We dug into Wharton’s claim to 91,000 members in their alumni network. Even though we believe this to be inflated, we know that Wharton has a lot of alumni. The size of the network seems to be touted by the schools as a competitive advantage. OK, that could be a strength – though in our [...]
Learn More...MBA Essay Questions: Dartmouth Tuck
Dartmouth Tuck Useful Links official school pages: Tuck MBA Admissions Blog Tuck MBA Application Deadlines Remember that Tuck has applicant-initiated on-campus interviews. They are technically optional, but STRONGLY recommended! Early Action (non-binding): October 9, 2013 – interview must be done by November 1st November Round: November 6, 2013 – interview must be done by November [...]
Learn More...QuickSnark: Tuck Scholarship
November 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Your Tuck app is done – but wait – what’s this about a scholarship essay? Yes, we have a full SnarkStrategies Application Guide for Tuck – and you should definitely pick it up even though it covers last year’s (2011) essays. The essays haven’t changed much, and we also go into great detail on the [...]
Learn More...essay strategy question: “Is this story too old?”
August 8, 2012 by
Got a question from a BSer asking about a possible story for a “failure” essay such as Tuck and HBS: For the failure essay, I wanted write about how when I was graduating college in DEC 2001 I was rejected multiple times to various [important career programs] before finally getting selected in the summer of...
If now you know you will be a reapplicant
May 1, 2012 by
Maybe you have now realized that you WILL be a reapplicant. If you are committed to getting an MBA, you should definitely try again! And, you should start preparing NOW. Keep in mind that it’s not enough to simply submit better-written essays with clearer sentence and improved grammar; nor is it sufficient to tighten up...
“School X, or School Y with $$$??” (Part 2)
March 6, 2012 by
OK we know you want to look at the real question here: The finances! For someone with the X or Y scenario we’ve identified, the finances do matter. Let’s be real: Coming out of bschool with less debt would be awesome. But “ROI” takes on many forms. We had a conversation with a BSer on...
Doing the unheard of on Leap Day
February 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You know that EssaySnark is not a fan of late-round applications. But some of you are bound and determined to throw your hat into the ring this year. Fine. We’re gonna do something equally crazy: In honor of the unusualness of Leap Day, we’re offering up a few copies of the various SnarkStrategies essay guides [...]
Learn More...The Applicant-Friendliest Place on Earth
February 22, 2012 by
We’ve sung the praises of the Tuck School up in the wilds of New Hampshire before. But we recently saw their video post about waitlisted candidates and we’re gonna do it again. (Note: That white stuff on the ground outside the window behind her is SNOW, for those of you who’ve never seen the stuff...
More on plagiarism.
February 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you didn’t see our post yesterday, you should go back and catch up. We are talking about plagiarism. And how admissions teams now have a tool to detect it. Yesterday we mentioned that a couple BSers who apparently don’t follow us on Twitter had gotten all dramatic about this issue in posting comments on [...]
Learn More...the one less traveled by… CORNELL
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
NOTE: You guys have been keeping us busy all weekend, but we’ve been keeping up with you, and as of right now, the crazy essay offers are still in effect! Happy New Year to all! Cornell is a Top 20 bschool that appears to be so far from the Top 10 that sometimes it seems [...]
Learn More...So you’re gonna do a video essay
November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
>A highly motivated Brave Supplicant asked a question on BTG about the Tuck Consortium option for submitting a video essay. (NYU accepts video submissions; UCLA used to but seems to have backed off of that this year.) This BSer sounds like they’ve got a very ambitious — and possibly quite effective — project planned. If [...]
Learn More...The Consortium application
November 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
>As you now know since we just covered it again yesterday, The Consortium is trying to increase minority enrollment in the best bschools in America. We’ve never said much about it before because a) if you’re qualified to apply to The Consortium, you honestly don’t need much help — The Consortium offers lots of support, [...]
Learn More...Just released! SnarkStrategies Essay Guide for Tuck!
October 17, 2011 by 5 Comments
SnarkStrategies for Dartmouth Tuck EssaySnark’s Strategies for the 2011-’12 MBA Essays for Tuck Paperback edition: $17.95 + shipping This is a softcover book (will be available from Amazon soon)Click here to purchase from CreateSpace Kindle edition, version 1.0: $14.95Electronic copy for Amazon Kindle, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry — or the new Kindle Cloud [...]
Learn More...Reliance on bschool rankings is a trap
October 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A question was left on an unrelated post recently asking about EssaySnark’s offhand comment that we would choose Tuck or INSEAD over Booth. The Brave Supplicant said: “As far as I know Booth has a better reputation compared to Tuck. Isn’t it?” Let’s get something straight: Ranking alone is not how anyone should be choosing [...]
