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Five major Indian one-year MBA programmes close a Round 2 between 17 October and 6 December 2026, and their interviews and offer deadlines collide in December and January. Here is every date side by side, with a plan for sequencing your applications.

PGPX Round 2 reportedly closes on 23 November 2026, with a shortlist on 4 December and just 48 to 72 hours to submit essays. Here is the timeline and a plan for the weeks before and after the deadline.

IE's International MBA has no deadline, and seats go in order of admission. Here is how to sequence the ieGAT or GMAT Focus Edition, the timed video assessment, the interview and the 11 vs 15-month choice from India.

ISB publishes merit, need-based, diversity and donor waivers, but not the formulas behind them. Here is a scholarship strategy built only on what ISB states, with the rules, the gaps and the steps to take by round.

What actually happens on ISB interview day: when the invite arrives, the on-the-spot written exercise, how long the panel runs, virtual versus in person, and what to carry.

ISB publishes no cutoff. Here is what applicants reported about medians, why the same score got different results in different rounds, and when a retake is the better call.

ISB lists merit, need-based and donor scholarships for 2027-28. Here is how each works, where the scholarship section sits in the application, and why many admits still see "Scholarship: 0".

ISB lists Round 1 decisions for end-December 2026. Here are the official dates, how results arrived last cycle, how to read the admit email, and what to sort out on notice period, loans and documents.

Waitlisted at ISB, or planning for it? Here is what the Q1 to Q4 quartiles mean, why conversions are not in order, when the list moved last cycle, and what you can do while you wait.

ISB checks the salary you enter against your payslips. Here is what to include, what to leave out, how a mismatch happens, and how to reply to a discrepancy email inside the 72 hour window.

Refreshing the ISB portal and not sure what your status means? Here is every PGP application status explained, with the timing patterns from last cycle and the results-day SIP trap to watch for.

INSEAD's Round 1 for the August 2027 intake has already closed. Here's what Indian applicants weighing Round 2 need to know about deadlines, real costs, the language policy, and how to position against a genuinely global applicant pool.

IIM Calcutta has finally published its MBAEx 2027-28 admission schedule, confirming Round 1 interview dates of October 31 to November 1 and Round 2 dates of December 19 to 20. Here is what those dates actually mean for how you should spend the weeks in between.

IIM Lucknow's IPMX runs three application phases for the 2027-28 batch, with Phase 1 closing September 2, 2026. Here's the eligibility bar, fee schedule, and how GMAT Focus Edition, WAT and interview scores actually get weighted.

Most reapplicant essays describe what happened over the last year instead of proving what changed. Here is a two-framework approach to diagnose the real gap, structure the case, plus two fully worked example essays.

IIM Calcutta's one-year MBAEx quietly rivals better-known programs on selectivity and ROI, yet draws a fraction of the applicant attention. Here's what eligibility, fees, GMAT strategy and the interview process actually look like heading into the next admission cycle.

Only two of the big European programmes are genuinely a year long, and the one that is closes Round 1 on 15 September 2026. What each school actually asks of an Indian applicant in time, money and eligibility, and where it beats ISB or PGPX.

Round dates for this cycle (one closes almost immediately), real application and programme fees, what the 30-minute WAT and faculty interview actually test, and who gets into one of India's smallest, most selective one-year MBAs.

Round dates for the Class of 2027-28, real application and programme fees, what the extempore-then-interview format actually tests, who else gets in, and whether the payoff justifies the fee, all traced to IIMA's own published material.

Round dates for the Class of 2028, the real application and programme fees, what actually happens in the 20-minute Written Ability Test, and what ISB's alumni interview panels are evaluating, drawn from ISB's own published admissions material.