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The January second chance · 2025-26
Early Decision II is the same binding commitment as ED I with a January deadline — and it is the strongest play for students deferred or denied in the early round, or whose applications got meaningfully stronger by winter. These 122 colleges offer it; most families never realize how many do.
122 colleges on this list
Showing 122 of 122 colleges
| College | State | ED | EDII | EA | RD / Rolling | Fee (US) | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American University Coed | Washington D.C. | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $75 | N |
Antioch College Coed | Ohio | 11/15/2025 | 1/2/2026 | — | Rolling | $0 | N |
Babson College Coed | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/2/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/02/2026 | $75 | N |
Bard College Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Bates College Coed | Maine | 11/15/2025 | 1/10/2026 | — | 01/10/2026 | $0 | N |
Bennington College Coed | Vermont | 11/1/2025 | 1/10/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 1/10/2026 | $0 | N |
Bentley University Coed | Massachusetts | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 1/15/2026 | $75 | F |
Boston College Coed | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/2/2026 | — | 01/02/2026 | $80 | N |
Boston University Coed | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $80 | N |
Bowdoin College Coed | Maine | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $65 | N |
Brandeis University Coed | Massachusetts | 11/3/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/3/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $80 | N |
Bryant University Coed | Rhode Island | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/15/2026 | $50 | F |
Bryn Mawr College Women | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Bucknell University Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/1/2025 | 1/10/2026 | — | 01/10/2026 | $50 | S |
Carleton College Coed | Minnesota | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Case Western Reserve University Coed | Ohio | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $75 | N |
Centre College Coed | Kentucky | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
Claremont McKenna College Coed | California | 11/1/2025 | 1/10/2026 | — | 01/10/2026 | $70 | N |
Clark University Coed | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Colby College Coed | Maine | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $0 | N |
Colgate University Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $60 | N |
College of Charleston Coed | South Carolina | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | $60 | S |
College of Wooster Coed | Ohio | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 2/15/2026 | $0 | N |
College of the Atlantic Coed | Maine | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
College of the Holy Cross Coed | Massachusetts | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $60 | N |
Colorado College Coed | Colorado | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Connecticut College Coed | Connecticut | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Davidson College Coed | North Carolina | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/12/2026 | $50 | N |
DePauw University Coed | Indiana | 11/1/2025 | 12/15/2025 | 11/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
Denison University Coed | Ohio | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Dickinson College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $65 | N |
Drew University Coed | New Jersey | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 07/28/2026 | $40 | S |
Emerson College Coed | Massachusetts | 11/3/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 11/3/2025 | 1/16/2026 | $65 | N |
Emory University Coed | Georgia | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/01/2026 | $75 | N |
Fairfield University Coed | Connecticut | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $65 | N |
Fordham University Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/3/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/03/2026 | $80 | N |
Franklin & Marshall College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $60 | N |
Furman University Coed | South Carolina | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Gettysburg College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $60 | F |
Grinnell College Coed | Iowa | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | S |
Hamilton College Coed | New York | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $65 | N |
Hampshire College Coed | Massachusetts | 11/15/2025 | 1/1/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | I |
Harvey Mudd College Coed | California | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $70 | N |
Haverford College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/10/2026 | $65 | N |
High Point University Coed | North Carolina | 11/1/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 03/01/2026 | $50 | S |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Coed | New York | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
Johns Hopkins University Coed | Maryland | 11/1/2025 | 1/2/2026 | — | 01/02/2026 | $70 | A |
Kenyon College Coed | Ohio | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Lafayette College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $65 | N |
Lake Forest College Coed | Illinois | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/15/2026 | $0 | F |
Lawrence University Coed | Wisconsin | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Lehigh University Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/01/2026 | $75 | N |
List College The Jewish Theological Seminary Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/2/2026 | 1/2/2026 | 02/03/2026 | $65 | N |
Loyola Marymount University Coed | California | 11/1/2025 | 1/8/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $75 | N |
Loyola University Maryland Coed | Maryland | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $60 | N |
Macalester College Coed | Minnesota | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Marist University Coed | New York | 11/15/2025 | 2/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/15/2026 | $50 | N |
Middlebury College Coed | Vermont | 11/1/2025 | 1/3/2026 | — | 01/03/2026 | $75 | N |
Mondragon University Coed | — | — | 3/2/2026 | 11/3/2025 | 01/12/2026 | $0 | F |
Mount Holyoke College Women | Massachusetts | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Muhlenberg College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | S |
Northeastern University Coed | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/01/2026 | $75 | N |
Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Coed | Ohio | 11/1/2025 | 1/2/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Occidental College Coed | California | 11/15/2025 | 1/10/2026 | — | 01/10/2026 | $0 | N |
Pitzer College Coed | California | 11/15/2025 | 1/12/2026 | — | 01/12/2026 | $70 | I |
