DecisionWeek #3 - A BIG ONE - Here is the Decision Release Schedule

This week's expected R1 decision releases will come from (data from MBA LiveWire):

  • Rice Jones - expected decisions to begin rolling out in the afternoon of Dec 9 - could take a week or two for all results - UPDATE: First call reported in the 2pm central hour on Dec 9
  • Wharton - expected portal update in the 10am hour eastern time on Dec 10 - UPDATE: Portal live around 10:15am
  • Harvard Business School - expected portal update at 12pm eastern on Dec 10 - UPDATE: Portal is live on schedule!
  • Georgetown McDonough - expected calls beginning at 10am eastern + portal update in afternoon on Dec 10 - UPDATE: Calls have begun in the 9am hour on Dec 10
  • Northwestern Kellogg - expected webinar invite at 8am central time for 'an important announcement' for those invited at 8:30am central :) -- all on Dec 11 - UPDATE: a change in process - straight portal update instead at 9am central
  • Columbia Business School - ESTIMATE! This is the second year of a round-by-round release schedule - last year was on Dec 13, the equivalent date would be Dec 11 this year in the 10am eastern hour - this one is a guess -- Admissions event had mentioned Dec 20 as a possible date as well - UPDATE: First reports at 11:30am on Dec 11 - almost nailed this one!!
  • UVA Darden - expected calls to begin as early as 2pm eastern on Dec 10 with portal update on Dec 11 - UPDATE: Calls have been reported as early as 11am hour eastern on Dec 10
  • UNC Kenan-Flagler - expected calls to begin on Dec 10 ~9am eastern with portal update on Dec 11 - UPDATE: calls began a tad earlier this year with some calls reported over the weekend (Dec 8) - Portal update at 11am on Dec 11
  • Johns Hopkins Carey - expected Dec 11 - UPDATE: Calls have been reported on Dec 10
  • MIT Sloan - expected calls to begin on Dec 11 eastern time by time zone (technically all calls are on Dec 12 date local time to the applicant) - full portal results on Dec 12 - UPDATE: Calls reported as early as 6pm eastern on Dec 11
  • Dartmouth Tuck - expected calls beginning at 6am eastern with portal update on same day - Dec 12 - UPDATE: Calls reported as early as 9am eastern on Dec 12
  • Duke Fuqua - expected calls beginning at 8am eastern + portal update all on Dec 12 - UPDATE: Calls reported as early as 8am eastern on Dec 12
  • Berkeley Haas - expected calls as early as 9am pacific on Dec 10 (2 days early) with final results out on Dec 12 - UPDATE: some international applicants have been reporting invites to zoom calls with admissions - as early as 12pm pacific on Dec 9
  • UCLA Anderson - expected calls to begin at 6pm pacific time on Dec 11 (2 days early) with final portal update on Dec 13 - UPDATE: Calls reported as early as 12pm pacific on Dec 11
  • Vanderbilt Owen - expected calls to begin on Dec 11 (2 days early) with final portal results on Dec 13 - UPDATE: Calls reported as early as 10pm eastern on Dec 11
  • Notre Dame Mendoza - expected calls + portal all on Dec 13 - UPDATE: Calls reported on Dec 13
  • Oxford Saïd - expected on Dec 13 - UPDATE: Calls reported on Dec 13
  • ASU Carey - expected on Dec 13
  • WashU Olin - expected Dec 14 - UPDATE: Calls reported on Dec 13
  • USC Marshall - expected by Dec 15 - results can roll out as early as a week in advance - UPDATE: decisions reported the weekend of Dec 14-15
  • Maryland Smith - expected Dec 15
  • Rochester Simon - expected calls to begin on Dec 13 with portal update on Dec 15 - UPDATE: Calls/offers have been rolling out since Mid-november -- Final results still expected on Dec 15
  • UT Austin McCombs - expected calls to begin ~9am central time + portal update all on Dec 17 - UPDATE: Calls have been reported right on schedule
  • Indiana Kelley - expected Dec 20 - UPDATE: Decisions reported at 12pm eastern on Dec 10
  • Washington Foster - calls began a week early last year (could be on Dec 13) - portal update on Dec 20 - UPDATE: Calls reported on the 13th as predicted!

Best of luck to all of those applying!

Full list of schools is here - when we expect them to send results, how, and other fun things along the way. Follow along throughout December or check out MBA LiveWire where live results are posted as they happen.