Your Checklist

The MBA program starts well before classes begin! Review the checklist below – and check back regularly – for key deliverables that we’ll need you to complete before Opening Term starts on August 4, 2025. This list also indicates when important program information will be announced. Please note that dates may be subject to change pending approval of altered academic policies and other factors.

After Receiving Decision Letter

• Submit your deposit(s) by the deposit deadline(s) indicated in your decision letter.

• Submit the Incoming Student Survey with submitting your initial deposit.  

• Join the Admitted Student LinkedIn and WhatsApp groups to connect with your future classmates.

• Sign up for multiple one-on-one chats with current MBA student club leaders.

• Claim your NetID then access your Georgetown email. (An email regarding your NetID will be sent to you within two weeks of admission. Here is a short video on how to locate your NetID.

• Send all official test scores and transcripts to the Georgetown MBA Admissions Office by your Official Document Submission Period.

• Mark your calendar with important dates outlined in the Academic Calendar (dates are subject to change).

After Submitting Initial Deposit

• Begin your required quantitative preparation courses (available in February, due July 22). Plan on spending at least 8-10 hours working through the material.

• Review the course waiver and transfer credit request form to test out of certain courses or to receive credit for previously completed courses (due July 16).

• Begin your required McDonough Foundations shared by the Program Office (due July 28). Plan on spending at least 1-1.5 hours working through the video series.

• Begin your MBA Career Center Job Search Course and complete the Summer Career Course.

  1. • Watch your Georgetown email for an invite to the Summer Career Course Canvas site that houses all required deliverables.

• Start your housing search with the Georgetown MBA Housing Guide.

• Request any accommodations needed.

• Upload your photo for your GoCard, the official identification card of Georgetown University.

International Students

• Begin the immigration document request process and prepare all required documentation immediately if you require a visa. 

• Perfect your business English with optional online English Preparation Courses.

July

• Mid-July – Announcement of Program Advisors, class cohort assignments, and student schedules

• July 16 – Deadline to submit course waiver and transfer credit request forms

• July 22 – Complete all MBA quantitative preparation

• July 28-August 1 – Sit for approved waiver exams

• July 29 – Attend Flex MBA Online Orientation (evening)*

• July 28 – Complete the McDonough Foundations series shared by the Program Office

• July 29 – International Student Orientation*

• July 29 – Attend Flex Orientation (evening)*

• July 30-August 1 – Attend Full-time Orientation 

• July 30 – Attend Flex MBA Online Social led by MBA Program Ambassador Students (evening)*

August

• August 1 – Deadline to submit Immunization information

• August 2 – Attend Full-time and Flex Service Day*

• August 4 – Begin Opening Term

• August 22 – Opening Term ends

• August 22 – Tuition payment due on GU Experience

• August 27 – Attend First Day of Fall and Module 1 Classes

• Aug 28: Student Organization Fair (On-Campus, 5-6:30 pm ET)

• Aug 29: Student Organization Virtual Fair (Virtual, 12-1 pm ET)

*Event accommodation requests should be sent to mbaprogramoffice@georgetown.edu at least seven days prior to the event. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made afterward.