A number of colleges and universities offering early decision and early action programs have reported their early application numbers for the Class of 2015. 

Northwestern University reported that early decision applications increased by 24 percent, to about 2,100, when compared with last year. At the University of Pennsylvania, early decision applications were up 18 percent.  Both Duke University and Johns Hopkins, reported that early decision applications increased by about 14 percent. 

Early decision applications to Brown declined by 3 percent from last year while Columbia reported an increase of almost 8 percent and Dartmouth soared nearly 12 percent.

Additional information, including numbers for Amherst, Bates, Elon, Lehigh,  George Washington, Stanford, MIT, Williams, Yale, Vanderbilt, Boston College, MIT, University of Chicago, NYU, Villanova and other schools can be found at Admission Scoop and in The Choice Blog, a feature of The New York Times.             

http://admissionscoop.com

http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/early-admission-2011/