Early Action/Decision

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

September 24, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia

We know you know what we think about using Columbia Early Decision as an insurance policy. If Columbia is not your first choice school, then don’t apply Early Decision. If you’re also applying to schools like Harvard and Stanford and Wharton, then it’s borderline unethical to also try for Columbia ED since you’re clearly focused...

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

July 17, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia Leave a Comment

Some of you may have guessed what we were alluding to in yesterday’s “What’s wrong with this picture?” post, but if not, here you go. That person sounded like they were definitely headed to Booth, right? Based on how they related the results? Did you examine where else they applied and what their outcomes were? […]

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

June 24, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia, Duke Fuqua

We’re reblahgging this from the ‘snarchives since it’s an important topic!! You can see some comments below from BSers who’ve gone before, asking about their own strategies — feel free to post your own such questions too if you have them! Should you apply Early Action? (Note: Not to be confused with MIT Sloan’s...

Columbia MBA early decision deadline & acceptance rate

June 22, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia

Now that Columbia has officially released its 2018 MBA essays and application, and the essay questions are, as usual, focusing on career goals and “why Columbia?” with the second one asking about being at the center…. So given the focus on an “early” application that we often see at this time, we wanted to dig...

We were bummed to have discovered this.

May 19, 2017 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia

Well-meaning or not, a BSer we worked with this past season ended up executing on an application strategy decision that, had we known about it, we would’ve advised against. This person used our help to apply to a bunch of top-tier Round 1 schools. They did a good job on those essays. Apparently somewhere along...

($) Renegging on an Early Decision offer

November 17, 2016 by EssaySnark - Discusses Dartmouth Tuck, Columbia

Reblahgging this from 2010… since some people didn’t get the memo about “binding.” Apparently, there’s lots of people who didn’t carefully consider the big picture when they pulled the trigger on an Early Decision/Action application to Columbia or Duke or whomever. Because as you now know, those are “binding” apps, meaning that by...

Ethics and Early Decision

June 2, 2016 by EssaySnark

The “early action” concept is much more common in undergrad admissions in the U.S. Among top business schools, only a small handful have such a thing for MBA admissions. They are: Columbia Early Decision – binding Duke Early Action – binding Tuck Early Action – not binding UNC Early Action – sort of binding? Tuck...

Ethics and your MBA application

June 1, 2016 by EssaySnark 1 Comment

Back in February, we did a little series on the blahg about ethics, and when compiling some examples of real-life ethics and challenging situations, we of course thought of the many ethical issues involved in applying to business school. We know that none of you would ever think of copping someone else’s essays as your […]

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

June 1, 2015 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia

Columbia does things differently. For one, as you may have noticed, they open their application earlier than a lot of their peer schools. Because of the unique processes and options, between the Columbia Early Decision and the J-Term Accelerated MBA, and how all of their admissions is rolling, it can be a little confusing. So...

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

March 26, 2015 by EssaySnark

In no particular order, some words of warning for those of you starting to consider engaging the services of an MBA admissions consultant this season. Be careful of: A consultant who tells you to make stuff up for your resume. We hear of this all too often and it gives us the heebie jeebies. Talk...