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($) Which schools were already online?

May 19, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Michigan Ross, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, UNC Kenan-Flagler Leave a Comment

Filed Under: online MBA, school reviews & insights Bschools: Michigan Ross, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern, UNC Kenan-Flagler

($) Pro Tip: How to pronounce (and spell!) business school names

June 5, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Berkeley Haas, IESE, INSEAD, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua, ESADE, Georgetown McDonough

It's Berkeley, not Berkely (oops)

Filed Under: just for fun, school reviews & insights Bschools: Berkeley Haas, IESE, INSEAD, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua, ESADE, Georgetown McDonough

($) The healthcare MBA: Which business schools are best?

October 18, 2016 by EssaySnark - Discusses Wharton, Kellogg, Vanderbilt, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua

Filed Under: healthcare, school reviews & insights Bschools: Wharton, Kellogg, Vanderbilt, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua

Success Story! Where a BSer is surprised by what the priorities ended up being

June 24, 2016 by EssaySnark - Discusses UNC Kenan-Flagler Leave a Comment

Filed Under: school fit, Success Stories Bschools: UNC Kenan-Flagler

($) Examining one BSer’s criteria for selecting schools

May 25, 2016 by EssaySnark - Discusses Cornell Johnson, Darden, Dartmouth Tuck, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua, UT-Austin

Filed Under: selecting schools, tuition Bschools: Cornell Johnson, Darden, Dartmouth Tuck, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua, UT-Austin

The school that may be flying under the radar for military candidates

May 1, 2015 by EssaySnark - Discusses Darden, Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua Leave a Comment

Filed Under: selecting schools Bschools: Darden, Kellogg, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua

What happens in the MBA admissions committee?

January 15, 2013 by EssaySnark - Discusses UNC Kenan-Flagler 10 Comments

Filed Under: school reviews & insights Bschools: UNC Kenan-Flagler

Well, we clicked on it.

July 16, 2012 by EssaySnark - Discusses UNC Kenan-Flagler 1 Comment

odd UNC bschool ad

Filed Under: general snark Bschools: UNC Kenan-Flagler

UNC Kenan-Flagler

June 11, 2012 by EssaySnark - Discusses UNC Kenan-Flagler 3 Comments

Filed Under: online MBA, school visits Bschools: UNC Kenan-Flagler

What about an online MBA?

May 6, 2011 by EssaySnark - Discusses UNC Kenan-Flagler 2 Comments

Filed Under: online MBA Bschools: UNC Kenan-Flagler

"achievement" essays

($) Writing essays for complex environments: When is a deep dive beneficial?

($) Stanford GSB: Optional (not optional!) stories of impact

($) Kellogg essay 1: Leadership and creating value

($) Breathless bloat and gloat can backfire.

($) More on that HBS MBA essay

The proof versus the promise.

($) A map to writing Columbia essay 3: “a leader you admire”

($) What would it take for you to be the best at something?

($) essay critique! HBS essay from a Navy submariner

($) Another post about the Darden Class of 2021 “evolving leadership style” essay

"contribution" essays

($) More on that HBS MBA essay

($) The challenge with any “contribution” essay

"failure" essays

We were gonna talk about getting into Columbia today but

($) “Lessons learned” in MBA essays

($) Columbia’s MBA essay 3 – “team failure”

($) How not to confuse your adcom reader

($) Look back over your life

Super Secret SnarkStrategy: How to write a multidimensional essay

($) Lessons learned in essays: “This experience taught me…”

($) Darden’s “most important professional feedback” essay

($) When you’re asked to identify a weakness

($) essay critique/recommendations: The most important piece of constructive feedback…

"personal interest/life experience" essays

($) “Should I write about this horrible personal experience in my essays for business school?”

($) “Should I write about my ADHD in my essays for business school?”

($) essay critique: Booth “who you are” essay

($) A question to explore before starting to understand why you want an MBA

($) essay critique! Yale “biggest commitment” essay

($) Here’s a test for Stanford “What matters most?”

($) Essays about passion

($) Essay Critique! Yale “biggest commitment”

($) essay critique! Stanford “What matters most and why” military version

($) “Is this an accomplishment?” plus a mini-rant in response to a question about Yale’s commitment essay

"show don't tell"

($) Writing essays for complex environments: When is a deep dive beneficial?

($) Identifying stellar stories of leadership and impact for MBA apps

($) Are you arrogant?

($) “Should I write about this horrible personal experience in my essays for business school?”

($) Goldplating

($) The most important technique you need to learn to write a good MBA admissions essay

($) Embroider it on a pillow.

($) Another “show, don’t tell” post

($) “no other school has…”

($) Being a “thought leader” is not a career goal.

"why MBA" essays

($) The importance of explicit “why MBA” content

($) essay critique: Wharton “What do you hope to gain professionally?”

($) Writing Week! Day 4: The problem of the parrot.

($) Citation needed.

($) In your career goals / why MBA essay, everything needs to line up just so.

($) A question to explore before starting to understand why you want an MBA

($) A great way to brainstorm about your post-MBA career goals

($) Backup plans and next steps: What if it’s looking like you might not get in?!??

($) An essay is an argument redux (with some comments on MBA application theme)

($) “Yo EssaySnark! Please explain again what this ‘school fit’ thing is about?”

1-year MBA

Tales from the Trenches! A belated Success Story, with important advice to BSers who are headed to school this Fall.

($) Stanford Admissions gives older BSer the best option in the world.

What if you work for a no-name company? Can you still get in to bschool?

Success Story! The roundabout route – the finale!

($) The CFA could give you a headstart.

($) “Is a 2-year MBA better than 1-year for someone from IT?”

