2022-2023 MBA Application Deadlines At Top Schools | Biden News

Once again, Harvard Business School hit the start button on the 2022-2023 MBA application season, posting a first-round cutoff for applications to its Class of 2025 for Sept. 7. And with the Harvard announcement, other school deadlines are tumbling in (we will update this list as soon as more schools disclose their new deadline dates).
For applicants to HBS, there is one rather substantial change. The school placed a 900-word limit on the single essay required of all MBA applicants. Previously, candidates could write as long or as short as they liked to the question: “As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA program?”
Chad Losee, managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid, said the change occurred due to feedback from candidates. “We have heard from some applicants that, without a word limit, sometimes questions (and stress) arise about the ‘right’ word length,” he wrote in a blog post. “We hope that including a limit provides applicants with a little more direction and eliminates the stress about how much is too much to write.”
‘This admissions season offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get into a top MBA’
Generally, that’s the kind of tweak that most business schools are making as their new applications and deadlines go live for the students who will enter their programs in the fall of 2023. It promises to be one of the more fascinating MBA application seasons. Many believe that this year could the best chance in a generation to get into an M7 business school like Harvard, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Booth, or Kellogg, particularly for either U.S. domestic candidates or those from Europe……
The reason: Many schools are witnessing double-digit declines in applications from domestic applicants who are finding plenty of job opportunities in a robust, though uncertain, economy. Employers have been aggressive in offering promotions and pay increases to keep their young professional talent from running off to graduate school.
“We believe the upcoming admissions season of 2022/23 to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” believes Matt Symonds, a co-founder of Fortina Admissions. “While round 1 application volume will likely be down unless you are an Indian male engineer, a recession in the second half of the year will see round 2 picking up again. But the MBA admissions offices of Boston, Palo Alto and Philadelphia can only work with what they have in front of them at any given time, and will still look to fill half of next year’s class in round 1 with the lower volumes they are likely to receive. Instead of a one in 10 chance at HBS, your admissions odds may be considerably better.”
Important MBA admissions advice: Apply early in Rounds 1 or 2
In general, it’s best to apply in round one or round two because fewer classroom seats are already taken in those rounds. Later deadlines are not only more competitive; they are often used by admission officers to “craft” a class and fill seats with students to increase the overall diversity of the class. Stanford Graduate School of Business also points out that the earlier round one and two deadlines provide prospective students with “ample time to complete any recommended quantitative preparation prior to arrival on campus; access to the on-campus housing lottery including Stanford GSB Residences; additional time to complete the visa application process, and the opportunity to attend Admit Weekend (there is no Admit Weekend for Round 3).”
Many schools that have made MBA admissions either test optional or are granting test waivers are expected to continue those policies. That is already true at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. “This is the third application cycle in which Darden has offered text flexibility,” points out Dawna Clarke, senior assistant dean of admissions. “Our test waiver policy is an acknowledgement that not all stellar applicants are equally stellar standardized test-takers. I’m proud that we have broadened our admissions criteria to be inclusive of other indicators of academic preparedness.”
In addition to its continuation of test waivers, Darden also is extending a range of what it calls “test flexibility options,” allowing applicants to submit a range of test scores. In a continued effort to ensure standardized test scores are not an impediment to pursuing an MBA, Darden accepts standardized tests including the GMAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT and the Executive Assessment.
How successful applicants gained their admits
All of these top schools are highly selective. They reject for admission the vast majority of candidates who apply. And sometimes the odds of acceptance from a self-selecting pool of high achievers can be daunting. Last year, for example. the top ten MBA programs in the U.S. received 57,975 applications and admitted 9,484 candidates for an acceptance rate of just 18.4% (see ‘The Window’ Closes: Acceptance Rates At The Top 50 U.S. MBA Programs).
So what’s the most important factor that contributed to an acceptance at a top school? We asked members of the Class of 2022 what gave them an edge in gaining their admit letters (see We Asked MBAs How They Got Into Top Schools. Here’s What They Told Us). While the answers were as varied as the students’, several common themes emerged. One was doing due diligence on each school targeted by the applicant. “I made sure I knew those programs like the back of my hand,” says Sam Buck who graduated in the Class of 2022 from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. “I could rattle off the names of professors I wanted to do research with, clubs I hoped to join, and classes I couldn’t wait to take. I didn’t select the schools I applied to based on rankings; I selected them based on fit.”
Luke Elder took a similar approach in applying to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. “I took a deep dive into Kellogg’s professors, course catalog, extracurriculars, and more to give myself a real-life picture of Kellogg as well as to understand the types of prospective students that Kellogg was interested in admitting,” he says.
