If you have Columbia Business School on your list of school targets this season, you may be wondering: When exactly do I need to submit my application in order to have the greatest chances of success? For any other school that you’re planning to try for, it’s not that complicated: Round 2 deadlines are coming […]
Continue reading...($) “What about moving School X to Round 2?”
As we started yesterday, in the category of “Oh crap! How did this happen?!??” aka Yes, Round 1 is here! Here’s the thing: Regardless of how awesome your profile may be, you should still have a balanced strategy if you’re committed to sitting in a bschool classroom next Fall. That means including a less-competitive school […]
Continue reading...($) “Do I submit in Round 1? Or retake the GMAT and submit in Round 2?”
This is a tougher and tougher call to make. It used to be rather a straightforward question: If your GMAT or GRE score is low(er) and you think you can do better, yet you’ve got deadlines staring you in the face, it used to make sense to delay those apps in favor of a retake....
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($) One of the downsides of submitting an application too early
There are some hot-to-trot types who get those apps in super-duper early, which often can work out well. But sometimes it creates a rockier road to acceptance than might otherwise be necessary. Premium content starts here… If you’re reading this in email, click through to get the full ‘Snark! ———– ———– Premium content ends. […]
Continue reading...($) Round 3: Who should really probably unfortunately not be thinking about applying right now sorry *sadface*
We don’t offer this advice lightly, because we know it’s discouraging and not what many people want to hear. And, it’s very possible that we’re wrong, or your situation truly is different! You don’t have to listen to some old ‘Snark out there on the internet. You just need to make sure you’re going into […]
Continue reading...($) Who / what situations are greenlit for an MBA app in Round 3?
Despite our constant hand-wringing and all the cautions we float out there about Round 3, there’s a few categories of Brave Supplicant for whom we’re more inclined to see a potentially happy outcome for a late-season app to a top school. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. * […]
Continue reading...($) Thinking about trying in Round 3… Which schools?
We are often fairly doom-and-gloom with lots of discouragements for those thinking about submitting applications to the best MBA programs in the final round of the season. However, if you’re really really motivated to start your MBA as soon as you possibly can, then there are indeed options available!! Premium content starts here… ———– […]
Continue reading...($) More thoughts on the possibilities and problems with a Round 3 application.
To continue the “Should I Round 3?” conversation we began this week: If you’re thinking about “When is it time for Round 3” then that’s a complicated question, based on many factors like how flexible are you in which schools you’re interested in, and also especially important is how flexible are you on timing. There’s […]
Continue reading...($) Admissions teams like to say there’s no harm in applying in Round 3, you can try again next year
And yes, that’s true. But the people who are saying that have never struggled with the challenge of figuring out what to write as a reapplicant. And so what we say to their advice is: DON’T LISTEN We’ve touched on this in posts like Be careful about applying to Columbia now, but Columbia is in […]
Continue reading...($) Are you starting to think maybe Round 3?
We said not two weeks ago that if you’ve got Round 2 apps in the hopper, it wasn’t time to be starting the “What if!??” freak-out meltdown. But what if…. you’re really starting to worry? Or, maybe you realized only around the New Year that you would like to start an MBA soon, and you […]
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