($) If Kellogg said ‘no’ to you…

One big thing you miss out on with a 1-year MBA

Pros and cons of a 1-year MBA

One-year MBA options

announcements

Happy New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Immigration ruling for foreign students in the U.S. rescinded!

The Countdown is starting!

How are we doing?

Thank you. (And new ‘follow blahg’ option available.)

Kellogg announced first coronavirus case

Six weeks and counting. (But really five. Or probably four. Or actually just two.)

Kellogg applicants!

Happy Memorial Day! Class of 2022 applicants, let’s go! The Countdown has launched!

app dataset

($) The submit-then-retest strategy for your GMAT or GRE

($) Columbia’s “Financing Your MBA” application question

($) Pro Tip: Start your Round 2 applications *now*

($) Do “legacies” have an admit advantage?

Another prep step: App Fee Waivers!

($) The MBA app dataset: A real opportunity

Military awards and the Wharton app dataset (with insight for civilians and other schools too)

Bad MBA essay typos (2019 edition)

($) When to update the adcom after they have your app

“completely lost on HBS essay and need help”

application rounds

($) Just In Time MBA App Prep: What if you JUST decided to apply to bschool? Like, NOW?

($) Pro Tip: Start your Round 2 applications *now*

($) When should a Columbia Regular Decision MBA app get submitted?

What if you miss the deadline by only a few minutes or an hour?

($) “I’m out of time. I’m going to just push everything to Round 2.”

($) Test extensions: Should you submit your app before you take the GMAT or GRE? And which round?

($) The main advantage to Round 1 this year

Schools are trying for normalcy and that is a good thing (thank you HBS!)

What “rolling admissions” means right now

($) Coronavirus and the MBA: Kellogg changes the game

branding and theme

($) Figuring out what the schools want.

($) Developing your application theme

The problem with the idea of “branding” in your MBA application

($) How to show your authenticity: Storytelling

($) “I have so much stuff, I can’t fit it on a one-page resume.”

($) All those “humble” BSers.

($) Strong first sentence

“Will your services help me in identifying my themes?”

($) Star Wars and how to figure out your stories

Beware the kitchen-sink strategy.

cancel strategy

($) Canceling your GMAT score is a bad idea (plus, how many schools should you apply to?)

Positive changes to GMAT score cancellation policies

Now there’s no risk to taking the GMAT lots of times. (Or is there?)

($) “Beware of GMAT Score Cancellations” and the optional essay

($) If you cancel your GMAT score, should you reinstate it?

($) GMAT test strategies: Should you cancel your score? (Part 3)

($) Canceling a GMAT score: Impact and how the schools will perceive it (Part 2)

GMAT strategies: Should you cancel your score?

GMAT score preview and canceling your scores

career changer

($) “Do I need to have experience in my target industry in order to pitch it in my MBA essays?”

Are you ready to change the world?

($) Changing careers? Think through how you’re ready, even if you think that you’re not

($) The simplest guide to MBA career goals. Courtesy of Berkeley Haas.

($) MBA career goals are goals for your career (“Well duh EssaySnark”)

($) Are you proposing too big of a change?

($) “Is 30 too old…?”

($) Why do people end up in consulting?

($) You need to get out of your pajamas.

($) “I want to work in edtech”

career goals

($) essay critique! NYU Stern MBA “short and long-term career goals”

($) The importance of explicit “why MBA” content

($) Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?

($) Which schools focus on your post-MBA career goals?

There are two parts to your pitch: What you say, and how you say it.

($) Do you still want to be an entrepreneur?

($) “Do I need to have experience in my target industry in order to pitch it in my MBA essays?”

($) “How much time should I spend explaining my long-term post-MBA goal in my essays?”

($) WRITING WEEK! Day 2: Reduce the Fluff Factor

“If I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I wouldn’t need an MBA”

consulting

($) essay critique! NYU Stern MBA “short and long-term career goals”

($) WRITING WEEK! Day 2: Reduce the Fluff Factor

($) “I’m just gonna say ‘consulting’ as my MBA goals.”

($) “Is 30 too old…?”

($) Why do people end up in consulting?

($) Post-MBA career trends at Kellogg

($) The need for specifics

($) “I want to work in edtech”

($) What if you never took the GMAT? Are you at a disadvantage if you go to bschool with a GRE score instead?

Military Candidates: Consulting as a career goal

coronavirus

There will never be another moment in time like this one.

($) How important is volunteering in an MBA application? (coronavirus edition)

($) Some schools really threw out the playbook when coronavirus came along.

Now MIT Sloan changes the game: Test-optional MBA admissions

($) Let’s talk about business schools.

($) Coronavirus: Everything is politicized. Including your education.

($) Coronavirus: The importance of GMAT/GRE this year, plus advice on crafting a list of MBA targets

Coronavirus and Fall 2020: What on earth are they going to DO?!?

Duke’s admissions policies in the face of coronavirus are … what? (UPDATED!)

($) When schools do resume on-campus classes, there will be many changes.

culture essays

($) MIT Sloan MBA’s interview-invite essay on the “mission” and creating a welcoming environment

($) The challenge with any “contribution” essay

What leadership is (not).

($) Wharton essay 2: What will you contribute?

What is culture?

($) The simple way to answer Booth’s essay question this year.

($) essay critique: Any essay, really.

“Culture” questions (INSEAD, LBS, etc.)

deciding on a school (multiple offers)

Success Story: A former BSer shares the experience of applying — and getting in!

($) Ahead of the curve: What might set specific business schools apart as near-term leaders in delivering the online learning experience?

($) How the schools are adapting to coronavirus and what it means for you: MBA Round 2 decisions

($) Deciding on a school: Qualitative factors

($) School X? Or School Y with $$?

($) Why doing your own research is so important

What’s wrong with this picture?

An abundance of riches!! OMG Yay!! …….. eeek now what?!?

