School guides · 2026-27
What each school asks for
Essay prompts, word limits, deadlines and what each school says it looks for. Taken from the schools' own pages. Always check the school's site before you submit.
Berkeley Haas
4 prompts · 3 rounds
Cambridge Judge
4 prompts · 5 rounds
Chicago Booth
7 prompts · 3 rounds
Columbia Business School
7 prompts · 3 rounds
Cornell Johnson
4 prompts · 3 rounds
Dartmouth Tuck
7 prompts · 3 rounds
Duke Fuqua
5 prompts · 4 rounds
Harvard Business School
5 prompts · 2 rounds
INSEAD
6 prompts · 4 rounds
London Business School
3 prompts · 3 rounds
Michigan Ross
3 prompts · 3 rounds
MIT Sloan
3 prompts · 2 rounds
Northwestern Kellogg
3 prompts · 3 rounds
NYU Stern
3 prompts · 4 rounds
Oxford Saïd
3 prompts · 5 rounds
Stanford GSB
6 prompts · 3 rounds
UCLA Anderson
4 prompts · 3 rounds
UPenn Wharton
5 prompts · 3 rounds
UVA Darden
3 prompts · 6 rounds
Yale SOM
3 prompts · 3 rounds