Pomona College Coed | California | 11/8/2025 | 1/8/2026 | — | 01/08/2026 | $80 | N |
Providence College Coed | Rhode Island | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $70 | N |
Reed College Coed | Oregon | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | S |
Rhodes College Coed | Tennessee | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Rice University Coed | Texas | 11/1/2025 | 1/4/2026 | — | 01/04/2026 | $75 | N |
Rochester Institute of Technology Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $65 | N |
Rollins College Coed | Florida | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | S |
Sacred Heart University Coed | Connecticut | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 07/28/2026 | $50 | N |
Saint Joseph's University Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
Saint Louis University Coed | Missouri | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 07/30/2026 | $0 | N |
Santa Clara University Coed | California | 11/1/2025 | 1/7/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/07/2026 | $75 | N |
Sarah Lawrence College Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Scripps College Women | California | 11/15/2025 | 1/8/2026 | — | 01/08/2026 | $60 | N |
Sewanee: The University of the South Coed | Tennessee | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
Skidmore College Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/8/2026 | — | 01/08/2026 | $0 | S |
Smith College Women | Massachusetts | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Southern Methodist University Coed | Texas | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Springfield College Coed | Massachusetts | 12/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | Rolling | $0 | N |
St. John's College (MD) Coed | Maryland | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
St. John's College (NM) Coed | New Mexico | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
St. Mary's College of Maryland Coed | Maryland | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $50 | S |
St. Olaf College Coed | Minnesota | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Stevens Institute of Technology Coed | New Jersey | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 12/1/2025 | 01/05/2026 | $75 | S |
Stonehill College Coed | Massachusetts | 12/1/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/15/2026 | $60 | I |
Swarthmore College Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/15/2025 | 1/4/2026 | — | 01/04/2026 | $60 | N |
Syracuse University Coed | New York | 11/15/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $85 | N |
System New York University Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $85 | N |
Texas Christian University Coed | Texas | 11/1/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $50 | N |
The Catholic University of America Coed | Washington D.C. | 11/1/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | F |
The George Washington University Coed | Washington D.C. | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $80 | S |
Trinity College Coed | Connecticut | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $65 | S |
Trinity University Coed | Texas | 11/1/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | N |
Tufts University Coed | Massachusetts | 11/3/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $75 | N |
Tulane University Coed | Louisiana | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/10/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Union College Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | S |
University of Chicago Coed | Illinois | 11/3/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 11/3/2025 | 01/05/2026 | $90 | N |
University of Denver Coed | Colorado | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $65 | S |
University of Miami Coed | Florida | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/05/2026 | $75 | S |
University of Richmond Coed | Virginia | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/01/2026 | $50 | S |
University of Rochester Coed | New York | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $50 | N |
University of San Francisco Coed | California | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $70 | N |
University of Vermont Coed | Vermont | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $55 | N |
Ursinus College Coed | Pennsylvania | 12/1/2025 | 2/1/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $0 | S |
Vanderbilt University Coed | Tennessee | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/01/2026 | $50 | N |
Vassar College Coed | New York | 11/15/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/01/2026 | $65 | N |
Villanova University Coed | Pennsylvania | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $80 | N |
Wake Forest University Coed | North Carolina | 11/15/2025 | 1/1/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 01/01/2026 | $85 | N |
Washington University in St. Louis Coed | Missouri | 11/3/2025 | 1/2/2026 | — | 01/02/2026 | $75 | N |
Washington and Lee University Coed | Virginia | 11/1/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/01/2026 | $60 | N |
Wellesley College Women | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/08/2026 | $0 | N |
Wesleyan University Coed | Connecticut | 11/15/2025 | 1/1/2026 | — | 01/01/2026 | $65 | N |
Wheaton College, Massachusetts Coed | Massachusetts | 11/15/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 02/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Whitman College Coed | Washington | 11/15/2025 | 1/10/2026 | — | 01/15/2026 | $60 | N |
William & Mary Coed | Virginia | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | — | 01/05/2026 | $75 | N |
Wofford College Coed | South Carolina | 11/1/2025 | 1/15/2026 | 11/15/2025 | 01/15/2026 | $0 | N |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Coed | Massachusetts | 11/1/2025 | 1/5/2026 | 11/1/2025 | 02/01/2026 | $70 | N |
Source: Common Application 2025-26 first-year grid, updated Oct 24 2025. Always verify with each college before submitting.
Is Early Decision II binding like ED I?
Yes — identical contract. If admitted, you enroll and withdraw all other applications. The only difference is timing: EDII deadlines cluster around January 1-15, with decisions in February.
Who should apply Early Decision II?
Three profiles: students deferred/denied from their ED I or REA school who have a clear second favorite; students whose fall-semester grades or new achievements materially strengthen their file; and students who simply were not ready by November 1.
Does EDII carry the same acceptance-rate advantage as ED I?
Usually a smaller but still real boost. Colleges use EDII to lock in yield after seeing their early results, so demonstrated commitment continues to carry weight — especially at ED-dependent liberal arts colleges.
Can I apply EDII somewhere while waiting on other RD decisions?
Yes. You may hold pending Regular Decision applications while applying EDII — but if the EDII school admits you, you must withdraw them all. Do not apply EDII unless you would genuinely attend.