It’s been another early application round with a record number of applications. New York University was smashed with about 75,000 applications, 12 percent more than last year. More students than ever before – roughly 11,000 – filed Early Decision applications with NYU. Northwestern received about 6 percent more Early Decision applications than last year, a record number of 4,058 applications. Early applicants will fill about half of the Class of 2022, which is expected to total 1,925 students. Dartmouth’s Class of 2022 early decision applications soared to 13.5 percent over last year’s record pool, reaching an all-time high of 2,270 applications. This marks the first time the College has received more than 2,000 early applications. 565 students were accepted, for an acceptance rate of 24.9 percent, the lowest since 2010.
SO… many seniors are scrambling after the January 1 regular decision deadline and either didn’t get into to their early choice school, or were waiting for something. Trust us when we say that this is why you want to be prepared early on in your high school career, so you CAN take advantage of a smart early application choice.
Regardless, for those of you wanting to add more schools to your list, we’ve done the heavy lifting and below are schools with some deadlines later than January 1st.
And, as always, we are here to help if you need some essay guidance or are sounding the alert and want our 911 Common Application assistance.

COLLEGES WITH LATE DEADLINES
| American University | EDII & Regular 1/10 |
| Assumption College | 15-Feb |
| Baylor University | 1-Feb |
| Berklee College of Music | 15-Jan |
| Butler University | 1-Feb |
| Case Western Reserve University | 15-Jan |
| Catholic University | 15-Feb |
| Clemson University | 15-Feb |
| Colgate University | 15-Jan |
| Dickinson College | 1-Feb |
| Georgetown University | 10-Jan |
| Gettysburg College | 15-Jan |
| Grinnell College | 15-Jan |
| Hobart and William Smith College | 1-Feb |
| College of the Holy Cross | 15-Jan |
| Ithaca College
James Madison University | 1-Feb
15-Jan |
| Kenyon College | 15-Jan |
| Lafayette College | 15-Jan |
| Muhlenberg College | 15-Feb |
| Salve Regina University
Seton Hall | 15-Feb
1-Feb; Regular Decision II: 1-March |
| Sewanee The University of the South | 1-Feb |
| Smith College | 15-Jan |
| Southern Methodist University
St. Johns University (Maryland) | 15-March
15-Jan |
| St. Lawrence University | 1-Feb |
| Texas Christian University | 15-Feb |
| Tulane University | 15-Jan |
| University of Connecticut | 15-Jan |
| University of Vermont | 15-Jan |
| University of Mass (Lowell)
University of Michigan | 15-Feb
1-Feb |
| University of North Carolina | 15-Jan |
| University of Southern California | 15-Jan |
| University of Wisconsin | 1-Feb |
| Virginia Tech | 15-Jan |
| Villanova University | 15-Jan |
| Wash U St. Louis | 15-Jan |
| Wellesley College | 15-Jan |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1-Feb |
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