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The Week Ahead: Late Round Deadlines, Decisions & Interview Invites, May 12-16, 2025

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Welcome back to the series, The Week Ahead, in which we provide a brief rundown of what is happening in MBA admissions this week!

Late Rounds Continue

More top MBA programs are now releasing their final decisions.

Tuesday, May 13, UPenn / Wharton is scheduled to release its Round 3 decisions. Boston College / Carroll has its Round 5 application deadline.

Wednesday, May 14, Northwestern / Kellogg, Georgetown / McDonough and IESE are scheduled to release their Round 3 decisions.

Thursday, May 15, MIT / Sloan, Yale SOM, and Minnesota / Carlson are scheduled to release their Round 3 decisions. Columbia and Washington / Foster are scheduled to have released their Round 3 decisions by this date. Florida / Warrington has its Round 3 application deadline. Texas / McCombs has its Round 4 application deadline. Vanderbilt / Owen has its Round 5 application deadline. IESE is scheduled to release its Round 4 interview invites.

Friday, May 16, UCLA / Anderson is scheduled to release its Round 3 decisions. Washington / Olin is scheduled to release its Round 5 decisions. Cornell / Johnson is scheduled to release its Round 3 interview invites.

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That’s all for this week! Good luck to everyone.

Lauren Wakal
Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.