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Charlottesville, VA · Deadlines, verbatim essay prompts, class profile, employment outcomes, AI policy, and cost, in one place. Every figure below links to Darden's own page and carries the date we checked it.
R1 deadline
Oct 7, 2026
in 71 days
GMAT (Focus)
665
median
Class size
361
Class of 2027
Annual budget
$123,196
2026-27
| Round | Deadline | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Oct 7, 2026 | in 71 days |
| Round 2 | Jan 7, 2027 | in 163 days |
Deadline times of day (and any later rounds) live on the official page; confirm there before you plan a submission day.
Darden's official deadlines page · Checked Jul 18, 2026
Our plain-English summary of Darden's own admissions materials, not the school's verbatim words. Read the source before you rely on it.
Darden is a case-method school: it reads for people who will speak up and carry a section, sustained community investment, and purpose behind the goals.
Darden's official admissions criteria · Checked Jul 18, 2026
What would you want your classmates to know about you that is not on your resume?
At this time, how would you describe your short-term, post-MBA goal in terms of industry, function, geography, company size and/or mission? How does it align with the long-term vision you have for your career?
New required video essay for 2026-27: you receive a prompt selected at random from a large pool of questions written by the Admissions Committee, with 10 seconds to prepare and 90 seconds to record. Darden says it wants your voice, communication style, and critical thinking; the specific prompts are not published in advance.
If there is further information you believe would be helpful to the Admissions Committee, please provide it.
Wording is reproduced verbatim from Darden's official page or, where a component lives inside the login-gated application, from consistent reputable secondary sources. Prompts can shift mid-cycle; the source link is the record.
Darden's official essay page · Checked Jul 18, 2026
Cross-school view: every top program's prompts, side by side, on the prompt tracker.
Figures are the school's published statistics, labeled median or average exactly as the school reports them, never converted between tests.
| GPA | 3.59 (median, middle 80%: 3.12-3.89)average 3.55 |
| GMAT (Focus Edition, 205-805) | 665 (median, middle 80%: 626-715)average 671 |
| GMAT (classic, 200-800) | 730 (median, middle 80%: 690-750)average 725 |
| GRE Total | 322 (median, middle 80%: 311-335)average also 322 |
| GRE note | Darden publishes a combined GRE total only (260-340 scale); no Verbal/Quant section figures exist |
| Test policy | GMAT, GRE, or EA viewed equivalently; waivers case-by-case |
Darden's official class profile · Checked Jul 26, 2026
Darden's official class profile · Checked Jul 26, 2026
Darden's official employment data · Checked Jul 26, 2026
No published AI policy as of mid-2026, so disclose conservatively.
Darden has not published an applicant AI policy. Its admissions philosophy emphasizes authenticity and showing rather than telling. With no rule to cite, keep your answers plainly your own and disclose conservatively.
Darden has published no AI policy on any page or application we track. · Checked Jul 18, 2026 · Full sourced reading
Darden's official 2026-27 cost of attendance is $123,196 for a single student, one academic year (tuition, fees, insurance, and living budget as published).
Federal Grad PLUS loans are gone and graduate borrowing is capped, so the two-year math matters more than it used to. Our free financing-gap calculator shows what federal loans still cover at Darden and the gap that is now yours to plan.
Darden's official cost page · Checked Jul 26, 2026
Darden's Round 1 deadline is Oct 7, 2026, and Round 2 is Jan 7, 2027. Confirm the exact time of day and any additional rounds on Darden's official deadlines page; we last checked these dates on Jul 18, 2026.
Darden publishes a median GMAT of 665 (middle 80%: 626-715) for its Class of 2027. GMAT, GRE, or EA viewed equivalently; waivers case-by-case. A published median is a snapshot of one admitted class, not a cutoff.
Darden's official published budget is $123,196 for the 2026-27 academic year (single student, one year). Most students should plan for two years plus year-two inflation; our free financing-gap calculator does that math with federal loan caps applied.
No published AI policy as of mid-2026, so disclose conservatively. Our full sourced reading of Darden's AI policy, with the official link, is on the Darden AI-policy page.
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