The Ohio State Fisher MBA Deadlines 2025-2026
The Ohio State Fisher MBA deadlines for the 2025-2026 admissions season are presented in the table below.
The Ohio State Fisher College of Business is conducting its MBA application review process over the course of five rounds.
| Round | Application Deadline | Admissions Decision |
|---|---|---|
| Early | October 13, 2025 | November 14, 2025 |
| Round 1 | December 1, 2025 | January 16, 2026 |
| Round 2 | January 5, 2026 | March 6, 2026 |
| Round 3 | February 23, 2026 | April 10, 2026 |
| Final Round | April 25, 2026 | May 30, 2026 |
Candidates applying during the Early round are able to participate in Fall Preview Days, which are on-campus or virtual events typically offered in October and November. Students get a campus tour, connect with current students, meet career management and admissions, and have an opportunity to do a live interview. While scholarships are available in every round, the adcom does recommend that those looking to be considered for Ohio State Fellowship eligibility apply by Round 1. Round 3 is the recommended final deadline for international applicants.
What Do I Need to Submit by the Deadline?
A complete MBA application to Fisher comprises:
- Application data form
- Unofficial transcripts for all degree-related coursework (four-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent required)
- GMAT or GRE score, unless the candidate has secured a test waiver
- A one-page resume (and/or LinkedIn url)
- Two reference contacts
- Essay response
- Video interview
- Application fee: $60 domestic, $70 international
Applicants who completed their undergraduate degrees at non-English-speaking institution are asked to have their records translated, and to submit the translation to the admissions office along with an official transcript.
Applicants may choose to either list their references or have Fisher admissions send an OPTIONAL electronic letter of recommendation request to each recommender. The adcom may contact the references during the admissions process. Requesting a recommendation is optional. The video interview does not take the place of the live interview. Once an application is started, applicants will receive an email invitation to complete the video interview. Although the school suggests completing the video interview within 2 weeks, the link will not expire. Via the Kira Talent platform, the video interview should only take 20 to 30 minutes to complete.
Live Interview
Live interviews are conducted on an invitation-only basis and are required to matriculate. The adcom conducts interviews in-person (recommended for domestic applicants) or online via Skype.
MBA Applywire
Undergrad
Engineering Majors from BITS Pilani (Tier-1 school in India), Minors in Finance and Accounting.
8.12/10.0 GPA in Majors, 8.0/10.0 in Minors
Extra Curricular
> Lead Fellow with a national academic NGO (Academic Yr 2026-2027)
> Teaching Volunteer with a national Academic NGO (Academic Yr 2025-2026)
> Captain - Football Team at Undergrad University + Captain - Football Team in School
Positioning/Story
> Strong academic foundations and interest in Finance (Minors + Internship) and immersive experience moving the needle for Startups to IPO companies with deep technology exposure across B2C and B2B environments.
> Collaborative and stakeholder management-driven work experience throughout, professionally and personally - driving impact to the under-served sections of the society (NGO) + Leading the team in sports through teenage to adulthood.
Specific Questions -
1. How am I positioned for Kellogg (FT or MMM), booth (MBA/MS), Haas (MBA/MEng), Columbia (MBA/MS) ? Will Dual degrees give me a slight edge over the FT MBAs?
2. How am I placed for top EU/UK? Tailoring applications here with VC goal than the PM leadership.
3. What T15s should I consider? Presently considering Fuqua, Cornell, Stern 2yr (Not considering 1yr Tech MBAs - (Stern, Cornell Tech) as I want to leverage the internship).
I have about 4 years of experience at a financial derivatives advisory firm, where I'm a Vice President advising real estate and equipment-finance clients on hedging strategies. My firm is very small. which means, I am asked to take leadership roles. For example, I lead our largest client relationship, and I get to present to clients' executives and investors. Before this, I had one year in a mid size public sector consulting firm and before that, I had a year of service in the AmeriCorps, working in homelessness services.
I have a 3.58 GPA from a good but not top tier public university. At graduation I have 150 credits, which meant I was able to graduate with two bachelors degrees. They were a B.S. in Math and Economics, and a B.A. in History.
Outside of work, I volunteer roughly 120 hours a year with a hunger-relief nonprofit a and serve as a junior board member. I also organized my company's first ever annual day of service, which we've continued for 3 years. My personal interests include collecting vinyl records, and learning ancient History.
Post-MBA, I want to build on my background in real estate capital markets to move into banking on the lending side, with a particular focus on real estate. I like the real estate world, but I want to work at a bank as I think a larger institution would provide more opportunities for growth in the larger world of finance.
I am struggling to decide which schools to apply to. I keep adding programs to my list, and I already think my list is too high. My brother wants me to apply to Stanford because he's moving to the Bay Area, but I don't think I'd be competitive. My dream school is Wharton, but I think it's a long shot.
Also, in case it's relevant, I am a 28 year old White male from Pennsylvania, and a member of the LGBTQ community.
My low cgpa was as a result of working part time during my undergrad to cover my expenses and mostly for experience. Parent's business run into financial challenges made things difficult because i had to pay my fees. had CGPA of 3.0+ in 3rd and 4th year in my undergrad(60 credit hours). currently work in commercial bank in CX with 4yrs Work Exp. It will be 6yrs when I apply for the MBA ,I will be promoted to a different unit soon. pro bono consulting for young entrepreneurs. Led youth groups at church and organize capacity building events.
Plan on writing the GRE with 330 as target.
Hoping for a significant scholarship
1. I want advise on how to build my profile to make me an ideal candidate for R1 acceptance and $$$
I have worked for over 10 years in sales and business development and I am currently completing a PostGraduate Diploma in Banking and Finance and I need an a good MBA to enable me pivot into financial services.
Currently working in consulting with a major FMCG/alcobev client, mainly across analytics, supply, and business problem-solving work. Over time, I’ve realized I enjoy understanding why problems exist within organizations and how teams, systems, and decisions can work better together, which is what’s pushing me towards strategy consulting and an MBA.
A lot of my interest in business also comes from seeing how everyday products and operations work behind the scenes. Outside work, I co-founded and ran a digital literacy initiative (1yr 2mo) during COVID where we helped elderly individuals and women from underserved communities learn basic digital tools to stay connected and manage daily activities during lockdown.
I’m currently preparing for the GMAT and exploring schools such as LBS, Fuqua, Ross, Tuck, and a few reach schools depending on how the score progresses.
MBA LiveWire
Wild journey since getting Waitlisted post-interview Round 1. Gave several updates, and got the phone call on 5/22. Had to decline it because they gave no $ and I'm holding a very good scholarship at Johnson. Best of luck to those still waiting, but if you get off the list be ready to pay sticker price.