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($) The importance of explicit “why MBA” content

December 28, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The “why MBA” aspect to your pitch in your MBA essays is not just literally stating why you think an MBA is necessary to achieve your goals — though that’s obviously an important part! The most sophisticated “why MBA” essays are about positioning YOU towards THIS SCHOOL. There are two angles of “why MBA” that […]

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Filed Under: "why MBA" essays, career goals, school fit

($) Yet another “be specific!” post

December 5, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

When you’re writing about career goals especially, but also when answering other MBA essay questions too, it’s almost always best to go more specific than you have been doing. We can say that without even seeing any drafts you’ve written because hardly anyone goes specific — like, at all. Premium content starts here… ———–   […]

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Filed Under: career goals, writing tips

($) Are you proposing too big of a change?

October 18, 2022 by EssaySnark

Most applicants to business school want to change careers. Bschool is an ideal vehicle for that. Most bschools want to hear about your plans to change careers in your essays. Crafting a solid set of goals is one of the most important steps you can take in building a strong application. There are many ways...


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Filed Under: career changer, planning your strategy Tagged With: salary

“If I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I wouldn’t need an MBA”

September 29, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Why do schools ask you about career goals? Not all of them do, but some of them do — and those that do often tend to care a lot about how you respond. No you don’t really need to know what you will do in three years when you (hopefully!) will be graduating with that […]

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Filed Under: career goals, product management

($) “Impact on the world”

September 13, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB

Did you know that you have an impact on the world just by breathing? It’s true! You know, that whole butterfly effect thing? All of us, by our very existence, we are changing the destiny of everyone else! But probably most of you writing essays for Stanford are trying to say something greater than that....


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Filed Under: career goals, writing essays Bschools: Stanford GSB

Interested in moving from engineering to business?

August 2, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Or basically any independent contributor role, where you’re giving specific parts of the project to go off and execute, and someone else is responsible for the big-picture view, and for communicating with everyone across the team and department, up and down the chain of the organization? If so, we invite you to go read this […]

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Filed Under: "why MBA" essays, career changer, technology

($) Beware the buzzword.

July 29, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Or maybe this post should be titled, Behold the Buzzword! Because when BSers discover such things as buzzwords, they become preternaturally attracted to them. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   Beware the buzzword. You don’t want it to bite you in the behind.

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($) Is that entrepreneurial experience you had a job? Or an extracurricular activity?

July 26, 2022 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

Everybody is interested in entrepreneurship now, and many applicants have tried their hand at something entrepreneurial in the past. That’s especially true since the entrepreneurship emphasis has filtered through society into colleges, and many younger applicants are now trying for bschool after having had school-sanctioned venture-ish experiences while earning their bachelor’s. Or, maybe a buddy […]

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Filed Under: entrepreneurship Tagged With: extracurriculars

($) What you’re optimizing for

June 15, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Today’s post is to elaborate on a question we recently received from a Brave Supplicant who’s trying to figure out next steps in career, education, and life. This person wanted our input on whether a particular job change they were considering would make it easier for them to get into a top MBA program in […]

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Filed Under: "why MBA" essays, career goals, switching jobs before applying

($) “Is 30 too old…?”

June 9, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

This question is relevant to our question today: “Is 30 too old to work in a startup?” Hmmmm. If there’s a bias against “older” in startup recruiting, and “older” is defined as over 30, and there’s already a bias against MBAs in Silicon Valley… Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have all been […]

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Filed Under: career changer, consulting, technology Tagged With: salary

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