With college applications opening and closing in the fall, high school seniors’ anticipation rises over the next following months. Admission decisions “letters” (everything is online now) have been rolling out from December to March, and some waitlisted students may still be waiting for a spot in enrollment. Based on the 2023-2024 academic calendar, here are some of the dates that future students can expect to hear back from universities.

California State University (CSU)

Bakersfield: mid-December to January
Cal Maritime: December
Cal Poly Humboldt: January
Cal Poly Pomona: February to March
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: rolling from March 10 to March 30
Channel Islands: December
Chico: November
Dominguez Hills: January
East Bay: December
Fresno: February
Fullerton: February
Long Beach: early to mid-February
Los Angeles: February
Monterey Bay: December
Northridge: December
Sacramento: December
San Bernardino: December
San Diego: rolling starting mid-March
San Francisco: mid December
San Marcos: January
San Jose: early February
Sonoma: December
Stanislaus: December

University of California (UC)

Cal Berkeley: March 28
Davis: March 8 to mid-March
Irvine: March 20
Los Angeles: March 15
Merced: March 1
Riverside: March 1
San Diego: March 15 to late March
Santa Barbara: March 19 to late March
Santa Cruz: March 15 to late March
Other (Common Application or Private)

Out of state:

Arizona State: February
Stanford: March
University of Hawaii: March
University of Oregon: January to March
USC: early action January 19, regular March 22
Oregon State: December