We got this question almost a month ago but alas, it arrived in the middle of the holidays essay season and we never got to it. Here it is in part: Good news is, I received my acceptance at School X and School Y! The bad news is, the reality of having to pay for...
($) “I was admitted to School X, and to School Y with $$. Can I ask School X to match?”
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Choosing a school: Financial considerations
August 14, 2012 by 6 Comments
If you missed the announcement yesterday: We’re now charging for access to select parts of the blahg. Today we’re doing TWO POSTS – this one, a freebie to prove that we’re still going to offer stuff gratis, and another for those of you who’ve already ponied up some coin for the blahg membership (thank you!!). [...]
Learn More...“If my GMAT score is good enough, will I…?”
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Had a Brave Supplicant ask us about GMAT scores and scholarships recently — something like, “If my score is impressive enough, will I get a full tuition grant at bschool?” Here’s what we said: It is actually quite rare to get a full-ride scholarship. Most schools do offer these but they tend to go to [...]
Learn More..."School X, or School Y with $$$?" (Part the last?)
March 13, 2012 by
>We sure have blabbered on about this for awhile. Here’s that long-promised post on the money situation. Or at least, a little more on the topic than we’ve managed to eke out thus far. First point: Yes we’ve been harping on and on that you need to make the “right” decision based on your heart...
“School X, or School Y with $$$?” (Part who knows)
March 9, 2012 by
This question often comes up in these conversations: “What if I just call up School X and ask them if they can match the funds that School Y is offering?” Typically we think this is getting a little greedy. But you can do it if you like. However, it’s rare that School X, being a...
“School X, or School Y with $$$?” – a case study
March 7, 2012 by
In our experience, there is tremendous pressure for BSers to accept the higher-ranked school no matter what. The prestige factor is often hard to resist. Let’s take some specifics — here’s a real-life situation that we were asked about: I am deciding between a full-ride at Ross and a tiny fellowship at Wharton. I felt...
Battle of the Blogs!
October 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
(No not really.) While we would never be so presumptuous as to think anyone at HBS (besides Alex) is reading this blahg, Dee Leopold posted a bit of a smackdown on her own blog on a topic we had covered here a few days previous: Check out point #1 in our post from a few [...]
Learn More...More possible benefits to a Round 1 application
September 12, 2011 by 5 Comments
Last week we talked about possible advantages of a first-round MBA applicationin terms of the perennial “odds of acceptance” question. EssaySnark’s experience over years of helping people with their MBA applications is that it is in fact easier for a good candidate to get accepted in Round 1 than Round 2. Even if there weren’t [...]
Learn More...the cost of education part 2
June 22, 2011 by 2 Comments
One reason we’re discussing this is per the prompting of Brave Supplicant smriti, who didn’t make it into a top-tier school and then decided that it was for the best, because those schools were financially out of reach. (You can read smriti’s words directly in the comments to this posting.) It’s true that one component [...]
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