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Depends on how competitive an applicant you are and how many applications they’ve received. If it’s a safety school, you stand a good chance to hear back very quickly if you’re accepted. If you’re more of a middle-of-the-road candidate, they may hold on to your application for awhile to see how their applicant pool shapes up. Different schools also have different policies about when they send notices, and they often send them in batches. The first admit group from my school heard at the end of November…didn’t matter if you had applied the very first day they were accepting applications and were admitted no problem, you still wouldn’t hear until that week.

But applying early is always a good idea. Most colleges will try to get a decision back to you within 6-8 weeks (or at least tell you they’re holding onto your application) so the earlier you apply, the sooner you should hear.