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($) essay critique! NYU Stern MBA “short and long-term career goals”

January 12, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses NYU Stern Leave a Comment

For NYU Stern — and a number of schools — being able to articulate why you want the MBA, based on what you want to do with it after you graduate, is critical to getting the attention of your admissions reader. One of you readers of this here blahg has written an essay to do […]

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Filed Under: career goals, consulting, essay critique Bschools: NYU Stern

($) WRITING WEEK! Day 2: Reduce the Fluff Factor

August 25, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: career goals, consulting, writing tips Tagged With: marshmallow

($) “I’m just gonna say ‘consulting’ as my MBA goals.”

November 8, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Darden Leave a Comment

And heck, we wouldn’t blame ya! Darden recently reported an all-time high starting salary coming from its 2019 graduating class , to the tune of $152k plus bonus. That’s likely skewed by one person’s $173k base — always be sure to question headlines like that. The numbers from Darden with that outlier salary excluded are […]

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Filed Under: consulting Tagged With: salary Bschools: Darden

($) “Is 30 too old…?”

June 4, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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

($) Why do people end up in consulting?

July 24, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The data we analyzed yesterday from the five years of Kellogg MBA employment reports hopefully got you thinking, and researching further into career paths and data from your target schools. One clear takeaway was that you don’t have to do an internship in consulting to land a post-MBA job in consulting in your second year. […]

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Filed Under: career changer, consulting

($) Post-MBA career trends at Kellogg

July 23, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses Kellogg Leave a Comment

Or likely at most top American MBA programs over the past five years. This post focuses on Kellogg mainly because their employment reports are detailed enough on this particular dimension to do the analysis. They’re also a solid general management program which attracts employers of all stripes. They continue to send graduates into the traditional […]

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Filed Under: consulting, healthcare, school reviews & insights, technology Tagged With: trends Bschools: Kellogg

($) The need for specifics

November 30, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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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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Filed Under: "show don't tell", consulting

($) “I want to work in edtech”

August 28, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: career changer, consulting, edtech Tagged With: Teach for America

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

May 15, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: consulting, finance, GMAT/GRE, GRE specific info, internships, recruiting

Military Candidates: Consulting as a career goal

December 5, 2016 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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. If you have access privileges on your account to view our Military MBA content then you’ll see this material. [start […]

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