School | Deadline | Interview Notification | Decision | Essay Release |
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INSEAD | June 14, 2022 (R3 for Jan. 2023 intake) | July 19, 2022 | Aug. 19, 2022 | Yes |
Western (Ivy) | July 11, 2022 (R3 for March 2023 intake) | July 28, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
INSEAD | July 26, 2022 (R4 for Jan. 2023 intake) | Aug. 30, 2022 | Sept. 23, 2022 | Yes |
HEC Paris | Aug. 15, 2022 (R6-January 2023 Intake) | By Rolling Invitation | Sept. 17, 2022 | Yes |
Oxford (Said) | Aug. 31, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Cambridge (Judge) | Sept. 5, 2022 (R1) | Oct. 14-28, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
INSEAD | Sept. 6, 2022 (R1 for Aug. 2023 intake) | Oct. 7, 2022 | Nov. 10, 2022 | Yes |
Harvard | Sept. 7, 2022 (R1) | Oct. 5, 2022* | Dec. 8, 2022 | Yes |
Wharton | Sept. 7, 2022 (R1) | Oct. 25, 2022 | Dec. 15, 2022 | Yes |
Duke (Fuqua) | Sept. 7, 2022 (Early Action) | Sept. 22, 2022 | Oct. 20, 2022 | Yes |
Virginia (Darden) | Sept. 8, 2022 (Early Action) | Open Interview | NA | Yes |
London Business School | Sept. 9, 2022 (R1) | Oct. 13, 2022 | Dec. 1, 2022 | Yes |
Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Sept. 13, 2022 (Early Decision) | Oct. 11-12 (Virtual Interviews) | November 4 | Yes |
Stanford GSB | Sept. 13, 2022 (R1) | Dec. 8, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
Yale SOM | Sept. 13, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Dec. 6, 2022 | Yes |
Northwestern (Kellogg) | Sept. 14, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Dec. 14, 2022 | Yes |
HEC Paris | Sept. 15, 2022 (R7-January 2023 Intake) | By Rolling Invitation | Oct. 22, 2022 | Yes |
NYU Stern | Sept. 15, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation, No Later Than Dec. 1, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
Michigan (Ross) | Sept. 19, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 9, 2022 | Yes |
Western (Ivy) | Sept. 19, 2022 (R4 for March 2023 intake) | Oct. 3, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
Chicago (Booth) | Sept. 22, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Dec. 1, 2022 | Yes |
Cornell (Johnson) | Sept. 22, 2022 (R1-Two-Year MBA) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
UC-Berkeley (Haas) | Sept. 22, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Dec. 15, 2022 | Yes |
Dartmouth (Tuck) | Sept. 26, 2022 (R1) | Open Invitation | Dec. 8, 2022 | Yes |
Duke (Fuqua) | Sept. 26, 2022 (R1) | Oct. 26, 2022 | Dec. 8, 2022 | Yes |
Columbia Business School | Sept. 28, 2022 (Early Decision for Aug. 2023 entry) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Columbia Business School | Sept. 28, 2022 (Final for Jan. 2023 entry) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Georgetown (McDonough) | Sept. 28, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 8, 2022 | Yes |
MIT (Sloan) | Sept. 29, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 14, 2022 | Yes |
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | Oct. 2, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Dec. 7, 2022 | Yes |
Washington (Foster) | Oct. 4, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Virginia (Darden) | Oct. 5, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
UCLA (Anderson) | Oct. 5, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 14, 2022 | Yes |
Emory (Goizueta) | Oct. 5, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 7, 2022 | Yes |
Rice (Jones) | Oct. 7, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Rolling starting on Dec. 9 | Yes |
Cornell (Johnson) | Oct. 11, 2022 (R1-One-Year MBA) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Texas-Austin (McCombs) | Oct. 11, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 15, 2022 | Yes |
Vanderbilt (Owen) | Oct. 11, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 16, 2022 | Yes |
Georgia Tech (Scheller) | Oct. 12, 2022 (R1) | Nov. 3-4, 2022 | Nov. 18, 2022 | Yes |
Oxford (Said) | Oct. 12, 2022 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Southern California (Marshall) | Oct. 15, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 31, 2022 | Yes |
Indiana (Kelley) | Oct. 15, 2022 (R1) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 30, 2022 | Yes |
NYU Stern | Oct. 15, 2022 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation, No Later Than Jan. 1, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
Ohio State (Fisher) | Oct. 16, 2022 (Early) | Rolling | Nov. 18, 2022 | Yes |
Cambridge (Judge) | Oct. 17, 2022 (R2) | Nov. 25-Dec. 9, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Nov. 1, 2022 (R1) | Nov. 16-17, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2022 (Virtual Interviews) | Dec. 16 | Yes |
Western (Ivy) | Nov. 7, 2022 (R5 for March 2023 intake) | Nov. 21, 2022 | Rolling | Yes |
HEC Paris | Nov. 15, 2022 (R8 Final-January 2023 Intake) | By Rolling Invitation | Dec. 17, 2022 | Yes |
INSEAD | Nov. 15, 2022 (R2 for Aug. 2023 intake) | Dec. 16, 2022 | Jan. 20, 2023 | Yes |
Ohio State (Fisher) | Dec. 4, 2022 (R1) | Rolling | Jan. 27, 2023 | Yes |
Western (Ivy) | Jan. 9, 2023 (R4 for March 2023 intake) | Rolling Invites | Rolling | Yes |
An asterisk indicates an estimate based on last year’s dates because the school has not formally announced a date for when it will notify applicants of interview invites.
