We covered the question of extracurriculars earlier, so let’s also tackle the category that strikes fear into the hearts of Brave Supplicants everywhere: the Honors and Awards category on the MBA app. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. Want more help on this part? EssaySnark’s Accomplishments & Achievements App Accelerator […]
Continue reading...($) “Will they call my old boss to ask why I was fired?”
A lot of people have, shall we say, issues in their background that make them nervous when putting together their MBA applications. Maybe you left a job under unfortunate circumstances. Maybe you were put on academic probation for a semester. Maybe there’s a drunk driving incident on your record. Maybe your political beliefs are opposite […]
Continue reading...($) What are “extracurriculars”?
The word itself breaks down to “extra” meaning additional, and “curricular” meaning academics. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. You may also be interested in: “What do you do for fun?” “I started this thing…”
Continue reading...($) Maximize opportunities, and optimize your time. Be intentional.
We talked before about the importance of opening up an application on the school’s website and perusing through it. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends.
Continue reading...($) Start now but don’t finish yet
Is this a hurry-up-and-wait situation? Nope. Should you submit as fast as you can? Also nope. Can you totally overthink this? Yup. Please don’t overthink this. Also: Today’s post is not permission to procrastinate! As mentioned last week, many schools now have their MBA applications open. As we’ve mentioned for at least a month, it’s […]
Continue reading...($) The submit-then-retest strategy for your GMAT or GRE
Well that went fast didn’t it! There’s something very odd that happens to time in that sequence of dates between like December 15th and the first Monday in January. Or maybe that phenomenon of weird-time-experience only happens to those trying to write essays for Round 2 applicants (and the snarks who try to support them). […]
Continue reading...($) Columbia’s “Financing Your MBA” application question
We started talking about money in our post on “Can you make too much money to get into an MBA program?” so we figured we go into an actual dataset question that can cause some applicants to freeze up: MBA: Estimate how you will finance the cost of your total first-year budget. Premium content starts […]
Continue reading...($) Pro Tip: Start your Round 2 applications *now*
It’s December 1st. Many if not most of you are nervously awaiting decisions from Round 1 which are going to start happening as phone calls beginning as soon as next week (probably not this week, but we may be tracking things incorrectly and who knows?). (Side note: If you get an incoming call from an […]
Continue reading...($) Do “legacies” have an admit advantage?
So much has changed in such a short time. If you’d asked us this about five years ago, the answer would’ve been an unequivocal “Yes!” “Legacies” are candidates whose parents went to the school that they’re applying to. Sometimes other relatives like aunts or uncles, or grandparents, are included in the “legacy” equation. Premium content […]
Continue reading...Another prep step: App Fee Waivers!
Hopefully when you did your tour of your target school’s online MBA application you paid careful attention to their policies around issuing a waiver of the application fee. All schools offer at least one category of waiver, typically around service-based professions like military, TFA, and Peace Corps. (BTW, we have programs like that, too! Though […]
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