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2016-2017 MBA Application Deadlines
2016-2017 MBA Application Deadlines
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On your marks! Get set. Go!
Its already that time of the year again when the leading business schools are setting their
new deadlines for MBA applications for the upcoming 2016-2017 admissions season. While
there are still plenty of schools that have yet to announce new deadline dates (well be
updating this list on a daily basis as they come in), enough of the most highly selective
schools have weighed in to keep track of the new dates.
Not surprising, perhaps, the early bird deadlines are earlier than everyet again. The round
one deadline at Harvard Business School, for example, is now Sept. 7, the earliest deadline
ever and two days earlier than last years cuto date, as well as well before the Sept. 21st
round one deadline at Stanford Universitys Graduate School of Business. Yales School of
Management inched up its rst deadline by two days as well to Sept. 14th. Last year,
Stanford, MIT Sloan, and the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School all moved up
their early deadlines for candidates who want to get into those prestige MBA programs.
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Typically, it takes two to three months to hear back from a school with the verdict on your
application. Despite the early Sept. 7 deadline at HBS, the school says candidates wont get
a decision until three full months later on Dec. 7. Stanford will notify applicants in its rst
round sometime in December (the GSB isnt any more precise than that).
Most schools have three application deadlines, but thats not always the case. Dartmouth
Colleges Tuck School has four rounds, starting with an early action date of Oct. 5two days
earlier than last yearand an April round or nal deadline of April 4exactly the same as
last years date. Emory Universitys Goizueta School, which has both a one-year MBA
program and a two-year program, also boasts four deadlines, starting with a rst round
nish of Oct. 14. Its round two deadline comes up early after that on No. 22, while its
round 3 deadline is set for Jan. 4. Noti cation dates get a bit tricky as some schools,
including Goizueta. If you apply in the third round, for example, you will get a decision on
March 3 if you are a domestic applicant or a one-year international applicant. If you apply
to Emorys two-year program as an international candidate to that round, you wont hear
from the school until a week later on March 10. The fourth and nal deadline is March 10,
a day earlier than last year. For one-year applicants, there is a rolling admissions process
at this point, but two-year candidates will have their decision day on April 28.
Columbia Business School is di erent from most of its peer schools in having a rolling
decisions schedule with an early decision deadline of Oct. 5 where applicants have to
agree that once accepted they will attend Columbia and withdraw their applications from
other schools. The nal deadline at Columbia is around April 12, a day earlier than last
year. But if you want to be eligible for a merit fellowship deadline at Columbia, you need to
apply no later than Jan. 4 of 2017. Theres still another wrinkle here: Columbia also o ers a
January entry, an option taken up by about 30% of its full-time MBA students. The deadline
for its January 2017 intake is Oct. 5 of 2016.
These twists and turns in MBA application deadlines at schools make it important to follow
the school links in our table to con rm the actual dates for the program you want to
attend. At Northwestern Universitys Kellogg School of Management, round one applicants
also must schedule their admissions interview two days after the rst round deadline of
Sept. 21. Kellogg is one of the few schools that attempts to interview every candidate. Most
other schools invite candidates to interviews after reviewing their applications.
APPLY AS EARLY AS YOU CAN BUT NOT UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THE BEST JOB
POSSIBLE
No matter what you do, theres some helpful general advice: If you can, apply in the rst
round when none of the seats in the class are lled. At most schools, early applicants have
an advantage over those that complete their applications in later rounds. There are some
other reasons why you want to get your app in early:
The ability to receive a scholarshipawardfrom the schools Financial Aid O ce prior
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School
Deadline
Decision
Essay Releas
Sept. 7,
2016
Dec. 7, 2016
Yes (http://w
Cambridge (Judge)
(https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/apply/the-admissionsprocess/deadlines/)
Sept. 9,
2016
(Stage 1)
Yes (https://
process/the
Sept. 9,
2016
Yes (http://w
Sept. 13,
2016 (Early
Action)
Yes (http://w
instructions
Sept. 14,
2016
Dec. 6, 2016
Yes (http://s
essay-quest
Sept. 15,
2016
Yes (https://
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Sept. 15,
2016 (OneYear MBA
Early
Action)
No
Stanford GSB
(http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs/mba/admission/deadlines)
Sept. 21,
2016
December, 2016
Yes (http://w
materials/e
Northwestern (Kellogg)
(http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/programs/full-timemba/admissions/deadlines.aspx)
Sept. 21,
2016
December 14,
2016
Yes (http://w
mba/admiss
Sept. 21,
2016
November 13,
2016
Yes (https://
courses/mb
Sept. 22,
2016
Dec. 8, 2016
Yes (http://w
questions)
Sept. 27,
2016
Yes (https://
application/
Notre Dame (Mendoza) (http://notre dame mendoza mba class pro le)
Sept. 27,
2016 (Early
Decision)
Yes (http://n
UC-Berkeley (Haas)
(http://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions/deadlines.html)
Sept. 29,
2016
Yes (http://m
Yes (http://t
students/m
Oct. 3,
2016
Yes (http://m
requiremen
Oct. 4,
2016
Yes (http://m
Virginia (Darden)
(http://blogs.darden.virginia.edu/admissions/2016/07/01/darden-mba2016-17-essay-question-and-deadlines-announced/)
Oct. 4,
2016
NA
Yes (http://b
essay-quest
Oct. 5,
2016(Early
Decision &
Jan. 17)
Rolling Admissions
Yes (http://w
requiremen
Dartmouth (Tuck)
(http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/important-dates)
Oct. 5,
2016 (Early
Action)
Yes (http://w
Oct. 5,
2016
No
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Oct. 5,
2016
Yes (http://b
Oct. 6,
2016
Yes (http://w
program/ad
Oct. 11,
2016
Yes (https://
Oct. 13,
2016
(Round 1)
Yes (http://w
instructions
Oct. 14,
2016
Yes (http://w
Emory (Goizueta)
(http://goizueta.emory.edu/degree/two_year_mba/admissions/)
Oct. 14,
2016
Dec. 1, 2016
Yes (http://g
Oct. 15,
2016
Yes (http://w
mba/admiss
Indiana (Kelley)
(http://kelley.iu.edu/MBA/Admissions/ProcessTimeline/page38373.html)
Oct. 15,
2016 (Early
Round)
Yes
(http://kelle
Oct. 15,
2016
Yes (http://f
mba/admiss
Dec. 5, 2016
Yes (http://p
essays/)
INSEAD (http://www.insead.edu/master-programmes/mba/admissions)
Oct. 21,
2016(Sept.
17 Intake)
Yes (http://w
process)
Cambridge (Judge)
(https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/apply/the-admissionsprocess/deadlines/)
Oct. 21,
2016
(Round 2)
Dec. 5, 2016
(Interview Date)
Yes (https://
process/the
Oct. 24,
2016
Dec. 9, 2016
Yes (http://w
apply/essay
Oct. 28,
2016
(Stage 2)
Dec. 9, 2016
Yes (http://w
Notre Dame (Mendoza) (http://notre dame mendoza mba class pro le)
Nov. 1,
2016
(Round 1)
Yes (http://n
Dartmouth (Tuck)
(http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/admissions/important-dates)
Nov. 2,
2016
(November
Yes (http://w
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Booth is out as well now
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K 2 months ago
What do you mean no essays? Yale SOM website says essays are required.
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