2025-2026 Round 1 MBA Interview Invitations Timeline, Powered by MBA LiveWire
As Round 1 MBA applicants anticipate invitations to interview, we’ve compiled this chart about the typical timing of interview invitations based on data from MBA LiveWire.
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| School | R1 Deadline 2025 | 2024-2025 R1 Interview Invites Reported | Estimated First R1 Interview Invites 20251 | Actual First R1 Interview Invite Reported 2025 | R1 Decision Date 2025-2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Haas | 9/11/25 | 10/3/24 – 11/20/24 | 9/20/25 – 10/2/25 | 9/24/25 | 10/16/25 |
| Cambridge Judge | 8/26/25 | 9/16/24 – 10/4/24 | 9/13/25 – 9/16/25 | 9/15/25 | Unspecified |
| Chicago Booth | 9/16/25 | 10/17/24 – 10/31/24 | 10/4/25 – 10/14/25 | 10/15/25 | 12/4/25 |
| CMU Tepper | 9/30/25 | 10/2/24 – 11/14/24 | 10/1/25 – 10/4/25 | 10/1/25 | 12/3/25 |
| Columbia Business School | 9/3/25 | 10/6/24 – 11/1/24 | 9/1/25 – 10/6/25 | 10/6/25 | 12/15/25 |
| Cornell Johnson | 9/17/25 | 10/1/24 – 11/11/24 | 9/29/25 – 10/2/25 | 10/1/25 | 12/12/25 |
| Dartmouth Tuck2 | 9/25/25 | 10/1/24 – 11/18/24 | 9/27/25 – 9/30/25 | 9/27/25 | 12/11/25 |
| Duke Fuqua | 9/30/25 | 10/16/24 – 11/14/24 | 10/15/25 – 10/30/25 | 10/20/25 | 12/11/25 |
| Emory Goizueta | 10/1/25 | 10/8/24 – 11/8/24 | 10/2/25 – 10/7/25 | 10/7/25 | 12/3/25 |
| Georgetown McDonough (EA) | 9/8/25 | 9/27/24 | 9/8/25 – 9/26/25 | — | 10/29/25 |
| Georgetown McDonough (R1) | 10/1/25 | 10/9/24 – 12/1/24 | 10/9/25 – 10/15/25 | 10/17/25 | 12/10/25 |
| Harvard Business School | 9/3/25 | 9/29/24 – 9/30/24 | 9/28/25 – 10/4/25 | 9/29/25 | 12/10/25 |
| IESE | 9/25/25 | 10/8/24 – 10/10/24 | 10/1/25 – 10/8/25 | 10/9/25 | 10/10/25 |
| Indiana Kelley | 10/15/25 | 10/16/24 – 10/26/24 | 10/16/25 | 10/16/25 | 12/20/25 |
| INSEAD | 9/16/25 | 10/3/24 – 10/10/24 | 9/30/25 – 10/9/25 | 10/2/25 | 10/17/25 |
| LBS | 9/5/25 | 10/10/24 – 10/10/24 | 10/4/25 – 10/9/25 | 10/8/25 | 10/9/25 |
| Michigan Ross | 9/8/25 | 10/14/24 – 12/4/24 | 10/7/25 – 10/13/25 | 10/13/25 | 12/5/25 |
| MIT Sloan | 9/29/25 | 10/27/24 – 12/11/24 | 10/26/25 – 10/27/25 | 10/27/25 | December |
| Northwestern Kellogg | 9/10/25 | 9/12/24 – 10/31/24 | 9/11/25 | 9/10/25 | 12/10/25 |
| NYU Stern (R1) | 9/15/25 | 10/2/24 – 12/19/24 | 9/18/25 – 10/1/25 | 10/2/25 | 12/1/25 |
| NYU Stern (R2) | 10/15/25 | 11/24/24 – 3/13/24 | 11/17/25 – 11/29/25 | TBD | 1/1/26 |
| Oxford Saïd | 9/1/25 | 9/6/24 | 9/5/25 – 9/29/25 | 9/11/25 | 10/17/25 |
| SMU Cox | 10/7/25 | 10/2/24 – 10/29/24 | 10/8/25 | 10/9/25 | 12/5/25 |
| Stanford GSB | 9/9/25 | 9/24/24 – 11/14/24 | 9/23/25 – 9/29/25 | 9/25/25 | 12/10/25 |
| U. Texas Austin McCombs | 10/15/25 | 10/16/24 | 10/16/25 | 10/16/25 | 12/16/25 |
| U. Washington Foster | 10/1/25 | 10/15/24 – 10/31/24 | 10/14/25 – 10/16/25 | 10/13/25 | 11/7/25 |
| UCLA Anderson | 10/1/25 | 10/16/24 – 11/13/24 | 10/9/25 – 10/16/25 | 10/16/25 | 12/12/25 |
| UNC Kenan-Flagler | 10/7/25 | 10/10/24 – 11/12/24 | 10/8/25 – 10/13/25 | 10/9/25 | 12/17/25 |
| USC Marshall | 10/15/25 | 10/22/24 – 12/2/24 | 10/23/25 – 11/9/25 | TBD | 12/15/25 |
| UVA Darden | 10/1/25 | 10/9/24 – 11/17/24 | 10/8/25 – 10/9/25 | 10/10/25 | 12/10/25 |
| Vanderbilt Owen | 10/1/25 | 10/9/24 | 10/2/25 | 10/2/25 | 12/12/25 |
| Wharton | 9/3/25 | 10/23/24 – 10/24/24 | 10/20/25 – 10/22/25 | 10/21/25 | 12/10/25 |
| Yale SOM | 9/10/25 | 9/17/24 – 10/31/24 | 9/15/25 – 9/17/25 | 9/23/25 | 12/4/25 |
1. Estimates of interview date ranges are created using three previous years of Livewire data.
2. Dartmouth Tuck interviews all candidates who apply by September 3, 2025.
The programs are listed in alphabetical order, followed by the Round 1 deadline. We also list the range of dates from the prior admissions season, 2024-2025, during which interview invitations were reported. Then, based on three years of LiveWire data, we provide an estimate of when to expect the first interview invitations from a given school. Note that most schools continue to roll out interview invitations following the initial window of release. As interview invitations for the 2025-2026 season are reported on LiveWire, we will update the actual reports column. Finally, to round out your admissions expectations, we have provided the Round 1 decision date, as shared by the schools, in the final column.
Additional Interview Prep Resources
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