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There is a Live Zoom webinar today at 4 PM Pacific with Haas, Cornell, Yale, Fuqua, Ross, Stern and Darden AdComs. Register and join at the following link

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What is the exact time of the deadline to submit the early round application?
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What is the exact time of the deadline to submit the early round application?
A little search goes a long way my friend: https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/adm ... /deadlines

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Was asking about the time btw not the date as some schools MAY follow different time zone.
But nevermind submitted the application. Fingers crossed.
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Some schools specify the time and some don’t but I would say you want to make sure you submit before the deadline. There have been issues on the day of the deadline with payments or submission and you don’t need that extra stress…
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Was asking about the time btw not the date as some schools MAY follow different time zone.
But nevermind submitted the application. Fingers crossed.

Best of luck! Whenever I see a school not specifying the submitted time, I'd submit two days earlier. But I think Darden follows the Eastern time zone.

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Was asking about the time btw not the date as some schools MAY follow different time zone.
But nevermind submitted the application. Fingers crossed.

Best of luck! Whenever I see a school not specifying the submitted time, I'd submit two days earlier. But I think Darden follows the Eastern time zone.

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Edit: Darden states its time on EA Round https://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/adm ... rly-action
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Hey!
Folks who have appeared for the EA interviews- any insights and/or experiences you can share? Will be super helpful..
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Hey! Folks who have appeared for the EA interviews- any insights and/or experiences you can share? Will be super helpful..
FYI - you can also check some of the last year’s interview experience in the interview debriefs. And if someone did have an interview already, it would be awesome to hear and awesome to have them added to the collection of the debriefs.

Link to Darden Interview debriefs: decision-tracker/debriefs.html?school=15&status=0
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Thanks bb! Appreciate it!
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Darden is very conversational. No trick questions. No behavioral questions. Simply your background/resume and giving them a few examples of stuff not in your essays. Very relaxed conversation
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Hey Nightblade! Great to see you and glad to hear you are still alive and well! What are your best recommendations for interview prep?
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Hi everyone,
I applied to Darden during EA and was unable to schedule an open interview. Yesterday I received an interview invite. Can I view this in a positive light?
Or is the invitation sent to everyone who applies during EA?
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Hi everyone,
I applied to Darden during EA and was unable to schedule an open interview. Yesterday I received an interview invite. Can I view this in a positive light?
Or is the invitation sent to everyone who applies during EA?
To quote a current student [The school rejects EA too. An invitation means the school is interested in you, EA or not]. So the best thing you can do is to relax and nail this interview. Good luck!

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Hi Everyone! Has anyone except AkkiTi5 received an interview invite in the EA round?
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I know a few people who have received an invite
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Hey Nightblade! Great to see you and glad to hear you are still alive and well! What are your best recommendations for interview prep?
Hey man! Sorry I’m just responding to this. For preparation, I’d say know your essays and be able to speak to them and your resume like a story. And have some additional stories to go outside of those. The STAR method is a great way interview and would highlight recommend it. Other than that, just be yourself. Darden wants authenticity. Darden wants the you in the essays, so be that. As I told Snapple, this is a lot like using a dating app. The school already like your profile, now it’s time to show them you’re who you say you are in real life

vaibhav1221, I know of a few who went EA and got an interview without taking the automatic one
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