School | Deadline | Interview Notification | Decision | Essay Release |
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Washington (Foster) | Jan. 3, 2023 (R2-Final for internationals) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Harvard | Jan. 4, 2023 (R2) | Feb. 2, 2023* | March 29, 2023 | Yes |
Wharton | Jan. 4, 2023 (R2) | Feb. 17, 2023 | March 23, 2023 | Yes |
Dartmouth (Tuck) | Jan. 4, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 16, 2023 | Yes |
UCLA (Anderson) | Jan. 4, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 22, 2023 | Yes |
Oxford (Said) | Jan. 4, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Stanford GSB | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | March 30, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
London Business School | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Feb. 9, 2023 | April 5, 2023 | Yes |
Chicago (Booth) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | March 23, 2023 | Yes |
UC-Berkeley (Haas) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | March 23, 2023 | Yes |
Yale SOM | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | March 24, 2023 | Yes |
Virginia (Darden) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | NA | NA | Yes |
Duke (Fuqua) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Feb. 1, 2023 | March 10, 2023 | Yes |
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | March 8, 2023 | Yes |
Cornell (Johnson) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2-One-Year MBA) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Southern California (Marshall) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 31, 2023 | Yes |
Texas-Austin (McCombs) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 23, 2023 | Yes |
Georgetown (McDonough) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 21, 2023 | Yes |
Indiana (Kelley) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 15, 2023 | Yes |
Georgia Tech (Scheller) | Jan. 5, 2023 (R2) | Feb. 24 & 27, 2023 | March 3, 2023 | Yes |
Rice (Jones) | Jan. 6, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | Rolling starting on March 15, 2023 | Yes |
Michigan (Ross) | Jan. 8, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 17, 2023 | Yes |
Ohio State (Fisher) | Jan. 8, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | March 10, 2023 | Yes |
Emory (Goizueta) | Jan. 9, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 15, 2023 | Yes |
Vanderbilt (Owen) | Jan. 9, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | March 24, 2023 | Yes |
Cambridge (Judge) | Jan. 9, 2023 (R3) | Feb. 24-March 17, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
INSEAD | Jan. 10, 2023 (R3 for Aug. 2023 intake) | Feb. 10, 2023 | March 17, 2023 | Yes |
Northwestern (Kellogg) | Jan. 10, 2023 (R2) | Rolling | March 28, 2023 | Yes |
Cornell (Johnson) | Jan. 10, 2023 (R2-Two-Year MBA) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Jan. 10, 2023 (R2) | Jan. 31-Feb. 1, Feb. 14-15 (Virtual Interviews); Feb. 21-22 (tentative) | March 17 | Yes |
Columbia Business School | Jan. 11, 2023 (Merit Fellowship for Aug. 2023 entry) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
MIT (Sloan) | Jan. 18, 2023 (R2) | By Rolling Invitation | April 3, 2023 | Yes |
IMD | Feb. 1, 2023 (R1) | Feb. 14, 2023 | March 25, 2023 | Yes |
An asterisk indicates an estimate based on last year’s dates because the school has not formally announced a date for when it will notify applicants of interview invites.
