Two-Year MBA (Ithaca)
- Round 1: October 12, 2021
- Round 2: January 5, 2022
- Round 3: April 12, 2022
One-Year MBA (Ithaca)
- Early Action: September 8, 2021
- Round 1: October 12, 2021
- Round 2: January 5, 2022
- Round 3: March 8, 2022 (final deadline)
Johnson Cornell Tech MBA (NYC)
- Round 1: October 12, 2021
- Round 2: January 5, 2022
- Round 3: March 8, 2022 (final deadline)*
*Applications will be received and reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis.
In response to continued hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and as we continue to debate the value of a GMAT/GRE score as a predictor of future academic and career success, Cornell Johnson is offering candidates of the Full-Time MBA 2021-2022 application cycle the ability to request a GMAT/GRE test waiver, without negative bias, through the online application. Full details can be found on our website.
The Cornell Johnson MBA: What You Need To Know
Since 1946, Cornell Johnson’s pastoral upstate New York location has been a main attraction for MBAs who want peace and quiet to think hard about their future. How many b-schools can say they offer the experience crossing a bridge over a waterfall on the way to class? At Cornell, students literally and figuratively cross bridges alongside their close-knit and supportive community. “We aim to produce team-players with strong leadership skills,” former Associate Dean Wishal Gaur says. “Over the years we have developed the Four Cs framework for leadership: character, compassion, courage, and competence.”
The business school attached to Ivy League Cornell University offers three cutting-edge and highly regarded residential MBA programs that operate across two campuses — in Ithaca which hosts both a One-Year and Two-Year program, and in New York City which hosts the other One-Year program. Johnson welcomed around 350 MBA’s this year — 290 students on the Two-Year track and 60 on the One-Year.
The Two-Year program suits career-changers, while the One-Year programs are for those wanting to turbo-boost their career in their current sector. The difference is that the shorter version omits an internship and some related immersion elements.
Johnson has an intense immersion program they call “Performance Learning,” described as a hands-on semester of integrated course and field work in a specific industry or career interest. For the Two-Year students, there’s a mandatory internship between the first and second year.
The curriculum at Johnson can be described as a blend of intensive coursework with real-world experience, with the intent for graduates to make an immediate impact in today’s dynamic and fast-paced economy. Following the summer’s core courses in the one-year option, which all 12-month candidates share, one group stays in Ithaca for the duration of the One-Year MBA, while students in the tech-focused MBA head to Cornell Tech in New York City. Johnson also offers MBAs as part of dual degrees, with law; medicine; real estate; health administration; or industrial and labor relations.
There are three guiding principles at Johnson that students can expect to encounter throughout the entirety of their MBA experience; one being the value of a solid education in all key business functions, including marketing, finance, human resources, and production. The second is the importance of strong analytical and decision-making skills. The last focuses on offering the greatest flexibility in tailoring individual curriculum.
Students have the opportunity to give feedback on curriculum and therefore co-create their experiences at Cornell. “Students have a big say in what we offer. For example, they asked for grade non-disclosure, and we have implemented that. We treat our courses as a partnership with students,” says Gaur.
As could be expected, Cornell also offers many co-curricular opportunities for students such as competitions, and international treks over winter and summer breaks. Cross-pollination is a key feature of Johnson’s MBAs, with some of the 120 electives shared between all the different MBA classes, giving students huge flexibility in their choices and meaning that unlike at some schools where candidates remain stuck in streams, they can indulge their curiosity and choose a focus area for their second year electives.
