Emory Goizueta

Atlanta, GA · Private · 2-year full-time

Average GMAT Focus: 648
Average GPA: 3.50
Class size: 128 (Class of 2027)
Median base salary: $175,000 (Class of 2025)
Program tuition: $158,400 (≈ 2 × first-year tuition)

Deadlines

Round 1: Sept. 30, 2026
Round 2: Jan. 6, 2027
Round 3: March 17, 2027
Rolling:

Essays

Short answer 1 (40 words)

What are your short-term post-MBA career goals?

Short answer 2 (40 words)

How will your professional experience and the Goizueta MBA help you to achieve those goals?

Short answer 3 (40 words)

What’s a fun fact about you that you would like the committee to know?

Essay 1 (300 words)

The former CEO of The Coca-Cola Company and namesake of Goizueta Business School, Roberto C. Goizueta, had a philosophy that he lived by: “If you take risks, you may fail. But if you do not take risks, you will surely fail. The greatest risk of all is to do nothing.” Tell us about something meaningful you’ve been wanting to pursue but haven’t yet. What’s holding you back?

Essay 2 (300 words)

Our lived experiences shaped who we are, the aspirations that we have, and the ways that we show up personally and professionally. Throughout our lives we will continue to have experiences that change, sharpen, and refine us. Tell us about something you've come to understand differently over time. What experiences, information, or perspectives contributed to that evolution?

Optional essay (500 words)

Still have more to share? This optional essay is your opportunity to share something you couldn’t find a place for on your application. This is also where you should address anything the committee may question (e.g., gaps in employment, academic challenges, choice of recommender). You can use essay format or bullets. Please identify topics if more than one is addressed.

Video essay

Telling your story through written essays is an important part of the application, but the video essay lets us hear your words in your own voice. In the required video essay, every candidate will answer a “small talk” question to help the MBA Admissions Committee get to know you. The video essay instructions and link are located in your application portal.

Reapplicant essay 1 (reapplicants only) (200 words)

What will professional success look like immediately after your MBA experience? Please describe where you would like this degree program to take you professionally. Include information such as desired job title, responsibilities, company, impact, and/or industry. Explain how your professional experiences and personal strengths align with your post-MBA goals.

Reapplicant essay 2 (reapplicants only) (200 words)

Explain how you have improved your candidacy for Goizueta Business School's MBA program since your last application.

Editor's notes

Round 2 (Jan. 6, 2027) is the real scholarship deadline here. Goizueta considers every complete application through Round 3 for merit money, but named scholarships need you in by Round 2, and the admissions page says to apply no later than Round 2 for full consideration.
Five short pieces of writing, and two of them ask for vulnerability. Essay 1 wants something you haven't done and what's stopping you; Essay 2 wants a view you've changed. Answer them with different stories, and let the 40-word short answers carry your career goals so the essays don't have to.
Every admitted student has been interviewed, and interviews are by invitation. The written file earns you the room. After that, Goizueta treats the interview like a professional job interview about your career so far and your plans, so bring a current resume.
If money is tight, Getting It Done 101 is the cheapest thing you can do. It's four short online sessions with admissions staff, it runs before each round, and every participant gets a fee waiver.