Archive : MBA Admissions Deadlines

And the hits just keep coming this week. Just days after Wharton and Harvard announced their MBA application deadlines for the coming year, Stanford GSB has released its deadlines. Stanford’s essay topics have not yet been released, but we’ll analyze them here as soon as they come out.

If you were wondering whether the 2010-2011 MBA admissions season could really upon us already after Wharton released its application deadlines last week, then wonder no more. Yesterday Harvard Business School announced its application deadlines and admissions essays for the 2010-2011 season. Here they are, taken from Harvard’s site. Our comments are in italics:

University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has not yet released its admissions essays for the coming year, but the school recently released its application deadlines for the coming year:

Harvard Business School has just announced this year’s application deadline for the HBS 2+2 Program: June 15, 2010. Note that this is a couple of week’s earlier than last year’s deadline.

As we round out our analysis of the top MBA program’s application essays, here are Columbia Business School’s application essays and deadlines for the September 2010 intake. Everything remains pretty the the same since last year, but we’ve put everything to make sure our readers have everything they need. Our comments follow in italics:

MBA Essay Map: View all business school essays, side by side, in one succinct view.

The UCLA Anderson School of Management has released its admissions essays and deadlines for the coming application season. Here they are, followed by our comments:

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business hasn’t yet released its application for the coming year, but the school did recently release its application deadlines for 2009-2010 (click on the “When to Apply” tab on the Fuqua site).

Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business won’t release its full 2009-2010 application until mid-August, but the school has already announced its application deadlines for the coming year, and has also spread the word that its admissions essays will carry over unchanged from last year.

The Chicago Booth admissions office recently announced its admissions deadlines and application essays for the coming year. These will help you start planning your Chicago Booth application. Our comments follow in italics:

The Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley recently released its application deadlines for the 2009-2010 admissions season. Haas has not yet released its essays for the coming year, although you can review the Haas site to see last year’s essays and get a feel for what the school looks for in its applicants. Our comments follow in italics:

Yale SOM Director of Admissions Bruce DelMonico was kind enough to reach out recently and let us know that Yale has posted it application essays and deadlines for the coming season. It looks like Yale has significantly overhauled its essays for the coming year, going with shorter essays that will require brevity and focus.

For those that are increasingly saavy in their technical abilities and wish to sync Veritas Prep’s “Top MBA Program Deadlines and Important Dates” calendar with their MS Outlook or smartphone:

Recently NYU’s Stern School of Business released its application essays for the the 2009-2010 admissions season.

We recently visited NYU Stern and met with the admissions office as part of the second annual AIGAC conference in New York, and we came away impressed with how much the school has innovated with special academic and job-related programs. Take a look at Veritas Prep’s NYU Stern information page to learn more about the school and see if it’s a good fit for you.

Late last month the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business released its application deadlines for the coming year. Regular readers of our blog will notice that the school’s deadlines haven’t changed at all vs. last year.

A couple of weeks ago Kellogg released its admissions essays for the coming year. Now, the admissions office has published its application deadlines for the 2009-2010 season.

The MIT Sloan admissions office has just posted its application deadlines and admissions essays for the coming year. Note that, aside from MIT Sloan’s cover letter, all of the essays are new this year. Our comments follow in italics:

While the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has not yet released its admissions essays for the coming year, last week the school released its application deadlines for the coming year:

Last week the Stanford Graduate School of Business released its admissions essay topics and deadlines for the 2009-2010 application season. Notably, as is the case with HBS, Stanford’s Round 1 deadline is now in the first week of October, and the school will now notify Round 1 applicants before the holidays at the end of the year.

Harvard Business School has posted the admissions essays and deadlines for 2009. Here they are, taken from Harvard’s site. Our comments are in italics:

HBS 2+2 Program Application Deadline
There is just one application round for the HBS 2+2 Program. Applications must be received by July 1, 2009, at 5:00 PM Eastern time. Applicants will be notified of their admissions decisions by September 15, 2009.

NYU’s Stern School of Business has released its online application for the 2008-2009 admissions season. Here are Stern’s deadlines for the coming year:

NYU (Stern) Application Deadlines
Round 1: November 15, 2008
Round 2: January 15, 2009
Round 3: March 15, 2009

INSEAD has released its application for the 2008-2009 season. The following are INSEAD’s deadlines and essays for the coming Sep. 2009 intake, with our italics in comments:

INSEAD Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 1, 2008
Round 2: November 26, 2008
Round 3: February 11, 2009
Round 4: April 1, 2009

The Johnson School at Cornell Univerity won’t release its 2008-2009 MBA application for a couple more weeks, but the school has released its deadlines for the upcoming year:

Cornell (Johnson) Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 6, 2008
Round 2: November 17, 2008
Round 3: January 12, 2009
Round 4: March 23, 2009

UCLA’s Anderson School of Management has released its online application and announced its application deadlines and admissions essays for the 2008-2009 season. Here they are, with our comments in italics:

UCLA Anderson Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 9, 2008
Round 2: January 8, 2009
Round 3: April 2, 2009

Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business has announced its deadlines for the 2008-2009 admissions season:

Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 27, 2008
Round 2: January 5, 2009
Round 3: March 9, 2009
Round 4: April 27, 2009 (U.S.-based applicants only)
Round 5: June 1, 2009 (FlexTime/FlexMode applicants only)

We posted information about Tuck’s 2008-2009 admissions essays a couple of weeks ago. Now, here are the school’s application deadlines:

Dartmouth (Tuck) Application Deadlines
Early Action: October 15, 2008
November Round: November 12, 2008
January Round: January 7, 2009
April Round: April 1, 2009

While we earlier posted Chicago’s application essays for 2008-2009, we wanted to get the word out about Chicago’s deadlines for this season:

Chicago GSB Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 15, 2008
Round 2: January 7, 2009
Round 3: March 11, 2009

Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business has released its admissions essays and application deadlines for 2008-2009. Our comments are in italics:

Duke (Fuqua) Application Deadlines
Early Action: October 15, 2008
Round 1: October 27, 2008
Round 2: January 7, 2009
Round 3: March 16, 2009

The Yale School of Management recently released its application essays and deadlines for the 2008-2009 admissions season. Our comments are in italics:

Yale SOM Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 22, 2008
Round 2: January 7, 2009
Round 3: March 18. 2009

While the UT Austin (McCombs) admissions office won’t release the school’s full MBA application until next month, the school has recently posted its 2008-2009 application deadlines.

McCombs uses a rolling admissions process (i.e., applications are evaluated as they come in, not in discrete batches based on rounds), but the admissions office normally publishes “suggested” deadlines:

NYU’s Stern School of Business has not yet released its application for 2008-2009, but the admissions office wanted to give a nod to the early birds in the applicant pool. A recent message on the school’s web site announced that Stern’s Round One deadline will be November 15, 2008. The full Stern MBA application will be available by late August.

The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business has released its deadlines for the 2008-2009 application season:

Darden Application Deadlines
Round 1: October 28, 2008
Round 2: January 7, 2009
Round 3: March 4, 2009

While Kellogg released its application essays back in June, the admissions office has put out its application deadlines for the 2008-2009 season.

If you look at the Kellogg page, you’ll notice that it’s fairly confusing. For each round, what you should pay attention to most is the date by which you need to contact the office for your interview and submit Part 1 of your application.