($) Choosing between top-ranked MBA programs

($) If you got into a top bschool and now you’re thinking you’re not going to go

deferred admission for college students

Are you hurting your chances later if you try for an MBA now?

Where can you apply for an MBA straight out of college?

Early Action/Decision

($) “If all my other Rd 1 apps are crap shouldn’t I go ahead with Columbia ED anyway?”

Our annual reminder: Ethics matter. (aka: Early Decision at Columbia and Duke are binding)

($) Should you apply Early Action / Early Decision?

Columbia MBA early decision deadline & acceptance rate

We were bummed to have discovered this.

($) Renegging on an Early Decision offer

Ethics and Early Decision

Ethics and your MBA application

($) Columbia MBA: Early Decision, rolling admissions, when to apply

($) What (not) to look for in an admissions consultant

edtech

($) essay critique! Columbia essay 1 and an edtech career

($) “I want to work in edtech”

energy-cleantech-sustainability

($) Greenwashing.

Beware the buzzword.

($) The profiles that got hit the hardest in this competitive admissions season.

entrepreneurship

($) Do you still want to be an entrepreneur?

($) Coronavirus and the MBA: What if you’re graduating this Spring?

($) The simplest guide to MBA career goals. Courtesy of Berkeley Haas.

($) MBA career goals are goals for your career (“Well duh EssaySnark”)

($) Is that entrepreneurial experience you had a job? Or an extracurricular activity?

($) Using the MBA to start a company

($) There’s really only a few places we’d consider going to learn entrepreneurship.

School to Startup data

($) What does “I want to start a company” mean?

If you really want to start a company…

essay critique

($) essay critique! NYU Stern MBA “short and long-term career goals”

($) essay review: Harvard’s “What more do you want us to know?” essay (apologies in advance for the snark)

($) essay critique: Wharton “What do you hope to gain professionally?”

($) essay critique: Booth “who you are” essay

($) essay critique! Meaningful leadership experiences…

($) essay critique! Yale “biggest commitment” essay

($) essay critique! Northwestern Kellogg MBA essay on “values”

($) essay critique! Harvard’s “What else should we know?” essay

($) essay critique! The hardest essay in the world, aka Stanford “What matters most?”

($) essay critique! HBS essay from a Navy submariner

essay types

($) The submit-then-retest strategy for your GMAT or GRE

($) The importance of explicit “why MBA” content

($) Writing essays for complex environments: When is a deep dive beneficial?

($) School research idea: What about talking to professors?

($) Applying to The Kennedy School MPP/MBA

($) essay critique: Wharton “What do you hope to gain professionally?”

($) Writing Week! Day 4: The problem of the parrot.

($) Citation needed.

($) Stanford GSB: Optional (not optional!) stories of impact

($) “Should I write about this horrible personal experience in my essays for business school?”

EssaySnark products & services

Which service should I use for which schools?

($) The importance of the pitch

How to flatten the (essay writing) curve

“Ack! Why can’t you just get on the phone and talk to me, EssaySnark!??”

The proof versus the promise.

The Round 1 Countdown is coming!

How to start working on your apps now (even though the apps aren’t out yet)

The value of the Sanity Check

What you’re paying us for.

One of our interview prep services is closing down!

European schools

($) International applicants: Should you even be focusing on USA for your MBA?

Some cool schools give feedback

($) What MBA programs are still viable for Round 3?

What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?

What is culture?

($) essay critique! LSE Personal Statement

($) essay critique! LBS post-MBA goals

($) “Is a European MBA the kiss of death?”

Oh wait! Two more schools!

Do YOUR OWN research

Executive Assessment

($) GMAT or GRE – or Executive Assessment???

There’s a new test in town: Should you take the Executive Assessment?

Executive MBA/EMBA

($) Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?

($) Are you too old to get into business school?

($) GMAT or GRE – or Executive Assessment???

Getting input from admissions BEFORE you apply

Some cool schools give feedback

Since we’ve been talking about the Executive MBA…

Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 2)

($) Older applicant? Why you may not WANT to go to a full-time program.

($) What MBA programs are still viable for Round 3?

What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?

family business

($) Who / what situations are greenlit for an MBA app in Round 3?

($) MBA career goals are goals for your career (“Well duh EssaySnark”)

($) “I saw my [friend/mother/grandfather] go through this experience and now my ambition is to…”

($) Short term goal, long term goal, dream job – OH MY!

Who’s a good fit for the Columbia J-Term?

The importance of career goals

A bschool that seems to be upping its game.

($) Getting an MBA to go back to the family business

($) essay critique! Kellogg career goals

($) The challenge of a “family business” goal

finance

($) Applying where the scholarships are (wherein we talk up Ross, Cornell, Darden, and others)

($) How does venture capital actually work? (Or, how much do you know?)

($) How to break out of the pack

($) What if you never took the GMAT? Are you at a disadvantage if you go to bschool with a GRE score instead?

($) “bonkers” Part 2 (can an Engineer really switch over to Finance?)

Guest Post! What Kind of Life Do You Want?

($) essay critique: Columbia essay 1 (background and goals) for finance candidate

The problem with being a yes-man.

($) So you want to be a venture capitalist

($) The CFA and the MBA: The one caveat (and the most common mistake for finance candidates)

flavors of MBA

($) Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?

($) Applying to The Kennedy School MPP/MBA

($) International applicants: Should you even be focusing on USA for your MBA?

Most folks don’t want an online-only degree. But if you did…

($) Which schools were already online?

($) Ahead of the curve: What might set specific business schools apart as near-term leaders in delivering the online learning experience?

($) Are you too old to get into business school?

($) GMAT or GRE – or Executive Assessment???

Getting input from admissions BEFORE you apply

Are you hurting your chances later if you try for an MBA now?

for further reading

Want to go to work in Big Tech? The FANG story is evolving. (Or devolving.)

