Boston University Regular Decision (BU RD) decisions usually come out in the second half of March, most often on a Saturday around the 3rd or 4th week of the month.

Quick Scoop: “When does BU RD come out?”

  • In recent years, BU has released Regular Decision results in late March , typically on a Saturday evening (around 7–8 p.m. Eastern Time).
  • One recent year, an email to counselors reportedly set the date as Saturday, March 22 , with decisions dropping in the early morning.
  • Forum users looking at patterns note that results tend to land on the 3rd Saturday of March , though this is not guaranteed and sometimes shifts (e.g., speculation between March 21 and March 28).
  • BU has also timed portal maintenance and short outages right before decisions, which often sparks rumors that results are imminent.

What this means for you

If you’re waiting this year, the safest expectation is:

  1. Watch the 3rd and 4th Saturdays of March especially closely.
  1. Expect decisions sometime between 7–8 p.m. ET , based on recent anecdotal reports.
  1. Keep an eye on:
    • Your email (they often send a “decisions are out” notice).
 * The **applicant portal** , especially if it briefly goes down or shows maintenance messages close to those dates.

BU does not publicly lock in an RD time far in advance, and dates can shift year to year, so treat past patterns and forum chatter as educated guesses , not guarantees.

Tiny trend snapshot

  • Typical window: mid–late March, mostly Saturdays.
  • Time of day: early evening ET for most students checking, sometimes morning for the official “flip.”
  • Source of rumors: Reddit “ApplyingToCollege,” College Confidential threads, and counselor emails circulating just before decisions go live.

Bottom line: BU RD comes out in late March, commonly on a Saturday, with exact date and time confirmed only by BU’s own communications each year.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.