← All Articles

Early Decision

What binding Early Decision and restrictive Early Action actually commit you to, read from each school's own published filings.

How We Turn a College's Published Early Decision Rate Into an Estimate for You

The 2025–26 Common Data Sets Are Landing: New Early Decision Numbers From 25 Colleges, and the Four We Can Compare

Early Decision at Liberal Arts Colleges: Three Times the Admit Rate at Some, Barely More at Others (2026)

Public Universities With Early Decision (2026–27): Ten Schools, and Two That Close October 15

Early Decision Deadlines 2026: All 143 ED I Dates, From October 15 to December 1

Deferred in Early Decision? Your Deadlines and Options for 2026-27

Early Decision II Schools 2026-27: All 102 and Their Deadlines

Wesleyan Early Decision 2026: The Largest Early Edge Among the Liberal Arts Colleges We Read

Villanova Early Decision 2026: 60% Early, and Why Early Action Might Be the Better Call

Johns Hopkins Early Decision 2026: Why Its Early Edge Is Smaller Than You Think

Boston College vs Boston University Early Decision 2026: Same City, Different Bets

Vanderbilt Early Decision 2026: 14.1% vs 4.1%, and the Merit Question

Tufts Early Decision 2026: 32% Across Two Rounds, and the Cost Question to Ask First

WashU vs Emory Early Decision 2026: Which One Gets Your Binding Application?

Northwestern Early Decision 2026: 23% Sounds High. Here Is What It Hides.

Columbia Early Decision 2026: 13.2% vs 2.8%, and the Last Test-Optional Ivy Round

Duke Early Decision 2026: 17.3% in the Filing, 13.8% in the Announcement

Early Decision or Early Action at the Same School? The 21 That Offer Both, and Which Door to Take (2026)

The 6 Colleges Where Applying Early Decision Gives You No Advantage (2026)

Early Decision Helps Most at the Top 25 and Barely at All Below 50 (2026 Data)

Articles on PrepToDone are for informational purposes only and do not guarantee admission outcomes. All predictions are data-based estimates derived from publicly available data.