2012 Colleges with Early Decision Plans

 

For seventeen years, high school counselor Cigus Vanni has created and maintained a series of lists that are great tools for students -- and counselors. We're delighted he is allowing us to share these lists with our readers. In previous weeks, we posted 2012-2013 Schools that require or recommend Subject Tests and 2012 Colleges and Universities with Early Action plans. Today, we are featuring 2012 Colleges and Universities with Early Decision plans.

Early decision (ED) plans are restrictive -- they place conditions on the student restricting them from applying to other schools or committing them to enrolling. Under early decision plans, students apply to only one ED college and sign a binding commitment to enroll if accepted. Applications are submitted early, usually in November, and notification usually occurs in December. If the student is admitted, applications to any other colleges submitted under regular decision, rolling admission, or early action plans must be withdrawn immediately.

Some colleges offer multiple admission plans, such as ED and Early Action or more than one round of ED admissions. That information is included in brackets following the name of each school. Always check the website of each college to which you are applying in order to understand the specifics of their restrictions and requirements. 

In fact, while this information is current with the compilation of this list in July 2012, as is the case with all aspects of college admission, use lists as guides and always double check with individual admission offices.

 

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH BINDING EARLY DECISION ADMISSION PLANS

 

ARIZONA

 

          Prescott College

 

CALIFORNIA

 

          California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo

          Claremont McKenna College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Harvey Mudd College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Occidental College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Pitzer College

          Pomona College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Santa Clara University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Scripps College [also supports an ED II plan]

 

COLORADO

 

          Colorado College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan]

 

CONNECTICUT

 

          Connecticut College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Fairfield University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Mitchell College

          Quinnipiac University

          Sacred Heart University

          Trinity College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Wesleyan University [also supports an ED II plan]

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

          Georgetown Washington University [also supports an ED II plan]

 

FLORIDA

 

          Flagler College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Florida Southern College

          Rollins College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Stetson University

          University of Miami [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

GEORGIA

 

          Emory University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Georgia Southwestern State University

          Morehouse College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Oxford College of Emory University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Spelman College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Wesleyan College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action

plan]

 

ILLINOIS

 

          Moody Bible Institute

          Northwestern University

          Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences

 

INDIANA

 

          DePauw University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Earlham College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Saint Mary’s College

          Wabash College [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

IOWA

 

          Cornell College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan]

          Grinnell College [also supports an ED II plan]

 

KANSAS

 

          Central Christian College of Kansas

 

KENTUCKY

 

          Georgetown College [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

MAINE

 

          Bates College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Bowdoin College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Colby College [also supports an ED II plan]

          College of the Atlantic [also supports an ED II plan]

          Maine Maritime Academy

 

 

 

MARYLAND

 

          Goucher College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan]

          Hood College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Johns Hopkins University

          Maryland Institute College of Art

Saint Mary’s College of Maryland [also supports an ED II plan]

          Washington College [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

          Amherst College

          Babson College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Boston University

          Brandeis University [also supports an ED II plan]

          College of the Holy Cross

          Emmanuel College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Gordon College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Hampshire College [also supports an Early Acton plan]

          Merrimack College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Mount Holyoke College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Smith College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Springfield College

          Stonehill College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Tufts University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Wellesley College

          Wheaton College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Williams College

 

MICHIGAN

 

          Hillsdale College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Kalamazoo College [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

MINNESOTA

 

          Carleton College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Macalester College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Saint Olaf College [also supports an ED II plan]

 

MISSISSIPPI

 

          Millsaps College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Mississippi College

 

MISSOURI

 

          Stephens College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Washington University in Saint Louis

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

          Dartmouth College

 

NEW JERSEY

 

          Drew University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Stevens Institute of Technology [also supports an ED II plan]

          The College of New Jersey

 

NEW YORK

 

          Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

          Alfred University

          Barnard College

          Clarkson University

          Colgate University [also supports an ED II plan]

          College of New Rochelle

          Columbia University

          Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

          Cornell University

          Elmira College

          Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts

          Five Towns College

          Hamilton College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Hartwick College

          Hobart and William Smith Colleges [also supports an ED II plan]

          Ithaca College

          Jewish Theological Seminary of America

          Manhattan College

          Manhattanville College

          Marist College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Nazareth College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          New York University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [also supports an ED II plan]

          Rochester Institute of Technology

          Saint John Fisher College

          Saint Joseph’s College of Nursing

          Saint Lawrence University

          Sarah Lawrence College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Siena College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Skidmore College [also supports an ED II plan]

          State University of New York (SUNY) College at Buffalo

          SUNY College at Fredonia

          SUNY College at Geneseo

          SUNY College at Old Westbury

          SUNY College at Oswego

          SUNY College at Plattsburgh

          SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

          SUNY University at Buffalo

          Syracuse University

          Union College [also supports an ED II plan]

          University of Rochester

          Vassar College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Wagner College

          Webb Institute of Naval Architecture

          Wells College [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

NORTH CAROLINA

 

          Carolinas College of Health Sciences

          Davidson College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Duke University

          Elon University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          High Point University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Meredith College

          Piedmont International University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Wake Forest University

          Warren Wilson College

 

OHIO

 

          College of Wooster [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Denison University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Kenyon College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Miami University of Ohio [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Oberlin College and Conservatory [also supports an ED II plan]

          Wittenberg University [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

OREGON

 

          Reed College [also supports an ED II plan]

 

PENNSYLVANIA

 

          Allegheny College

          Bryn Mawr College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Bucknell University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Carnegie Mellon University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Dickinson College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Decision plan]

          Duquesne University [also supports an Early Decision plan]

          Franklin and Marshall College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Gettysburg College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Grove City College

          Haverford College

          Juniata College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Lafayette College

          Lehigh University [also supports an ED II plan]

          Muhlenberg College

          Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

          Susquehanna University [also supports a restrictive Early Action plan]

          Swarthmore College [also supports an ED II plan]

          University of Pennsylvania

          Ursinus College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Washington and Jefferson College [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

RHODE ISLAND

 

          Brown University

          Bryant University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Rhode Island School of Design

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

 

          Furman University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Presbyterian College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Wofford College

         

TENNESSEE

 

          Rhodes College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          University of The South [also supports an ED II plan]

          Vanderbilt University [also supports an ED II plan]

 

TEXAS

 

          Rice University

          Southwestern University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Trinity University [also supports an Early Action plan]

         

 

VERMONT

 

          Bennington College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Champlain College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Marlboro College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Middlebury College [also supports an ED II plan]

          Norwich University

 

VIRGINIA

 

          Christopher Newport University [also supports an Early Action plan]

          College of William and Mary

          Hampden-Sydney College [also supports an Early Action plan]

          Hollins University

          Lynchburg College

          Mary Baldwin College

          Roanoke College

          University of Richmond [also supports an ED II plan]

          Virginia Military Institute

          Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

          Washington and Lee University [also supports an ED II plan]

         

WASHINGTON

 

          University of Puget Sound [also supports an ED II plan]

          Whitman College [also supports an ED II plan]

 

WISCONSIN

 

          Lawrence University [also supports an Early Action plan]

 

 

 

          This list was compiled by Cigus Vanni, a member of the New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling Executive Board and former member of the NACAC Professional Development Committee (2007-2010).  Sources consulted included The College Handbook, 2013 by the College Board; individual college websites; the College Board Common Data Set; and various college admissions offices by telephone.  As is the case with all aspects of college admission, use lists as guides and be certain to double check with individual admissions offices