($) Are you a foreign student coming to study in the U.S.? GREAT! Now be careful.

Study smart!

For reading and reflection

What is ethics?

Source material and inputs into our deliberation process on this issue #ethics

Developing critical thinking skills

How do you know what to believe?

Quote of the Day

The Strategy of Authenticity: Mid-Season Edition

gaps in the resume

Nobody sets out to be a bad person.

($) “I’ll just explain this situation about my background in the interview.”

($) Explaining gaps in the resume on your MBA apps

Answers to random BSers’ MBA application questions

general snark

What if you don’t get in? Planning your Plan B.

You. Are. Amazing.

If you’re willing to blur the lines… where does it end?

Rd 1 decisions are starting to come out and IT IS SO EXCITING!

Accommodations

There’s so much coming at all of us right now

Keep on truckin’!!!

($) Should we really have to point this out?

Trying to walk the talk

So what are you going to do about it?

general tips

It’s time

($) Everything matters in your essays, BSer!

Too much spin is a turnoff and becomes the opposite of an authentic presentation of yourself.

($) Should you work through your MBA?

($) MBA admissions and background checks

“What should I do with my summer?”

($) “I got into bschool! When can I quit my job????”

Anxiety and your interview (MBA or otherwise)

How to email the MBA admissions office

Another “Oh crap. Round 2” post

getting started

($) AUTHENTICITY

GMAT/GRE

The reasons why Michigan Ross’s “waitlist everybody” Rd 1 decision is so cruel.

($) Just In Time MBA App Prep: What if you JUST decided to apply to bschool? Like, NOW?

($) The submit-then-retest strategy for your GMAT or GRE

($) When a 740 GMAT isn’t really a 740 GMAT

Some schools are being hard-asses about standardized testing and test scores (and a rant)

Should bschools go test-optional?

($) What GRE score is considered competitive this year?

Now would be a good time for…

Test-flexible policies? Be aware of the differences and know what’s required.

Now MIT Sloan changes the game: Test-optional MBA admissions

GPA and grades

($) Updating the admissions office on changes to your profile post-submit: GMAT/GRE/classes

Transcripts, transcripts, transcripts

($) Already have a Master’s degree? Why do you also need an MBA now?

International applicant? Plan ahead for your MBA application requirements

($) The factors that make you much more likely to get a scholarship award along with your MBA admit

($) How to get off the waitlist

($) Wherein EssaySnark lays it all out for you.

MBA with no bachelor’s?

($) Fewer MBA apps. But stronger applicants. What that means for you.

($) PSA to international MBA applicants: A 4.0 GPA is very rare.

GRE specific info

($) What GRE score is considered competitive this year?

($) GMAT? or GRE? 2019 edition

($) Explaining a low GMAT or GRE score in your MBA apps

($) What’s a good GRE score?

($) What if you never took the GMAT? Are you at a disadvantage if you go to bschool with a GRE score instead?

($) “I took the GMAT. If I take the GRE now, do I still have to submit the GMAT score in my MBA app?”

($) GMAT vs GRE strategy questions: Which to take for an MBA?

Just because the schools ACCEPT the GRE does not mean it’s THE SAME.

($) MBA Class of 2018: GMAT? Or GRE? Which is best?

GRE vs GMAT scores submitted to Harvard HBS

healthcare

($) Applying where the scholarships are (wherein we talk up Ross, Cornell, Darden, and others)

($) Post-MBA career trends at Kellogg

So you want to change the world.

($) The healthcare MBA: Which business schools are best?

($) The MBA and a healthcare career

($) essay critique! Tuck career goals

($) “Should I apply to Wharton’s Health Care Management track?”

If you want to go where the MBA jobs are, go into healthcare.

healthcare MBAs

innovation

The proof versus the promise.

internships

You are being brainwashed and used.

($) The pre-MBA internship: Pros and Cons (Part 2)

($) Offers and on-campus recruiting

($) What if you never took the GMAT? Are you at a disadvantage if you go to bschool with a GRE score instead?

What salary can you expect if you want to go work at a startup?

($) The Lemming Effect

($) Pre-MBA Internships

($) Big-picture thinking.

interviewing

($) Did your interview invite come with another essay to write?

($) What should you wear to a Zoom interview?

Practical interviewing tips, courtesy of Darden!

($) MBA interviewing is going to be different this year

What Harvard says to you on Tuesday is near-meaningless

($) Timing of interview invitations

Tuck sucks. (Not totally. But yeah kind of.)

($) How to do a Zoom or Skype interview for your MBA

($) Should you contact admissions about a bad interviewer?

($) Do you change tactics if you’re interviewing with a student?

J-Term/accelerated MBA

($) “What about an accelerated MBA like Columbia?”

Who’s a good fit for the Columbia J-Term?

($) Columbia MBA: Early Decision, rolling admissions, when to apply

Which schools release MBA essay questions when?

Pros and cons of a 1-year MBA

Considering Columbia? Some quick facts

JD/MBA

($) The joint MBA/Master’s app including JD/MBA: How do the schools decide?

($) The joint-degree “MBA+” application strategy

($) If you thought you’d go to law school and now…

Are all the wanna-be lawyers trying for bschool instead?

($) Joint-degree MBA options.

Considering law school instead?

just for fun

Merry Merry! Enjoy your day off!

($) Pro Tip: How to pronounce (and spell!) business school names

How to completely impress your MBA interviewer

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

Is this unethical? Part 2

Is this unethical?

Make 2018 different.

Happy Thanksgiving!

law

($) OH NO! Bschools in trouble! (aka, Are MBA applications REALLY tanking?)

