New deadline and essay release dates

Last year, the ED schools (Columbia and Fuqua) released theirs in May and then other folks followed suit in June and July, the ones with deadlines in Sept, released sooner than those with deadlines in Oct. You will have about 2.5-3.5 months to work on the R1 essays/packages, so get your other ducks in a row - GMAT, recommenders identified, and if using a consultant, make sure you have selected the firm so you don't have to fumble later and waste precious days on that. I know some folks have historically practiced writing essays for last year's topics - not sure I have a strong opinion on that.... i never had that kind of time on my hands or enjoyed that enough to torture myself, but essays often stay unchanged, though the last application season was much different from the past in terms of requirements and deadlines, so we'll see what the future holds.
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Thanks that is excellent information - much appreciated! Studying hard for the GMAT as we speak.

The deadlines will be released sooner than the questions for some schools. For instance, Stanford released the deadlines already. See below.

stanford-gsb-releases-application-deadlines-start-preparing-now-216862.html
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Several top programs have already released updated deadlines and essay questions for 2017, you can find everything here: https://aringo.com/mba-application-materials/
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