US MBA Application Deadlines for Early 2021

Updated January 6, 2021 Updated January 6, 2021

2021 is set to be a highly competitive year for MBA applications.

With two out of three MBA programs reporting a rise and an overall 26 percent increase in applications to b-schools, staying on top of every deadline is going to be crucial for candidates to succeed in the competitive pool of MBA hopefuls.

With Round 1 already out of the way, here are all the key Round 2 and Round 3 deadlines for those applying to the top US business schools during the next few months.

	US MBA Application Deadlines 2021: Round 2 and Round 3
School	Application Round	Deadline
Stanford GSB	Round 2	January 6 2021
	Round 3	April 6 2021
Harvard Business School	Round 2	January 5 2021
Penn (Wharton)	Round 2	March 25 2021
	Round 3	May 11 2021
MIT (Sloan)	Round 2	January 19 2021
Georgia Tech (Scheller)	Round 3	February 2 2021
Northwestern (Kellogg)	Round 2	January 6 2021
	Round 3	April 7 2021
Chicago (Booth)	Round 2	January 12 2021
Michigan Ross	Round 3	March 29 2021
Duke (Fuqua)	Round 2	January 7 2021
	Round 3	March 26 2021
Yale School of Management	Round 2	January 7 2021
	Round 3	April 13 2021
UT Austin (McCombs)	Round 2	January 5 2021
	Round 3	March 30 2021
Cornell (Johnson)	Round 2	March 19 2021
UC Berkeley (Haas)	Round 2	January 14 2021
	Round 3	April 5 2021
UCLA Anderson	Round 2	January 8 2021
	Round 3	April 16 2021
Dartmouth (Tuck)	Round 3	March 29 2021
NYU (Stern)	Round 3	January 15 2021
Indiana (Kelley)	Round 2	January 5 2021

If you need more help with your application, here’s our guide on how to write a successful MBA essay, and here’s a piece on tips to impress recruiters in a video interview.

This article was originally published in January 2021 .

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