($) If you thought you’d go to law school and now…

Are all the wanna-be lawyers trying for bschool instead?

leadership

($) Kellogg essay 1: Leadership and creating value

($) essay critique! Meaningful leadership experiences…

Not sick? Wear a mask.

($) MIT Sloan MBA’s interview-invite essay on the “mission” and creating a welcoming environment

Now that most apps are in: What to do with your life

($) Goldplating

($) A map to writing Columbia essay 3: “a leader you admire”

($) “What projects do I include on my resume for my MBA application?”

($) If there is a secret to getting into a top MBA program, this is it.

($) How are you ‘differentiated’ part 2

lessons learned

We were gonna talk about getting into Columbia today but

($) Embroider it on a pillow.

A BSer’s Journey: Round 1 Update!

($) Look back over your life

($) Lessons learned in essays: “This experience taught me…”

($) When you’re asked to identify a weakness

essay critique: HBS essay 2 “done better”

low GMAT

($) Low GMAT Round 2 application tactics: Remediation

($) “My GMAT (or GRE) score is not what I wanted. What do I do now, since Rd 2 is happening?”

The shame of a low GMAT score

($) “If I’m really really really really really excited about a school do you think they will let me in???”

($) Explaining a low GMAT or GRE score in your MBA apps

($) If you don’t think you can do better on the GMAT

You made it! Now do this. (Reality Check Dub)

($) Low GMAT? Low GPA? Please don’t say these things in your essays.

($) All schools do a “holistic review.” But…

A BSer asks: “why does LBS take people with 600 gmat score whilst rejecting those with 700+?”

low GPA

($) Got a glitch with your grades? TAKE ACTION NOW!

($) What’s a good undergrad GPA?

($) The very best messaging for handling an issue with low GPA

($) Low GMAT? Low GPA? Please don’t say these things in your essays.

($) Optional essay for low GPA: “I have proven myself since then by excelling at my job.”

($) All schools do a “holistic review.” But…

Plea for Help! “Maybe I’m not as qualified as I thought…”

Success Story! “For you low-GPA types, there is hope!”

We tried. We really did. But we’ve caved.

($) There’s two possible reasons why you didn’t make it in. (But really only one.)

lower-ranked schools

($) What MBA programs are still viable for Round 3?

What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?

($) We know YOU won’t make these basic interview mistakes.

($) How MBA admissions works at lower-ranked bschools (aka, the advantages of a higher GMAT score)

By request: Our thoughts on Arizona State

The value of a lower-ranked bschool.

($) “Why don’t you ever talk about my school?”

($) Well-known schools with MBA programs you can actually get into (even with your shaky GMAT)

($) If your GMAT was over 730 and you didn’t make it into a school like Emory…

($) Positives about lower-ranked programs

Master's programs

($) The joint MBA/Master’s app including JD/MBA: How do the schools decide?

($) The joint MBA/Master’s app: Is it easier to get in?

($) The joint-degree “MBA+” application strategy

($) essay critique! LSE Personal Statement

Success Story! With a different ending than you might expect!

Applying to Grad School: Personal Statement vs Statement of Purpose

($) If the main reason for getting the MBA is financial…

If you really want to go to Harvard…

Pros and cons of a 1-year MBA

Off-the-beaten-path programs, and the school in your backyard

media

($) A comparison of NYU and Ross from one BSer’s perspective

($) The BSer’s Dilemma: Deciding between Michigan Ross and NYU Stern MBA (international student)

miscellaneous

What changes are you making due to coronavirus?

What you control in life

Why you may want to keep coming back to the EssaySnark blahg even though all your apps are in.

Quick application dos and don’ts

Make Your Essays Great Again

From the ‘Snarchives

From the ‘Snarchives: The Importance of Accomplishments

From the ‘Snarchives: Safety Schools

From the ‘Snarchives: Reasons People Don’t Get In

From the ‘Snarchives: Older Applicants

number of apps

($) Be prepared for this to take awhile

($) It’s not a numbers game. (aka “How many apps should I submit?”)

($) “How many schools should I apply to in Round 2?”

($) Please don’t paper the country with apps

($) MBA app volumes and you

($) Canceling your GMAT score is a bad idea (plus, how many schools should you apply to?)

($) MIT and NYU are not safety schools

Round 2 Crunch Mode: How many apps should you do?

($) “How many apps should I do?”

($) “Should I even try this year?”

online MBA

Most folks don’t want an online-only degree. But if you did…

($) Which schools were already online?

($) Ahead of the curve: What might set specific business schools apart as near-term leaders in delivering the online learning experience?

How valuable is that MBA?

By request: Our thoughts on Arizona State

($) Commuting to a part-time or Executive MBA

UNC Kenan-Flagler

No GMAT required part 2

What about an online MBA?

optional essay

($) The submit-then-retest strategy for your GMAT or GRE

($) “Should I write about my ADHD in my essays for business school?”

($) If it’s worth mentioning, it’s worth naming

($) Low GMAT Round 2 application tactics: Remediation

($) What do you tell the adcom if you’re not getting a recommendation from your boss?

($) Already have a Master’s degree? Why do you also need an MBA now?

($) “How long should the optional essay be?”

($) Explaining a low GMAT or GRE score in your MBA apps

($) Special Case Situations for MBA Apps: What if you dropped out of grad school?

($) So-called “alternative transcripts”: MOOCs, continuing education, and additional ed experiences in your MBA apps

part-time MBA

($) Pros and cons of a part-time MBA

If the full-time option hasn’t panned out, what about a part-time MBA?

($) What MBA programs are still viable for Round 3?

What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?

($) Working during your MBA

No cross-referencing, and some comments on applying for a part-time MBA

More questions from BSers!

Success Story! “One admit is all you need”

($) Essay Critique! Career Goals essay! Except…

Just like with bschools, EMBA programs are not all created equally.

personal expression

($) Here’s a test for Stanford “What matters most?”

