Regular Decision Deadlines 2026–2027
71 schools with Regular Decision deadlines. Most fall between November 30 and January 15. Decisions typically arrive in late March or April.
About Regular Decision
Regular Decision (RD) is the standard application round. Most deadlines fall between November 30 and January 15, 2027. Decisions are typically released in late March or early April, with the national Reply Date of May 1. You can apply Regular Decision to as many schools as you like.
November 2026
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · Public · 23% acceptance
November 1, 2026
Decision: February 15, 2027
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA · Public · 49% acceptance
November 1, 2026
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · Public · 47% acceptance
November 1, 2026
Decision: February 1, 2027
University of Washington
Seattle, WA · Public · 46% acceptance
November 15, 2026
Decision: March 15, 2027
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public · 11.4% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public · 9% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public · 23.8% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA · Public · 26.8% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA · Public · 37% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA · Public · 21.7% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA · Public · 45% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA · Public · 57% acceptance
November 30, 2026
Decision: March 31, 2027
December 2026
January 2027
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private · 3.2% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · Private · 4.7% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 31, 2027
Columbia University
New York, NY · Private · 3.9% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private · 3.9% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 14, 2027
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private · 6.7% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private · 6.8% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · Private · 12.5% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 10, 2027
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · Private · 14.2% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private · 11% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Rice University
Houston, TX · Private · 8.7% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Tufts University
Medford, MA · Private · 10.7% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · Private · 17.1% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · Private · 6.8% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
New York University
New York, NY · Private · 12.2% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · Private · 21% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · Private · 25% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA · Public · 19% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · Public · 17% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: March 15, 2027
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · Private · 18% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Fordham University
Bronx, NY · Private · 46% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA · Public · 49% acceptance
January 1, 2027
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private · 4.6% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: March 31, 2027
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH · Private · 6.2% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · Private · 7.3% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private · 3.7% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private · 6.3% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private · 5.4% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · Private · 6.9% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO · Private · 11.7% acceptance
January 2, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA · Private · 3.9% acceptance
January 3, 2027
Decision: March 15, 2027
Boston University
Boston, MA · Private · 14.4% acceptance
January 4, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private · 5.9% acceptance
January 5, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
Brown University
Providence, RI · Private · 5.5% acceptance
January 5, 2027
Decision: March 28, 2027
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · Public · 45% acceptance
January 5, 2027
Decision: February 15, 2027
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · Private · 26% acceptance
January 5, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · Private · 12% acceptance
January 10, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private · 9.7% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · Public · 18% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: March 31, 2027
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN · Public · 70% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · Private · 27% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: March 20, 2027
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA · Private · 11.3% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · Private · 22% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT · Public · 49% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: March 1, 2027
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO · Public · 80% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: February 15, 2027
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR · Public · 83% acceptance
January 15, 2027
Decision: March 1, 2027
University of Maryland
College Park, MD · Public · 44% acceptance
January 20, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
February 2027
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI · Public · 17% acceptance
February 1, 2027
Decision: April 1, 2027
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH · Public · 49% acceptance
February 1, 2027
Decision: March 31, 2027
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN · Public · 53% acceptance
February 1, 2027
Decision: February 28, 2027
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN · Public · 80% acceptance
February 1, 2027
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ · Public · 88% acceptance
February 1, 2027
May 2027
All Schools — Regular Decision
Accept Rate
11.4%
SAT
1310-1540
Tuition
$44k
Accept Rate
9%
SAT
1290-1530
Tuition
$43k
Accept Rate
23.8%
SAT
1270-1500
Tuition
$44k
Accept Rate
26.8%
SAT
1230-1470
Tuition
$43k
Accept Rate
37%
SAT
1180-1430
Tuition
$44k
Accept Rate
21.7%
SAT
1200-1440
Tuition
$44k
Accept Rate
45%
SAT
1100-1330
Tuition
$43k
Accept Rate
57%
SAT
1050-1260
Tuition
$43k
Accept Rate
61%
SAT
1200-1430
Tuition
$33k
Accept Rate
3.9%
SAT
1550-1590
Tuition
$58k
Accept Rate
19%
SAT
1360-1530
Tuition
$51k
Accept Rate
3.9%
SAT
1570-1590
Tuition
$61k
Accept Rate
70%
SAT
1200-1430
Tuition
$35k
Accept Rate
82%
SAT
1120-1340
Tuition
$31k
Accept Rate
71%
SAT
1100-1340
Tuition
$29k