Early Decision

Early Decision I: application and credentials are due by Nov. 1, with decisions announced by Dec. 15.

Early Decision II: application and credentials are due by Jan. 15, with decisions announced in February.

Regular Decision applicants and students deferred from the Early Action round may switch their application to ED II until February 20 by notifying our office at admissions@union.edu and submitting the Early Decision Agreement.

Benefits for applying Early Decision at Union:

• There is no application fee for students applying Early Decision.
• Early Decision candidates are favored in the admissions process.
• Prioritized financial aid and scholarship consideration:
  • Need-based aid: Union is need aware in the admission process. Early decision applicants are the very first students we package. As a result, we are able to admit some early decision applicants whose need is higher than we would be able to fund in later rounds.
  • Merit aid: Domestic early decision applicants who qualify for merit-based aid are automatically eligible for an early enrollment award.

About Early Decision at Union:

• To be considered for Early Decision, applicants submit the Early Decision Agreement (Common App ED form or Coalition ED form) with your application.
• First quarter senior grades are required.
• ED applicants for financial aid must submit the required financial aid documents by the application deadline.
• There are three possible decisions extended to ED applicants: admit, defer to the regular applicant pool or deny.
• If admitted, Early Decision candidates are committed to attend Union. After enrolling, they must withdraw all applications to other colleges and universities.