($) “Is a regular text essay OK for Booth?”

($) If you’re doing a PowerPoint for Stern, Booth, or MIT

NYU didn’t change its essays. But they did.

Columbia’s new essay question

essay critique: NYU Stern essay 3

Personal Statement or Statement of Purpose

($) School research idea: What about talking to professors?

($) Applying to The Kennedy School MPP/MBA

($) A question to explore before starting to understand why you want an MBA

($) essay critique! LSE Personal Statement

Applying to Grad School: Personal Statement vs Statement of Purpose

planning your strategy

($) When should a Columbia Regular Decision MBA app get submitted?

($) A Stanford applicant case study: Avoidable mistakes

Now would be a good time for…

Harvard say yes? Harvard say no? Harvard say maybe? What to do next: A decision tree

($) Be prepared for this to take awhile

($) Which school should you do next?

($) It’s not a numbers game. (aka “How many apps should I submit?”)

($) Test extensions: Should you submit your app before you take the GMAT or GRE? And which round?

More experiences from a Round 1 admit!

($) AUTHENTICITY

profile assessments

($) Can you be too old to get into an MBA program?

($) Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?

($) Can you be *too* diverse?

($) A Stanford applicant case study: Avoidable mistakes

($) How do you know if you’re “Harvard material”?

Another “Oh crap. Round 2” post

($) If you get feedback from the adcoms…

($) Breadth or depth?

($) Career Readiness Competencies: What employers — and adcoms — look for

($) It’s impossible to predict your outcome based on aggregate data

reapplying

($) Reapp advice Part 2

($) Reapplicant advice: What to change? What to stay the same?

($) If you get feedback from the adcoms…

Some cool schools give feedback

($) “If I’m really really really really really excited about a school do you think they will let me in???”

($) Reapplicant advice: “What can I do to increase my chances?”

Lay of the Land: Leveraging the app dataset

($) International Re-applicants to U.S. schools who still haven’t made it in

($) “Oh no! What now?” part 2

($) What to do if it looks like you’re not making it in this year

recommendations

($) What if your recommender still hasn’t submitted the rec yet?

($) What to consider with your Kellogg (or other school’s Rd 3 Flex) app: Recs, timing, optional essay

($) Getting into bschool: Does who you know matter?

That thin line between being smart and cheating.

($) What do you tell the adcom if you’re not getting a recommendation from your boss?

($) If you’re applying to bschool, should you waive your right to see your recs?

($) When you want to ask that one person for a recommendation…. but….

Now is a great time for thank-yous!

($) “My job title doesn’t reflect my actual job.”

($) Sophisticated application strategies: Who says what?

recruiting

($) Which bschool you go to matters FOR YOUR FIRST JOB ONLY

($) If you’re hoping to be a Class of 2022 graduate, please read this.

($) International MBA Wanna-Be? Darden has given you a goldmine.

($) International MBA students and post-MBA employment in the U.S.

($) Trends in recruiting international MBA graduates

($) Offers and on-campus recruiting

($) What REALLY matters in MBA admissions?

($) What if you never took the GMAT? Are you at a disadvantage if you go to bschool with a GRE score instead?

($) How much does MBA ranking really matter? Here’s one angle.

What salary can you expect if you want to go work at a startup?

rejection

The reasons why Michigan Ross’s “waitlist everybody” Rd 1 decision is so cruel.

($) Can you be too old to get into an MBA program?

What if you’ve collected more rejections than invitations?

What Harvard says to you on Tuesday is near-meaningless

Why it hurts so much to get rejected from bschool

Some cool schools give feedback

The dejection of rejection

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: All MBA decisions are independent events.

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

resumes

($) Job titles can be their own form of jargon!

($) Getting your MBA resume to a single page

($) The difference between a resume and a CV and which is best for an MBA application

($) “We had a reorg after I submitted my app and they changed my job title. How do I handle it on my apps?”

($) Pro tips for constructing incredible soundbites on your MBA resume

Want to see a good resume format? Wharton delivers

($) Goldplating

($) Resume dead weight, aka, easy things you can cut

($) “I’m interviewing! Can I update my resume?”

($) “What projects do I include on my resume for my MBA application?”

retest strategy

Now would be a good time for…

($) When to update the adcom after they have your app

($) Taking the GMAT: How many times is too many? 2019 edition

($) If you don’t think you can do better on the GMAT

($) How many times taking the GMAT is too many?

($) Multiple GMAT attempts. All of them low.

($) Taking the GMAT: How many times is too many?

Should you retake the GMAT?

(Re)taking the GMAT? Be as prepared as possible – in every way

($) “Should I retake the GMAT as a reapplicant?”

rolling

($) When should a Columbia Regular Decision MBA app get submitted?

What “rolling admissions” means right now

($) Coronavirus and the MBA: International applicants and admits

($) “What’s the latest I can submit to Columbia Regular Decision and still have a shot?”

If you’re just joining us: Why applying to Columbia now is a bad idea.

Columbia MBA early decision deadline & acceptance rate

What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?

($) Columbia MBA: Early Decision, rolling admissions, when to apply

($) If you’re aiming at Columbia Regular Decision… when to submit?

A quick summary of the Columbia Early Decision option

Round 3

($) Just In Time MBA App Prep: What if you JUST decided to apply to bschool? Like, NOW?

($) Coronavirus and the MBA: Kellogg changes the game

($) How the schools are adapting to coronavirus and what it means for you: Standardized testing and Round 3 apps

So really. What about Round 3?

($) “Will applying in Round 3 weaken my application next season?”

($) Who / what situations are greenlit for an MBA app in Round 3?

($) To Round 3 or not to Round 3?

($) What about Round 3?

