Tuck | Mr. Invest In Change
GMAT 710, GPA 3.1
Tuck | Mr. Chemical Engineer
GRE 326, GPA 3
INSEAD | Mr. Future AI Product Manager
GMAT 715, GPA 3.7
NYU Stern | Mr. Operations Strategy & Youth Leadership
GMAT 770, GPA 4
IE Business School | Mr. JD Garay
GRE GPA: 3.9, GPA 3.0
Kellogg SOM | Mr. Military To Entrepreneur
GMAT 745, GPA 2.38
London Business School | Mr. Decarbonisation
GMAT 695, GPA 3.5
Kellogg SOM | Mr. MENA Growth Equity
GMAT 730, GPA 3.4
Kellogg SOM | Mr. West Point Logistics
GRE 327, GPA 2.76
Harvard | Mr. Energy & AI PM
GRE 328, GPA 9.65
Tepper | Mr. Tech Mil-Veteran
GMAT TBD, GPA 3.35
Columbia | Mr. European MBB Consultant
GMAT 645 (Gmat Focus), GPA 8.2
MIT Sloan | Mr. Startup Strategy
GMAT 720, GPA 3.7
Stanford GSB | Mr. Mid-Market PE
GMAT 770, GPA 4
Stanford GSB | Mr. MBB Guy From Big 4 & Startup
GRE 325, GPA 3

Anxiety Builds Over Early HBS Deadline

Round one deadline only five days away

by: John A. Byrne on September 11, 2013 | 7 minute read

Kreisberg thinks that for some applicants, the essay could be weighed more heavily in HBS’ admission decisions. “Some people who actually have a real adversity story or an exotic story about growing up in Antarctica, can use the essay to pound that home,” he says. “Some folks are using the essay for one-offs, what I learned at Google in the six months I lasted there, and that can help a bit, if you are smart, self-deprecating in the way that Ivy types like you to be, and actually have a strong other story, and solid stats. I do not yet know anyone who is not handing in any essay, but believe me, in 90 percent of the cases I am aware of, the impact of that would be Zilch to positive. ”

In her blog post, Leopold also told applicants to encourage recommenders to submit before Monday. “It’s not mission-critical, but it will probably make for a somewhat better weekend for you,” she wrote. “If recommenders are having trouble getting in gear on Monday by noon, we’re ready for it. We will keep the system open a while longer for them.”

She also offered some advice for the fill-in-the-blank information on the online application. “I know it’s hard for every single scenario to be captured in the format presented. Try not to worry too much about what-to-fit-where-when-it’s-not-exactly-what-you-want-to-tell-us. I mean school majors, extra-curriculars, employment roles and timelines. We’ll figure it out from your resume and if we can’t, we’ll contact you.”

2013-2014 MBA Application Deadlines For Top Business Schools

School Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Deadline
UC-Berkeley (Haas)  10/16/13  01/08/14  03/12/14 11:59 pm PST
Chicago (Booth)  10/03/13  01/08/14  04/03/14 5:00 pm CST
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)  10/07/13  01/02/14  03/15/14 11:59 pm EST
Columbia Business School  10/02/13  04/09/14 11:59 pm EST
Cornell (Johnson)  10/02/13  12/04/13  02/12/14 1:59 pm EST
Dartmouth (Tuck)  10/09/13  11/06/13  01/03/14 5:00 pm EST
Duke (Fuqua)  09/18/13  10/21/13  01/06/14 11:59 pm EST
Harvard Business School  09/16/13  01/06/14  04/07/14 Noon EST
INSEAD  10/02/13  11/27/13  04/11/14 23:59 pm CET
Indiana (Kelley)  10/15/13  01/05/14  03/01/14 11:59 pm EST
London Business School  10/04/13  03/01/14  02/28/14 5:00 pm GMT
Michigan (Ross)  10/01/13  01/02/14  03/03/14 11:59 pm EST
MIT (Sloan)  09/24/13  01/07/14 3:00 pm EST
Northwestern (Kellogg)  10/16/13  01/07/14  04/02/14 11:59 pm CST
NYU (Stern)  10/15/13 11/15/13  01/15/14 11:59 pm EST
Stanford GSB  10/02/13  01/08/14  04/02/14 5:00 pm PST
Texas-Austin (McCombs)  10/15/13  01/21/14  03/25/14 11:59 pm CST
UCLA (Anderson)  10/22/13  01/07/14  04/15/14 11:59 pm PST
UNC (Kenan-Flagler)  10/18/13  12/09/13  01/13/14 5:00 pm EST
USC (Marshall)  10/15/13  01/10/14  04/15/14 11:59 pm PST
Virginia (Darden)  10/15/13  01/07/14  03/27/14 5:00 pm EST
Oxford (Said)  07/19/13  09/13/13  10/31/13 11:59 GMT
Wharton  10/01/13  01/07/14  03/27/14 5:00 pm EST
Yale School of Management  09/25/13  01/09/14  04/24/14 5:00 pm EST

DON’T MISS: HARVARD MBA APPLICATION DOWN TO ONE ESSAY

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