Can you even remember what you were planning to be and do at this time last year? Everything has changed. Undoubtedly you have changed, too!! Our reactions to stress are so individual. Some people feel uncertainty and they kind of panic — they get an emotional response that makes them feel very activated by it […]
Continue reading...($) “Do I need to have experience in my target industry in order to pitch it in my MBA essays?”
Short answer: NO! Long answer: It doesn’t hurt, and in some cases yes it kind of might be more important than others, and yeah OK like all other things in this whole endeavor, the real answer is “it depends” but… Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. Not yet a blahg member? […]
Continue reading...($) “How much time should I spend explaining my long-term post-MBA goal in my essays?”
Ahhh. The unhelpful answer of “It depends!” It depends on: Which school Which essay or in-app question What your goals are For example, if you are saying you want to start a company in the long term, then that’s going to require a different level of presentation than someone who is planning on moving up […]
Continue reading...($) WRITING WEEK! Day 2: Reduce the Fluff Factor
It’s Day 2 of WRITING WEEK on the EssaySnark blahg! In case you missed our starting post: Don’t cheat your reader. Today we’ll talk about combining essay-writing strategy and tactics. When you have hardly any space in a bschool essay, you need to make every word count. Seems obvious, right? If it were, then we […]
Continue reading...“If I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I wouldn’t need an MBA”
Why do schools ask you about career goals? Not all of them do, but some of them do — and those that do often tend to care a lot about how you respond. No you don’t really need to know what you will do in three years when you (hopefully!) will be graduating with that […]
Continue reading...($) A great way to brainstorm about your post-MBA career goals
Here’s a follow-up to our post from yesterday about how you’re — MBA or otherwise — going to go out there and change the things in the world that need to be changed. Today’s idea was actually inspired by an exercise that came out of Stanford’s d.school, which is what the “Design School” is commonly […]
Continue reading...Are you ready to change the world?
The world needs you. Maybe it needs you to become a consultant. That’s still a totally viable career path for you and we’re not trying to convince you that getting an MBA to go do that is a bad idea or that it’s somehow morally wrong to continue working to make that happen. But, at […]
Continue reading...($) Coronavirus and career goals for the Class of 2023 applicants
First, news from industry: Yesterday Amazon announced that any of its workforce who is able to work from home is now allowed to continue doing so until at least October 2nd . So, for all those summer internships… well, we just don’t really know. It’s also the furthest-out date we’ve heard a company announce on […]
Continue reading...($) Coronavirus and the MBA: This is what everyone’s career goals essay is going to say this year (with a history lesson)
EssaySnark has another prediction. We also have to point out that given how many predictions we’re making right now, we’re gonna be wrong on some of them. We’re going out on a limb in so many areas, based on digging into the data that we have, based on knowing what’s happened in past cycles, and […]
Continue reading...($) Coronavirus and the MBA: What if you’re graduating this Spring?
WARNING We’re covering coronavirus predictions today and possible impact to society. If you are feeling fragile, if you’re not sure you can handle all the uncertainty — which is a legit reaction!! — then please skip today’s post. We’re going to talk about some possibilities for our future that may trigger anxiety. We believe […]
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