitted, resulting in an overall early decision admit rate of 42 percent.

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Amherst College announced today that it admitted 180 early decision applicants to the Class of 2020. 

Early decision applications fell 6 percent to 454, resulting in an early admission rate of 40 percent. Students admitted early decision will account for 38 percent of the targeted incoming class of  472 students.   

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George Washington University (GWU) announced last week that it plans to admit 841 early decision applicants to the Class of 2020.  

Early decision applications rose 30 percent to 1,373 this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 61%.  Students admitted early decision will account for 30-35% of the targeted incoming class of 2,500-2,600 studenets.   

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Bowdoin College announced that it admitted 207 early decision I applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 614 early decision I applications were received this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 33%.   

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Cornell accepted 27.4 percent of applicants to the Class of 2020 under early decision.  

The total number of early decision applicants grew 7 percent to 4,833 this year.

Of the remaining applicant pool, 23.6 percent were deferred to regular decision and 50 percent were denied admission.   

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Tufts announced yesterday that early decision applications rose to 2,070 for the Class of 2020, up 12 percent from last year.  The institution expects to enroll roughly half of its targeted class of 1,325 through its two early decision rounds.

Overall applications grew to 20,160 as of January 14th, up 6 percent from the previous year.   

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Davidson College announced today that it admitted 207 early decision I applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 458 early decision I applications were received this year, resulting in an early admission rate of 45 percent.  Total early action applications were up 7 percent over the previous year.   

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Middlebury College announced today that it admitted 336 early decision I applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 667 early action applications were received this year, down slightly (5%) from last year.  The early decision I admission rate rose from 42% to 53% this year.

Middlebury expects admitted early decision applicants to comprise 49% of the targeted class size of 685.  

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