School | Deadline | Interview Notification | Decision | Essay Release |
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NYU Stern | Jan. 15, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation, No Later Than April 1, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
NYU Stern | February 15, 2023 (R4 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents applying to 1-year Focused MBA) | By Rolling Invitation, No Later Than April 1, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
Ohio State (Fisher) | Feb. 26, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | April 7, 2023 | Yes |
Southern California (Marshall) | March 1, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 15, 2023 | Yes |
Indiana (Kelley) | March 1, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | April 30, 2023 | Yes |
Cambridge (Judge) | March 6, 2023 (R4) | April 14-29, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
INSEAD | March 7, 2023 (R4 for Aug. 2023 intake) | April 7, 2023 | May 12, 2023 | Yes |
Cornell (Johnson) | March 7, 2023 (R3-One-Year MBA) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Georgia Tech (Scheller) | March 9, 2023 (R3) | April 14 & 17, 2023 | April 21, 2023 | Yes |
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | March 12, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | May 3, 2023 | Yes |
Washington (Foster) | March 14, 2023 (R3-Final for U.S. applicants) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
Notre Dame (Mendoza) | March 14, 2023 (R3) | March 28-29, April 4-5 (Virtual Interviews) | April 28 | Yes |
NYU Stern | March 15, 2023 (R4) | By Rolling Invitation, No Later Than June 1, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
Wharton | March 20, 2023 (R3) | April 13, 2023 | May 10, 2023 | Yes |
Emory (Goizueta) | Marc 22, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 10, 2023 | Yes |
Oxford (Said) | March 22, 2023 (R4 & Final) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
London Business School | March 27, 2023 (R3) | April 27, 2023 | June 9, 2023 | Yes |
Dartmouth (Tuck) | March 27, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 4, 2023 | Yes |
Duke (Fuqua) | March 28, 2023 (R3) | April 12, 2023 | May 2, 2023 | Yes |
Texas-Austin (McCombs) | March 28, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 4, 2023 | Yes |
Georgetown (McDonough) | March 30, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 4, 2023 | Yes |
Rice (Jones) | March 31, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | Rolling starting on May 10, 2023 | Yes |
Vanderbilt (Owen) | March 31, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 5, 2023 | Yes |
Michigan (Ross) | April 3, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 5, 2023 | Yes |
Virginia (Darden) | April 5, 2023 (R3) | NA | NA | Yes |
Columbia Business School | April 5, 2023 (Final for Aug. 2023 entry) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Northwestern (Kellogg) | April 5, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | May 10, 2023 | Yes |
UC-Berkeley (Haas) | April 6, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | May 11, 2023 | Yes |
Chicago (Booth) | April 11, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | May 25, 2023 | Yes |
Stanford GSB | April 11, 2023 (R3) | May 25, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
Chicago (Booth) | April 11, 2023 (Deadline for Chicago Booth Scholars) | Rolling | June 15, 2023 | Yes |
MIT (Sloan) | April 11, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 18, 2023 | Yes |
Yale SOM | April 11, 2023 (R3) | Rolling | May 18, 2023 | Yes |
Cornell (Johnson) | April 11, 2023 (R3-Two-Year MBA) | Rolling | Rolling | Yes |
UCLA (Anderson) | April 12, 2023 (R3) | By Rolling Invitation | May 17, 2023 | Yes |
Southern California (Marshall) | April 15, 2023 (R4) | By Rolling Invitation | June 15, 2023 | Yes |
Indiana (Kelley) | April 15, 2023 (R4 & Final) | By Rolling Invitation | May 31, 2023 | Yes |
Cambridge (Judge) | April 17, 2023 (R5) | May 26-June 9, 2023 | Rolling | Yes |
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) | May 1, 2023 (R4) | Rolling | May 31, 2023 | Yes |
IMD | May 1, 2023 (R2) | May 16, 2023 | June 24, 2023 | Yes |
Georgetown (McDonough) | May 2, 2023 (R4 & Final) | By Rolling Invitation | May 31, 2023 | Yes |
Notre Dame (Mendoza) | May 2, 2023 (R4) | May 16-17 (Virtual Interviews) | June 2, 2023 | Yes |
Georgia Tech (Scheller) | May 4, 2023 (R4) | May 19, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | Yes |
Vanderbilt (Owen) | May 10, 2023 (R4) | By Rolling Invitation | Rolling | Yes |
Ohio State (Fisher) | May 12, 2023 (R4 & Final) | Rolling | June 23, 2023 | Yes |
IMD | July 1, 2023 (R3) | July 15, 2023 | Aug. 26, 2023 | Yes |
IMD | Sept. 1, 2023 (R4 & Final) | Sept. 16, 2023 | Oct. 24, 2023 | Yes |
An asterisk indicates an estimate based on last year’s dates because the school has not formally announced a date for when it will notify applicants of interview invites.