In case you’re not also following the law school admissions world (which most of you probably are not, and honestly, you maybe shouldn’t even be following the bschool admissions world as closely as you are, if it’s causing you too much stress), you may have missed the recent announcement by Yale Law School that they’re […]
Continue reading...($) Most competitive season ever?
Not to freak you out or anything, but, uh, the way we’re reading the tea leaves so far with Round 1 is making us wonder. Maybe this year won’t be the most competitive… But most applications ever? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends.
Continue reading...More on rankings (Columbia and undergrad)
Back in March, we shared with you how a professor at Columbia University had investigated the data reported by Columbia to U.S. News about undergraduate admissions. Here’s the original analysis by Dr. Michael Thaddeus , unsurprisingly a math professor there. After the school administrators got over their anger and embarrassment, they apparently did the right […]
Continue reading...($) All schools do a “holistic review.” But…
So we just spent 1,000 words yesterday telling you that the schools look at everything. And they do. In every chat, webinar, and info session, you’ll hear admissions directors of top MBA programs tell you that they do a “holistic review” of their candidates, that they don’t weight any particular component of the profile, that...
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($) Evaluating MBA admissions consultants: Why “client success rate” is not to be trusted
It’s only natural that you’d want to know how many of the MBA admissions consultant’s clients have gotten in. After all, picking the right consultant is a fraught decision: You are putting YOUR DESTINY into their hands. And it’s not a transparent marketplace any way you look at it. We understand why you’d want to […]
Continue reading...Plagiarism (doh!)
We tend to write about plagiarism every year or so on this blahg, and we wanted to take another moment just to educate y’all on what it is and why it’s a real problem if it happens with your MBA application. Most people don’t actually try to plagiarize, though occasionally a misguided applicant will literally […]
Continue reading...($) Does it help to go with an MBA admissions consultant who has worked in MBA admissions?
Short answer: No. Except in perhaps one very limited case. Long answer: Keep reading. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. This post is merely to say, evaluate any potential consultant with clear thinking and logic — EssaySnark included. What are their qualifications? What are they claiming to be the advantage […]
Continue reading...Does your MBA admissions consultant need to have an MBA in order to be any good?
Well, no — just like an oncologist does not need to have suffered from their own cancer in order to treat the patient’s. But yes, if they’re going to be able to give you true insights on what the experience will be like and how you may, or may not, be prepared, and ready. Though […]
Continue reading...($) The secret to how to get into HBS
[WARNING: This is a looooong post! May want to jump to the bottom and hit that little Favorite button to save it for later! (Favorite feature available to blahg members)] We’re republishing this from the ‘snarchives to help you eager-beaver BSers who want a leg up on the quintessential of the quintessential-est schools. Because anybody […]
Continue reading...($) What does diversity mean in the context of MBA admissions?
Honestly, diversity means so much! In the post-2020 newfound racial awareness in the U.S. following the murder of George Floyd, “diversity” has largely come to mean “racial diversity” and that is indeed one of the traditionally low points of the business school industry. (Note: The MBA ecosystem is most definitely an industry! Even though academia […]
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