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Colleges with a January 4, 2027 application deadline
The short answer
17 colleges have a fall 2027 application deadline on Monday, January 4, 2027: Boston College, Northwestern, Notre Dame, WashU, UChicago and 12 more. Each date was read on the college's own site.
If you're applying to any of these, January 4 is the day your application has to be in. Some colleges give you a few more days to send transcripts or scores, and their own pages list those dates. Open the college's page before you submit, because dates can change.
The list (17)
- Babson College Checked Nov 5 on babson.edu · All Babson College deadlines
- Boston College Checked Nov 5 on bc.edu · All Boston College deadlines
- California Institute of Technology Checked Nov 5 on admissions.caltech.edu · All Caltech deadlines
- Carnegie Mellon University Checked Nov 5 on cmu.edu · All Carnegie Mellon deadlines
- Davidson College Checked Nov 5 on davidson.edu · All Davidson deadlines
- Duke University Checked Nov 5 on admissions.duke.edu · All Duke deadlines
- Hamilton College Checked Nov 5 on hamilton.edu · All Hamilton deadlines
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Checked Nov 5 on apply.mitadmissions.org · All MIT deadlines
- Middlebury College Checked Nov 5 on middlebury.edu · All Middlebury deadlines
- Northwestern University Checked Nov 5 on admissions.northwestern.edu · All Northwestern deadlines
- Rice University Checked Nov 5 on admission.rice.edu · All Rice deadlines
- Swarthmore College Checked Nov 5 on swarthmore.edu · All Swarthmore deadlines
- Tufts University Checked Nov 5 on admissions.tufts.edu · All Tufts deadlines
- University of Chicago Checked Nov 5 on collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu · All UChicago deadlines
- University of Notre Dame Checked Nov 5 on admissions.nd.edu · All Notre Dame deadlines
- Washington University in St Louis Checked Nov 5 on admissions.washu.edu · All WashU deadlines
- Williams College Checked Nov 5 on williams.edu · All Williams deadlines
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Which colleges have a January 4 application deadline?
17 colleges have a fall 2027 application deadline on Monday, January 4, 2027: Boston College, Northwestern, Notre Dame, WashU, UChicago and 12 more. By round: regular decision at 16 and early decision II at 10.
Which colleges have early decision II on January 4?
10 colleges do: Boston College, WashU, UChicago, Tufts, Rice, Middlebury, Babson College, Hamilton and 2 more. Early decision II is binding: if you get in, you go.
Do the colleges due January 4 require the SAT or ACT?
Some do. Of the 17 with a checked testing rule, 14 are test-optional, 2 require the SAT or ACT and 1 requires scores from some applicants for fall 2027.
Can I still apply to college after January 4?
Yes. 75 colleges we checked take applications after January 4, including ASU, Ohio State, Purdue, Kennesaw State University and 71 more. The deadline calendar lists every one, soonest first.
Checked Nov 5, 2026 on each college's own site. Dates change: confirm with the college before you apply.