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Anyone targeting Tuck for guaranteed interviews in Round 1 then 1st September is the deadline.
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Making some clarifications on Tuck's guaranteed interviews.

If you are applying in Round 1 or Round 2 deadline (not round 3), you will have the option of applying at an earlier date to access a guaranteed interview. The dates are:
Round 1 : September 1, 2026 5pm ET
Round 2 : December 1, 2026 5 pm ET

The other option is to submit by the actual deadline dates, which are
Round 1 : September 24, 2026
Round 2: January 5, 2027
IF you apply on these dates, you will not have a guaranteed interview and will be invited upon invitation only

Tuck has been giving this options for the past 4-5 years. IMO, you should apply to the guaranteed interview deadlines if your application is at its strongest. If it needs more work and you feel you are not ready to submit, don't stress too much and apply in the normal deadline. The best reasons for applying early are:
1. you get an interview which can be help you make an impression if your interviewing skills are very strong.
2. you get practice of taking an interview, which will also help you prepare better for other interviews.

Other than this, i have not seen the guaranteed interview change admit results - its a fair evaluation whether you apply earlier or on the normal date. If tuck thinks you are deserving, you will get admit through both the options.
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If you apply to Tuck in R1 by Sept 1 or by Dec 1st in R2 - so basically applying about a month early - you will get a guaranteed interview.

1. This is super helpful to guarantee you the best chance
2. At the same time, this does not give you a clear picture about your situation/chances in case you applying only to programs with guaranteed or student-initiated interviews such as Kellogg since you would get all interviews and if you get dinged, you don't know at what stage it would have happen.


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When do the interviews happen for the early round? Does everyone get a slot?
I'm wondering if I should push submitting early if I'm not going to get a slot anyways
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Thats right, bb. And for this exact reason I feel its not an absolute must for applicants to apply in the guaranteed interview rounds, specially if they are managing multiple other deadlines at the same time and their effort is likely to suffer on those

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If you apply to Tuck in R1 by Sept 1 or by Dec 1st in R2 - so basically applying about a month early - you will get a guaranteed interview.

1. This is super helpful to guarantee you the best chance
2. At the same time, this does not give you a clear picture about your situation/chances in case you applying only to programs with guaranteed or student-initiated interviews such as Kellogg since you would get all interviews and if you get dinged, you don't know at what stage it would have happen.




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When do the interviews happen for the early round? Does everyone get a slot?
I'm wondering if I should push submitting early if I'm not going to get a slot anyways

Tuck opens up new interview slots every few days, so you will get one for sure if you applied in the guaranteed interview invite.

Here, read a detailed report on how the Tuck interview is conducted, which I had written some time ago: https://gmatclub.com/forum/interview-pr ... l#p3639212


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you can schedule after you submit.
I remember my applicants scheduling them sometime around the first week of October last year



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when do these interviews happen? I would not want them to be too early either (time to prep)- do they happen in August ?
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