An abundance of riches!! OMG Yay!! …….. eeek now what?!?

($) If you’re still thinking about a Round 3 app (even though we told you not to) read this.

school fit

($) The importance of explicit “why MBA” content

($) Can you be too old to get into an MBA program?

($) School research idea: What about talking to professors?

($) One more post on culture

($) Which MBA programs care if you care about their culture?

($) Should you care about a bschool’s culture?

($) If you really want to geek out on the “school fit” question

($) Will current students give you the straight scoop?

Shopping.

($) More on the finance-guy (or gal) candidate applying to business school

school reviews & insights

Radcom of the Year Award for 2020: UVA Darden

The reasons why Michigan Ross’s “waitlist everybody” Rd 1 decision is so cruel.

Some schools are being hard-asses about standardized testing and test scores (and a rant)

What MIT did not succeed at doing with their Class of 2022 admissions strategy.

($) Some schools really threw out the playbook when coronavirus came along.

($) Which MBA programs care if you care about their culture?

More “wow the world in 2020 omg” and also bschools are changing and that gives us hope

Tuck sucks. (Not totally. But yeah kind of.)

($) Writing Week! Day 4: The problem of the parrot.

($) How do you know if you’re “Harvard material”?

school visits

Duke’s admissions policies in the face of coronavirus are … what? (UPDATED!)

($) So how do you research a bschool?

Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 3)

Handy Guide to How to Ask Questions at an Info Session!

($) You need to get out of your pajamas.

The best thing you can do if you haven’t done it yet.

The reason why MIT’s adcom is rad and a big tip for everyone interested in going to bschool

Success Story! “Did I get in because of the things I did…or in spite of them?”

One Brave Supplicant’s full admissions season recapped

Etiquette for attending a school function

selecting schools

($) Going beyond the numbers: Why is it so much harder to get into Kellogg than it is Haas, given their admit rates?

Do you want bschool to be easy or hard?

($) The world is changing. Here are the business schools we’d be considering if we were applying to start an MBA in 2021.

($) The back-and-forth roundabout process of figuring out which schools to apply to

($) Let’s talk about business schools.

($) Talking to current students about their bschool experience

($) “My GMAT (or GRE) score is not what I wanted. What do I do now, since Rd 2 is happening?”

($) For international MBA applicants: Which top business schools have STEM-qualified degrees or tracks?

($) You got in somewhere good. Should you try for somewhere better?

($) Great bschools that may be easier for you to break into during Round 2 (and which to maybe skip)

social enterprise

So you want to change the world.

($) essay critique! LSE Personal Statement

($) Greenwashing.

Beware the buzzword.

($) Why the adcom won’t believe your career goals.

Success Stories

Success Story: A former BSer shares the experience of applying — and getting in!

More experiences from a Round 1 admit!

Advice from a Success Story! Experiences from a Round 1 admit

Success Story! To round out the year and the decade on the happiest of notes

Success Story! That tells you about the hardest part of the process!

EssaySnark’s admittedly self-serving posting of comments from a former BSer

The value of the Sanity Check

Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 3)

Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 2)

Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 1)

switching jobs before applying

($) Updating the adcom on a job change

Ethics & Professionalism: Changing jobs during the MBA app process

($) If you get fired, do you need to tell the adcom?

“I want to quit my job and go to bschool”

($) In the middle of applying to bschool, you get this fabulous new job opportunity…

($) Question from a waitlisted BSer: “I hope the adcom does not take this negatively…”

($) “Will I be blacklisted if I change my mind after accepting a school’s offer?”

($) When you can update your MBA app after submission

Success Story! In a completely different way…

($) Taking extended time off of work for GMAT and essays is not advised.

technology

Want to go to work in Big Tech? The FANG story is evolving. (Or devolving.)

($) “Is 30 too old…?”

($) “I want to work at Google” aka career goals and interviewing

($) Post-MBA career trends at Kellogg

($) essay critique! LBS post-MBA goals

($) Want to go to work at Amazon?

The other likely driver of increased MBA app volumes

the admissions consulting industry

($) Going beyond the numbers: Why is it so much harder to get into Kellogg than it is Haas, given their admit rates?

($) When a 740 GMAT isn’t really a 740 GMAT

Some schools are being hard-asses about standardized testing and test scores (and a rant)

($) A Stanford applicant case study: Avoidable mistakes

($) Do “legacies” have an admit advantage?

A quick primer on types of schools and MBA programs

($) Are we seeing stronger applicants this year?

($) What we were seeing at this point in the season last year

What is this “holistic review” thing?

Which school will do it first?

the world

What next. It’s up to you.

no post today

Should bschools go test-optional?

You’ve probably read enough about the election by now… But here’s one last post on impact of politics on your aspirations for an MBA

Nobody’s thinking about writing essays right now. Right?

Take care of yourselves today.

There will never be another moment in time like this one.

($) Are we seeing stronger applicants this year?

($) What’s going to happen to the economy and should you care about that right now?

($) The world is changing. Here are the business schools we’d be considering if we were applying to start an MBA in 2021.

TOEFL

($) MBA programs that don’t require the TOEFL for international applicants

EssaySnark’s 2016 Radcom Award

Success Story! “One admit is all you need”

Haas is on our s**t list.

“Taking the woeful.”

($) The best timing for a TOEFL

($) The TOEFL is not the most important part (unless it is).

tuition

($) Columbia’s “Financing Your MBA” application question

($) Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?

This is why tuition at top schools shouldn’t be reduced

($) How the schools are adapting to coronavirus and what it means for you: MBA Scholarship opportunities

($) To Round 3 or not to Round 3?

($) The reality of applying to external scholarships for your graduate education

Inflation is low. Why is MBA tuition increasing AT ALL?

