Admission decisions will be released in mid-December 2026, roughly a month ahead of Early Action decisions. (Henry Kofman / Daily Trojan file photo) USC will introduce an Early Decision admissions ...
Town & Country: College Admissions: What to Do If You Didn’t Get in via Early Decision
College Admissions: What to Do If You Didn’t Get in via Early Decision
Daily Trojan: USC will offer an Early Decision option for Fall 2027 applicants
Daily Trojan: USC accepts 9.5% of class of 2030 early action applicants
The 9.5% acceptance rate for the class of 2030 is the higest USC has seen in three years. (Braden Dawson / Daily Trojan) USC accepted about 3,800 students through early action for the Class of 2030, ...
There are three main options for college admissions applications: early action, early decision, and regular decision. Early decision applications involve a commitment to enroll if admitted. In ...
Reuters: Top US colleges sued in class action over ‘early decision’ admissions
The Washington Post: Elite colleges conspire to use early admissions to inflate costs, lawsuit says
A controversial college admissions practice is facing legal scrutiny, as current and former students of elite universities accuse their schools of conspiring to inflate prices through the use of early ...
Elite colleges conspire to use early admissions to inflate costs, lawsuit says
Forbes: Here’s When You Can Expect Early Admissions Results—And What You Should Be Doing In The Meantime
Here’s When You Can Expect Early Admissions Results—And What You Should Be Doing In The Meantime
A new antitrust class action lawsuit against a group of selective colleges and universities is challenging their early-decision admissions policies. The complaint, filed by three students and a recent ...
With the imminent arrival of early-decision results comes a new round of hand-wringing about the admissions practice, which affords students a better chance of getting accepted to their top ...
Town & Country: College Admissions: Is This the Beginning of the End for Early Decision?
College Admissions: Is This the Beginning of the End for Early Decision?
Yahoo: Top US colleges sued in class action over ‘early decision’ admissions
Four current and former college students have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that 32 highly selective private institutions’ use of early decision in admissions violates federal antitrust law.
In January 2026, Virginia Tech released the first cycle of admissions for first-year students applying for the Fall 2026 term. Early action is an undergraduate decision plan for first-year applicants ...
The Boston Globe: Why top colleges should cut back on early decision admissions
During a fateful track and field meet with Stanford University, the USC team was beaten early and seemingly conclusively. After only the first few events, it seemed implausible USC would ever win, but the team fought back, winning many of the later events, to lose only by a slight margin.
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It’s that time of year again when high school seniors who applied to their top-choice college via early decision (a binding process in which students agree to attend if accepted) are beginning to ...
Yahoo: USC is latest to join a college ‘megatrend' - and its acceptance rate will totally change
USC is latest to join a college ‘megatrend' - and its acceptance rate will totally change
MSN: USC is latest to join a college 'megatrend' - and its acceptance rate will totally change
Admission to the University of Southern California is about to change dramatically as USC joins a national "megatrend" transforming how elite colleges accept students - and making it even harder for ...
USC is latest to join a college 'megatrend' - and its acceptance rate will totally change
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Few experiences leave students as apprehensive, restless and wracked with self-doubt as the college application process, except perhaps the subsequent wait for a letter in the mail. Fortunately, early ...
Forbes: Top Colleges Release Their Admissions Decisions—Here Are The Admissions Rates For The Class Of 2030
Top Colleges Release Their Admissions Decisions—Here Are The Admissions Rates For The Class Of 2030
The New York Times: The Early Decision Option Is a Racket. Shut It Down.
A new federal lawsuit accuses 32 elite colleges of engaging in an “early decision conspiracy" that inflates the tuition paid by students. A class-action lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court ...
Inside Higher Ed: Could Financial Aid Previews Level the Early Decision Playing Field?
College admissions in the United States have become divorced from merit. I’m not referring to contentious arguments over legacy admissions, affirmative action or athletic recruitment. I’m talking ...
Thousands of high school seniors received an early holiday gift this month: admission to their first choice college through early decision, often called "ED." With binding ED, students apply to one ...
Forbes: Top 5 Things Every Student Applying Early To The Ivy League Must Do In 2025