Learn More...Tuck essay 4: “new perspectives” and “life experiences”
September 21, 2011 by
Poor Brave Supplicant prolly thinks we forgot about ‘im. Left a comment for us asking about Tuck 4 and we promised to do a full post on the question, and then left ‘im hanging. Well here it is, and even with time to spare before deadlines roll around. Tuck essay 4 states: Tuck seeks candidates...
Ogres have layers. And leaders have impact.
September 19, 2011 by
We were reminded by a Brave Supplicant’s recent inquiry about the MIT Sloan “cover letter” (asked in the comments on this post) that this whole “leadership” concept can be a slippery one for ya’ all. The MIT “cover letter” asks for you to “Describe your accomplishments and include an example of how you had an...
Columbia’s Early Decision option
August 5, 2011 by
We’re getting the typical increase in hits to the blog from Brave Supplicants looking at Columbia’s Early Decision application and weighing their chances. Just recently, someone found us by Googling this: “applying in round 1 for columbia + advantageous” — and we realized that we have never come out and stated the answer to this...
essay critique: Columbia essay 1 (2011-’12 version)
June 16, 2011 by
We have another Brave Supplicant ready to go with his Columbia application! Let’s see what he has to say in his all-important career goals essay. Considering your post-MBA and long term professional goals, why you are pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Additionally, why is Columbia Business School a good fit for...
bschools with MBA application questions out
June 2, 2011 by
Related to: Berkeley Haas, Harvard, Cornell Johnson, Michigan Ross, Kellogg, Dartmouth Tuck, Wharton, Stanford GSB, Columbia
Here are the schools that have released essay questions for the 2011-’12 application season (last update 7/7/11): HBS | SnarkStrategies Guide for Harvard: Expanded hardcopy (softcover) now available! Buy from Amazon. Also available on the Kindle Columbia | SnarkStrategies Guide: Amazon Kindle version Berkeley Haas | Stanford | Michigan Ross | Dartmouth Tuck | Kellogg...
healthcare MBAs
May 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We answered a Brave Supplicant’s question on one of those forums recently, and thought we may as well cross-post here. To paraphrase, the question was, Which top schools are highly associated with pharmaceutical/biotechnology? Here’s what we said: The only bschool we’ve heard of that specifically offers a “biotech” MBA specialization is Cambridge Judge. Lots of [...]
Learn More...school fit part II
April 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
OK, so now you have a better sense what this “school fit” nonsense that everybody talks about means. How do you get a sense of what the school’s “values” are (to use Booth’s Kurt Ahlm’s word)? Well, some schools trumpet their ‘values’ all over the website — you just maybe didn’t realize it. UC-Berkeley Haas [...]
Learn More...Tuck’s last deadline is… April Fool’s Day? (or, why not to submit in the last round. anywhere.)
December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
For any Brave Supplicants struggling to put together a January-round application to Tuck (one of our favorite business schools, and definitely one of our favorite admissions teams), and debating whether you should push things out to the last round — especially because that cute girl at work just invited you to a New Year’s party [...]
Learn More...Tuck "overcoming an obstacle" essay
December 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Here’s EssaySnark’s response to a question left on our recent Tuck post: Could you share your thoughts on Tuck’s essay about a personal or professional hurdle that one has overcome? In the personal realm, if the applicant does not have a good professional example (not everyone goes through such serious challenges that merit a 500 [...]
Learn More...The one less traveled by… TUCK
December 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
To continue our irregular series on off-the-beaten-path bschools, what more off-the-path place than Tuck? EssaySnark loves Tuck. If Tuck allowed people who already have an MBA to apply, EssaySnark would be all over it. Are you kidding? Two years hermited away in the mountains of New Hampshire? Learning about leadership and business-y stuff with all [...]
Learn More...Should you retake the GMAT? Like, now?
December 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
EssaySnark has discussed how to evaluate your own GMAT score to see if it’s “good enough” for a specific school. But we know of plenty of folks out there agonizing at this time of year — do I retest the GMAT? Do I submit with this score and hope for the best? How am I [...]
Learn More...The one less traveled by… DARDEN
December 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
We’ll start our “less traveled by” survey with DARDEN, at the University of Virginia. Darden is a school known for being academically rigorous, for using the case method in all classes, and, in EssaySnark’s opinion, for being friendly. For those who are tracking such things, Darden lands just outside the Top 10 (#13 on the [...]
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