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($) The need for specifics

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As you can see from some of the posts this week, we’re moving into Round 2 mode! We’ll be talking more and more about essay execution in the coming days — and pricing is going up soon! We’re starting to get busy, which means that if you want to use us to the greatest advantage,…

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($) “I want to work in edtech”

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To which we say: As what? Edtech is an industry – a niche one at that, and definitely a trendy one. The main issue for BSers saying that that’s what they want to do is, more often than not, these are BSers who are coming in to the MBA a little clueless. Often, it’s candidates…

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($) “Is 30 too old…?”

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We came across this awhile back: “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 on the…

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($) What if you never took the GMAT? Are you at a disadvantage if you go to bschool with a GRE score instead?

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This is a follow-on to some previous GRE vs GMAT posts. In case you missed those: GMAT vs GRE strategy questions: Which to take for an MBA? “I took the GMAT. If I take the GRE now, do I still have to submit the GMAT score in my MBA app?” This question isn’t about admissions…

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Military Candidates: Consulting as a career goal

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The other day we posted that question from a transitioning military officer who’s trying to figure out this career goals thing.

Today we’re going to offer some additional thoughts specific to that contingent: Military candidates.

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What we’ll offer in conclusion for everyone today is another reminder:

Career goals are not where you should be striving to differentiate yourself as a candidate; coming across as flamboyant or fancy-sounding in what you say you want to do with the MBA can backfire. However, you CAN differentiate yourself by having LOCKED DOWN AND REALISTIC plans that you express with confidence and conviction in your MBA apps.

Now THAT would be one differentiated BSer.

($) WHY do you want to be a consultant?

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Do you even know what consulting is? Here’s the thing: A huge number of applicants to top MBA programs say they want to go into consulting when they graduate. OK fine, that’s supported by the numbers: A huge number of graduates from top MBA programs do, in fact, become consultants. However, in our experience working…

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($) “I want to try for School X because they send a lot of grads into consulting.”

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Yeah, and you think you’re the first person to have thought of this? While we certainly applaud the use of career goals as one factor in selecting schools – we did a full discussion of this in the context of Amazon specifically recruiting at Ross and at Duke – we also have to caution you…

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($) Essay Critique: Any school’s career goals essay

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We hope all of you Americans had a great Independence Day holiday yesterday – and now it’s time to dive in! The Fourth of July is the unofficial kick-off of application season in Snarkville – in fact, July 5th may as well be named Get Your Essay-Writing Butt in Gear Day because guess what? IT’S…

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($) Why “general management” is not a career goal

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We stated recently in our post about a former Brave Supplicant’s criteria in selecting an MBA program that “general management is not a career goal” and we realized that despite how many times we’ve explained this to individual Brave Supplicants when coaching them on their career goals, we have not come out and written a…

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($) Want to go to work at Amazon?

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Amazon is certainly hiring a lot of MBAs these days. It seems that every school lists them as a top employer. We know of former BSers who are headed into a variety of roles at Amazon from different schools. To Google, too, but Amazon is really tapping this market. The most common career goal we…

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