Common App deadlines without panic

Deadline alphabet soup (ED, EA, REA, RD — plus ED II, EA II, and Rolling when a school uses them) scares families because it is framed as strategy theater. On this site it is simpler: each school page surfaces Common App membership and published deadline fields when we have them (ED, ED II, EA, EA II, REA, RD, Rolling). Missing means missing — we do not invent a date. Deadline and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements data we ship with school profiles.

A calmer sequence

• List target schools, then open each profile’s Common App panel for membership and deadline stamps.
• Use coaching for grade-banded application-cycle milestones — not for predicting admit odds.
• Binding early plans need a genuine first choice and a financial plan you can live with; otherwise prefer regular decision or non-binding early options the school actually lists.

Deadlines are logistics, not a personality test. Fit, cost, and outcomes still live in filters, lists, and school stats — do not let the calendar replace those questions. Verify anything that matters with the institution; our fields can lag or be incomplete.

Find a college’s deadlinesSearch, then check the Common App panel on the profile.