New York University (Stern) MBA 2026年入学申请Deadline & Essay（NYU）

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                        Deadlines                             
Applications are evaluated by the same criteria regardless of the deadline met. Deadlines are designed for applicants to know the latest date they will receive initial notification from Stern. We recommend that you apply when you feel your application is at its strongest. Please note that NYU Stern MBA Admissions reviews applications on an ongoing basis, and does not wait for a deadline to pass in order to review applications. For this reason, we encourage you to submit your application between deadlines if it is ready. It may take until the initial notification date to receive your initial decision. Deadlines are different for the Dual Degree program and Consortium applicants.
If applying through the Consortium, please visit the Consortium Applicant page.
If applying to a Dual Degree program, please visit the Dual Degree Applicant page.

                                Full-time MBA (Fall 2026)                              

	Deadline	Initial Notification* By
1st Deadline	September 15, 2025	December 1, 2025
2nd Deadline	October 15, 2025	January 1, 2026
3rd Deadline	January 15, 2026	April 1, 2026
4th Deadline	April 15, 2026	Ongoing
*You will receive one of three initial notifications: invitation to interview, waitlist offer, or denial of admission.

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Essays                              
Our Stern essay questions give you the opportunity to more fully present yourself to the Admissions Committee and to provide insight into your experiences, goals, and thought processes.

Your essays must be written entirely by you. An offer of admission will be rescinded if you did not write your essays.

• Short Answer: Professional Aspirations
• Essay 1: Change: _____ it
• Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")
• Essay 3: Additional Information (optional)
  

Short Answer: Professional Aspirations
(150 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

• What are your short-term career goals?
  

Essay 1: Change: _________ it
(350 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)
In today’s global business environment, the only constant is change. Using NYU Stern’s brand call to action, we want to know how you view change. Change: _____ it. Fill in the blank with a word of your choice. Why does this word resonate with you? How will you embrace your own personal tagline while at Stern? Examples:

• Change: Dare it.
• Change: Dream it.
• Change: Drive it.
• Change: Empower it.
• Change: Manifest it.
• Change: [Any word of your choice] it.
  

Essay 2: Personal Expression (a.k.a. "Pick Six")
Introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee and to your future classmates using six images and corresponding captions. The Pick Six is a way to share more about the qualities you will bring to the Stern community, beyond your professional and academic achievements. Your uploaded PDF should contain all of the following elements:

• A brief introduction or overview of your "Pick Six" (no more than 3 sentences).
• Six images that help illustrate your interests, values, motivations, perspective and/or personality.
• A one-sentence caption for each of the six images that helps explain why they were selected and are significant to you.
  

Note: Your visuals may include photos, infographics, drawings, or any other images. Your document must be uploaded as a single PDF. The essay cannot be sent in physical form or be linked to a website.

Essay 3: Additional Information (optional)
(500 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

Please provide any additional information that you would like to bring to the attention of the Admissions Committee and/or give context to your application. This may include important aspects of yourself not otherwise apparent in your application, including but not limited to: hardships you have encountered, current or past gaps in employment, further explanation of your undergraduate record or self-reported academic transcript(s), plans to retake the GMAT, GRE, Executive Assessment, IELTS or TOEFL, or any other relevant information.


      
      
      
        

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http://www.stern.nyu.edu/program ... time-mba/admissions

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论文解析

NYU Stern 完整保留了沿用多年的 Essay 题目，这些题目很有特色也很经典，下面我们来看各篇的解析。

核心：Stern寻找的是“变革推动者”（Change Agent），而非被动参与者——所有材料请围绕这一标签展开。

Short Answer
150 words

Professional Aspirations：What are your short-term career goals? (150 word maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font)

核心策略：精准性+与Stern关联

与常见的职业目标文书相比，NYU 把职业目标的关注点集中在短期目标上。

短期目标更加注重可行性，最理想的呈现是精细到目标公司、角色和职责，再说明需要提升的技能，最后与长期目标联动，因为短期目标通常是通过长期目标甚至是人生目标来赋予意义的，这也将更好地与 Pick Six 相辅相成。

举例来说，呈现的逻辑是：【具体目标】“成为亚马逊AWS高级产品经理，主导AI云计算解决方案，负责跨团队协调与产品生命周期管理”——【所需技能】“提升规模化团队领导力及AI商业化能力”——【长期目标】“为未来在东南亚推动可持续金融科技奠基”。

同时，Career Goal 与 Why School 是不能割裂的，个人能力和职业目标之间的 gap 就是读 MBA的原因。选择1~2个角度展现 Stern MBA 与你的职业目标的关联，以及对你未来职业发展的具体意义。这应该是文书的第二部分，而且在篇幅上甚至要占得更多。

举例来说，呈现的逻辑是：【课程资源】“选修Pan教授的《科技产品管理》，通过‘Stern Solutions’项目为金融科技客户解决实战问题”——【课外资源】“加入‘科技与媒体协会’，参与Wasserman中心的‘科技浸入计划’”——【如何弥补能力缺口】“Stern的敏捷领导力课程将助我从技术岗转向产品战略岗”。

字数分配上，50词左右讲清职业目标，100词左右将目标与 Stern MBA 的课内外资源相结合论述 Why Stern。

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