($) The factors that make you much more likely to get a scholarship award along with your MBA admit

($) Applying where the scholarships are (wherein we talk up Ross, Cornell, Darden, and others)

Financing your MBA

Uncategorized

Black Friday Sale!

($) Identifying your priorities: What matters most to you in an MBA program?

What it means if Michigan Ross “released” you this week

values

($) One more post on culture

($) The back-and-forth roundabout process of figuring out which schools to apply to

($) What are values and why might they matter in your quest for getting an MBA?

Not done yet: More on microaggressions

Microaggressions

Not to be alarmist, but…. Things are going to get bad.

($) essay critique! Yale “biggest commitment” essay

Do you really want to change the world?

($) How are you ‘differentiated’ part 2

($) “All the bschools seem to care about values now. What in heck are those, and do I even have any?!?”

video essays

($) Should you include a picture?

($) If you’re doing a PowerPoint for Stern, Booth, or MIT

($) Video essay/short-answer interview tips

So you’re gonna do a video essay

Stern "personal expression" essay

at risk of completely demotivating you…

volunteering

($) How important is volunteering in an MBA application? (coronavirus edition)

Volunteering and MBA applicants from the non-profit world

($) Exploring the BSer’s claim: “I work too much to do any volunteering.”

($) “What can I do to improve my chances?” Volunteering edition

($) “No extracurriculars after college” continued

($) “Request for help: No extracurricular after college”

($) Answering some questions on MBA app strategy!

($) The value of volunteering on an MBA app

Authenticity means sharing who you are.

Totally and completely random EssaySnark pet peeve

waitlist/deferred decision

The reasons why Michigan Ross’s “waitlist everybody” Rd 1 decision is so cruel.

($) What to do if you land on the waitlist

($) Be prepared for this to take awhile

Coronavirus and Fall 2020: What on earth are they going to DO?!?

($) Coronavirus and the MBA: What to do if you’re waitlisted

($) Coronavirus and the MBA: What have we heard about waitlists?

($) How the schools are adapting to coronavirus and what it means for you: MBA Round 2 decisions

($) What does the Round 1 waitlist look like for Class of 2022 candidates?

Oh no! The waitlist! (Round 1 2019 edition)

($) How to mention a personal or “convenience factor” reason for choosing a school

word limits

($) Is it OK for your essay to be overlimit?

($) What if your essays are underlimit?

($) Formatting your MBA application essays

($) “I’ll just explain this situation about my background in the interview.”

($) Reapplicants and the optional essay: What goes where?

($) The big problem with Columbia’s choose-your-own-length essays

($) The other MAJOR problem with Columbia’s essays this year

A guiding principle in essay strategy: Don’t outstay your welcome.

Hyphenating words does not reduce your word count.

Tips on cutting it down to size (overlimit essays)

work history

($) “We had a reorg after I submitted my app and they changed my job title. How do I handle it on my apps?”

($) Updating the adcom on a job change

($) When to update the adcom after they have your app

($) In this competitive season… Warnings to the stereotypical finance-guy applicant

No, you don’t need to work for a big company to get into a top school. But there is one advantage.

writing essays

($) Don’t let the essay get in the way of the story.

($) How to make your essays more powerful. (With whiskey.)

($) For HBS especially: Essays reveal so much.

($) Writing essays for complex environments: When is a deep dive beneficial?

($) Identifying stellar stories of leadership and impact for MBA apps

Ermahgad! Proof for all advice EssaySnark is spewing!

($) Going beyond that first tentative step: Starting in on the ideation phase

Figuring out how to get started

Why we don’t provide sample essays — and even a warning from Duke about it

($) The importance of the pitch

writing tips

($) Sweating the small stuff: Formatting decisions on MBA essays

($) Job titles can be their own form of jargon!

“I will exploit this opportunity to go on to build greater success.”

($) This may be the most meaningful advice that we can offer for anyone trying to write powerful essays.

($) Identifying stellar stories of leadership and impact for MBA apps

($) You can’t write your introduction first. It won’t make any sense.

There are two parts to your pitch: What you say, and how you say it.

($) “This is overwritten.”

($) Storytime

($) Is it OK for your essay to be overlimit?

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    The 2020 Berkeley-Haas MBA Application Guide - updated for the Class of 2023 application!
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    The 2020-2021 NYU Stern MBA Application Guide that covers the main essay, the EQ Endorsement and Pick Six!
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SnarkStrategies Guide for Harvard Business School!
   
    The 2020-2021 Duke Essay Guide - covers the 25 Random Things essay and all the rest too!
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    The 2020-2021 MIT Essay Guide covers the org chart, the contacts for two references, and additional tips for the cover letter and 'introduce yourself' video -- and everything else you need to know!
SnarkStrategies Guide for MIT Sloan MBA - totally revised for the Class of 2023!
   
    The 2020-2021 Tuck Essay Guide has been refreshed with latest insights and advice for your essays about "investing generously" and "why Tuck"!
SnarkStrategies Guide for the Dartmouth Tuck MBA - completely overhauled for 2020, to help you demonstrate how you are nice, aware, etc stuff!
   
    The Yale SOM MBA Application Guide for Class of 2023 candidates!
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    The 2020-2021 Chicago Booth MBA Application Guide - ready to go to support your Class of 2023 essay strategy!
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    The 2020 Wharton MBA Application Guide - even more advice on how to get to a win with those essays!
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    The 2020 Kellogg Essay Guide - with a full methodology to identify your 'lasting impact' and your 'values' -- plus tips on 2020 world events and applicability to your essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Kellogg MBA - updated and revised for the new realities of 2020!    
      The 2020 Stanford MBA Application Guide - for "what matters most" in your MBA application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Stanford GSB for the Class of 2023
   
    The 2020-2021 UCLA Anderson MBA Application Guide - updated for Class of 2023 on "impact"!
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