Fortunately, some schools’ regular decision deadlines are well beyond January 1, which means that you can take a break and enjoy the holidays before returning to work on your applications.
Colleges and Universities with January 15 RD deadlines include:
Bucknell
Colgate (regular and ED II)
Drexel
Emerson College
Fairfield University
George Mason
Gettysburg College
Lafayette
Loyola University
RPI
Tulane
UMass Amherst
UNC-Chapel Hill
VCU
Virginia Tech
Villanova
Wash U
Wellesley
Unique dates:
Georgetown-January 10
University of Pennsylvania-January 5
The above list is not exhaustive; students are urged to check individual college websites for full details.
