College deadlines for fall 2027
198 deadlines at 124 colleges are still open. The next is Amherst's early decision, due Nov 9, 2026.
Early decision is binding: if they say yes, you go.
Every date here was read on the college's own site. A college missing from this list hasn't been checked yet, or we couldn't confirm its dates. Its page shows which and links to its admissions site.
Applied early? See when early decision results come out at each college, what to do if you're deferred and what to do once you're admitted. Every applicant: when the midyear report is due and FAFSA deadlines for 2027-28.
Nov 2026 31
Mon, Nov 9
Today 1 collegeTue, Nov 10
1 day left 1 collegeSun, Nov 15
6 days left 20 colleges- UW Seattle Regular decision
- University of Colorado Boulder Early action
- Virginia Tech Early action
- George Mason University Early action
- Pace University Early action
- Wake Forest Early actionEarly decisionBinding
- College of the Holy Cross Early decisionBinding
- Denison University Early decisionBinding
- Trinity College Early decisionBinding
- Williams Early decisionBinding
- Hamilton Early decisionBinding
- Bowdoin Early decisionBinding
- Davidson Early decisionBinding
- Bates Early decisionBinding
- Grinnell Early decisionBinding
- Swarthmore Early decisionBinding
- Bryn Mawr Early decisionBinding
- Reed Early actionEarly decisionBinding
- Texas Lutheran University Early action
- Harvey Mudd Early decisionBinding
Mon, Nov 30
21 days left 7 collegesDec 2026 14
Tue, Dec 1
22 days left 11 colleges- Texas A&M Regular decision
- UT Austin Regular decision
- Rutgers Regular decision
- Florida State Regular decision
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities Early action II
- University of South Carolina Regular decision
- Auburn University Early action II
- University of Kentucky Early action
- University of Maine Early action
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Early action
- The Juilliard School Regular decision
Thu, Dec 10
31 days left 1 collegeTue, Dec 15
36 days left 1 collegeThu, Dec 31
52 days left 1 collegeJan 2027 132
Fri, Jan 1
53 days left 17 colleges- University of Georgia Regular decision
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities Regular decision
- NYU Early decision IIBinding
- Clemson University Regular decision
- Northeastern Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Columbia Regular decision
- Harvard Regular decision
- Georgetown Regular decision
- Emory Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Vanderbilt Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Wake Forest Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Dartmouth Regular decision
- Barnard College Regular decision
- University of Richmond Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Macalester College Early decision IIBinding
- Bryn Mawr Early decision IIBinding
- Northeastern University Oakland Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
Sat, Jan 2
54 days left 3 collegesMon, Jan 4
56 days left 17 colleges- Boston College Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Northwestern Regular decision
- Notre Dame Regular decision
- WashU Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- UChicago Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Carnegie Mellon Regular decision
- Tufts Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Duke Regular decision
- Rice Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- MIT Regular decision
- Middlebury Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Babson College Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Williams Regular decision
- Hamilton Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Davidson Early decision IIBinding
- Swarthmore Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Caltech Regular decision
Tue, Jan 5
57 days left 18 colleges- Illinois Regular decision
- University of Tennessee Regular decision
- NYU Regular decision
- BU Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- UVA Regular decision
- University of Miami Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Penn Regular decision
- Stanford Regular decision
- Brown Regular decision
- University of San Diego Early decision IIBinding
- Wellesley Early decision IIBinding
- Amherst Regular decision
- Washington and Lee University Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Bowdoin Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Grinnell Early decision IIBinding
- Harvey Mudd Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Cooper Union Regular decision
- Minerva University Regular decision
Wed, Jan 6
58 days left 2 collegesFri, Jan 8
60 days left 2 collegesSun, Jan 10
62 days left 4 collegesMon, Jan 11
63 days left 1 collegeFri, Jan 15
67 days left 28 colleges- ASU Regular decision
- Ohio State Regular decision
- Purdue Regular decision
- UW–Madison Regular decision
- UF Regular decision
- University of Colorado Boulder Regular decision
- Virginia Tech Regular decision
- UMass Amherst Regular decision
- UNC Regular decision
- University of Oregon Regular decision
- UConn Regular decision
- Stony Brook University Regular decision
- University of Vermont Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Tulane Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Chapman University Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Villanova University Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Regular decision
- University of San Diego Regular decision
- Colgate University Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- College of the Holy Cross Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Denison University Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Trinity College Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Macalester College Regular decision
- Colorado College Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Connecticut College Early decision IIBindingRegular decision
- Grinnell Regular decision
- Bryn Mawr Regular decision
- Reed Early decision IIBindingRegular decision