Application deadlines for top US B-Schools

Summers are the perfect time to start gearing up for the 2015 session at B-schools across the US. If you are aiming at applying to American B-Schools for the next year's session you need to start your preparation right now, as the next few months are going to be busy with filling an application form, which requires a lot of time and effort.

The American B-schools have a completely different process of admission, where there are usually three deadlines to send in the completed applications. There are exceptions, of course; Sloan Business School (MIT) has only two deadlines, while there are a few colleges with four deadlines as well. For international students, especially Indian students, it is always beneficial to apply at the earliest. The more you delay the application process, the more time you will lose during the F1 visa (American student visa) process. It is important to note that these deadlines are only the application submission deadlines; there are separate dates for interviews*, fee processing etc. So meeting only these deadlines does not mean your application process is over, rather it means the admission process has finally started.

Here are the deadlines for the Top five B-schools of the US-

*Interview Dates - Typically interviews of shortlisted candidates who applied in the first round take place between November-January. These interviews fall between the Round 2 and 3 of applications deadlines. These take place over 5-10 days and a particular date is allotted to prospective candidates. Similarly, interviews for the round 2 applicants take place over March-April. Round 3 interviews take place over the month of May. The actual times may vary from college to college.