{"id":49467,"date":"2020-08-10T19:56:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/which-apps-are-out-mba-deadlines-essays-2\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T19:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T02:56:40","slug":"which-apps-are-out-mba-deadlines-essays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/which-apps-are-out-mba-deadlines-essays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Apps are Out? MBA Deadlines &amp; Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*Updated August 10, 2020<\/p>\n<p>By now, most of the top MBA programs have released their application deadlines and essay topics for the 2020-2021 season. Below we\u2019ve summarized what\u2019s out so far so you can stay on top of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Remember, when to apply matters. Early action programs tend to have higher acceptance rates but are typically binding commitments. Round 1 is the optimal round for most applicants, especially those with 4+ years of work experience or who are applying from an over-represented background like banking or consulting. But at the end of the day, the most important factor is actually <strong>what<\/strong> you submit. So, our advice is typically to weigh the factors but don&#8217;t sacrifice quality for speed (see our longer article on <a href=\"https:\/\/vantagepointmba.com\/2019\/06\/11\/round-1-or-round-2\/\">Round 1 vs. Round 2<\/a> if you&#8217;re debating right now). \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"81\" \/>\n<col width=\"95\" \/>\n<col width=\"127\" \/>\n<col width=\"125\" \/>\n<col width=\"131\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Early Action&quot;}\"><strong>Early Action<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Round 1&quot;}\"><strong>Round 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Round 2&quot;}\"><strong>Round 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Essays&quot;}\"><strong>Essays<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Chicago Booth&quot;}\">\n<div>\n<div>Chicago Booth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 26&quot;}\">Sept 24<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43472}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 12<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Columbia&quot;}\">Columbia<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43742}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Oct 2<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Jan 3 (scholarship)&quot;}\">Jan 6 (scholarship)<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43565}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">April 9<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;UVA Darden&quot;}\">UVA Darden<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 3&quot;}\">Sept 2<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43742}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Oct 5<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43471}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 4<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Duke Fuqua&quot;}\">Duke Fuqua<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 19&quot;}\">Sept 23<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Oct 14&quot;,&quot;6&quot;:1}\">Oct 20<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43471}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 7<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;HBS&quot;}\">HBS<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 4&quot;}\">Sept 8<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43471}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 5<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;INSEAD&quot;}\">INSEAD (Sept entry)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 18&quot;}\">Sept 11<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Nov 6, Jan 15&quot;,&quot;6&quot;:1}\">Nov 6, Jan 8<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Kellogg&quot;}\">Kellogg<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 18&quot;}\">Sept 16<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43473}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 6<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Michigan Ross&quot;}\">\n<div>\n<div>Michigan Ross<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 30&quot;}\">Sept 14<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43471}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 4<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Dartmouth Tuck&quot;}\">\n<div>\n<div>Dartmouth Tuck<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sept 1*<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43745}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Sept 28<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43471}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 4<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Wharton&quot;}\">Wharton<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 17&quot;}\">Sept 15<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43472}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 5<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Live!&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Yale SOM&quot;}\">Yale SOM<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sept 10&quot;}\">Sept 15<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:43472}\" data-sheets-numberformat=\"{&quot;1&quot;:5,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;mmm d&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">Jan 7<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Stanford&quot;}\">Stanford<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Sept 15<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Jan 6<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;MIT Sloan&quot;}\">MIT Sloan<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Oct 1<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Jan 19<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Haas&quot;}\">Haas<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Sept 24<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Jan 14<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;NYU Stern&quot;}\">NYU Stern<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Sept 15, Oct 15**<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Nov 15 \/ Jan 15 (R3)<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;?&quot;}\">Live!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* Tuck: All applicants who submit a complete application by September 1, 2020 are guaranteed an interview.<\/p>\n<p>** NYU Stern: Fashion &amp; Luxury MBA and Andre Koo Tech MBA round 1 deadline is September 15, 2020. The Full-Time MBA round 1 deadline is October 15, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/vantagepointmba.com\/2020\/08\/10\/which-apps-are-out-mba-deadlines-essays-2\/\">Which Apps are Out? MBA Deadlines &#038; Essays<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/vantagepointmba.com\">Vantage Point MBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Updated August 10, 2020 By now, most of the top MBA programs have released their application deadlines and essay topics for the 2020-2021 season. 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