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“School rankings are stupid” post #28529

November 30, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: JD/MBA, the admissions consulting industry Tagged With: law school, rankings

($) Most competitive season ever?

September 28, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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.  

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Filed Under: application rounds, the admissions consulting industry Tagged With: trends

More on rankings (Columbia and undergrad)

July 5, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: school reviews & insights, the admissions consulting industry, values Tagged With: rankings Bschools: Columbia

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

June 29, 2022 by EssaySnark

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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Filed Under: low GMAT, low GPA, the admissions consulting industry

($) Evaluating MBA admissions consultants: Why “client success rate” is not to be trusted

June 24, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: the admissions consulting industry

Plagiarism (doh!)

June 16, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: the admissions consulting industry Tagged With: ethics

($) Does it help to go with an MBA admissions consultant who has worked in MBA admissions?

April 29, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: the admissions consulting industry Tagged With: rant

Does your MBA admissions consultant need to have an MBA in order to be any good?

April 27, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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($) The secret to how to get into HBS

April 22, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Harvard 2 Comments

[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 […]

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Filed Under: school reviews & insights, the admissions consulting industry Bschools: Harvard

($) What does diversity mean in the context of MBA admissions?

March 23, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: the admissions consulting industry Tagged With: diversity

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