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($) Columbia extending their application deadline this year: What does it mean, and should you apply?

March 15, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia Leave a Comment

You made it to the middle of March! There will be many decisions coming out this week!!!! If you haven’t already heard your fate on your Round 2 applications, then you don’t need us to tell you that it’s been a looooong winter — but you made it, and very soon you will know! And, […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, Round 3 Bschools: Columbia

Should you be planning for pre-MBA travels?

February 22, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The pandemic’s over, right? Or it will be soon? If you got into bschool to start in the fall, you’re allowed to quit your job now and go on an around-the-world adventure before school. Right? Hmmm. Well maybe? This is certainly a tough call. Most if not all schools have not yet announced their plans […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, just for fun

C’mon you guys.

February 5, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB Leave a Comment

You’re not yet a student at a top MBA program — but you will be soon. Please don’t act like the students at the top MBA programs are acting right now. You’ve heard about schools trying to contain coronavirus with restrictions on student gatherings. You’ve heard about students flipping the bird at those restrictions, and […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus Tagged With: ethics Bschools: Stanford GSB

Wherein EssaySnark gets schooled in statistics.

January 20, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’ve certainly made our share of mistakes publicly on this blahg over the years, and by and large, the category you can count on to flub things up would be the statistical stuff*. Lo and behold, a kind-hearted BSer pointed out to us that no, our post yesterday claiming a 1 in 20 chance of […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus

PSA: Even after you’re vaccinated, you still need to mask and socially distance.

January 19, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Not about bschool — but important! And, since we’ve been covering coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, we may as well do a little public service announcement today on the realities of what’s ahead. Obviously we all know that there’s a vaccine. Scientists are saying that it is indeed safe — yes, even though […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus

There will never be another moment in time like this one.

October 29, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You may be simply trying to survive this time. Survive till the election — and hope that the election is decided on election night or soon thereafter. Survive till interview invites come out — and hope that you’re among the select few who receive one. Literally survive, as in, wearing your mask (please please please […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, the world

($) How important is volunteering in an MBA application? (coronavirus edition)

October 23, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Those of you actively and consistently volunteering pre-pandemic probably aren’t doing so now. Or maybe you are, but the nature of the volunteer work is different. The most common type of volunteering we see among MBA applicants is mentoring, and most types of mentoring, that can be conducted via Zoom. If your mentoring was of […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, volunteering Tagged With: authenticity

($) Some schools really threw out the playbook when coronavirus came along.

October 19, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Berkeley Haas, MIT Sloan Leave a Comment

We’ve been watching the changes in the bschool ecosystem since the world got upended in March and have been repeatedly surprised — and surprised again when we studied the class profiles of some top schools. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   But yeah. Talk about being opportunistic and willing to […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, school reviews & insights Tagged With: innovation Bschools: Berkeley Haas, MIT Sloan

Now MIT Sloan changes the game: Test-optional MBA admissions

September 15, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses MIT Sloan, Darden Leave a Comment

Whoa. Two blahg posts on one day? Yeah — because this news needs to get out there. Seismic shifts in the MBA application landscape are occurring right before your very eyes, people. The coronavirus is causing changes we never thought would happen in graduate business admissions. Some quick history: UVA Darden has been experimenting with […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, GMAT/GRE Bschools: MIT Sloan, Darden

($) Let’s talk about business schools.

July 21, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB, Wharton, Dartmouth Tuck, Kellogg, Michigan Ross, Darden Leave a Comment

In yesterday’s overview of the rigged system and biased feedback loop of school rankings -> school admissions practices, we challenged the admissions directors at the top schools in America to change the status quo, to use this moment in time of upheaval in their ecosystem to do things differently. Our diatribe laid blame for the […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, selecting schools Tagged With: rankings Bschools: Stanford GSB, Wharton, Dartmouth Tuck, Kellogg, Michigan Ross, Darden

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CLASS OF 2023 MBA APPLICATION STRATEGY GUIDES

     
    The 2020 Berkeley-Haas MBA Application Guide - updated for the Class of 2023 application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Berkeley Haas - refreshed and updated, with brainstorming exercises and structured maps to help you focus your stories!
   
    The 2020-2021 NYU Stern MBA Application Guide that covers the main essay, the EQ Endorsement and Pick Six!
SnarkStrategies Guide for NYU - discusses your requirements for the Class of 2023 essays!
   
    The 2020-2021 Columbia MBA Application Guide
SnarkStrategies Guide for Columbia Business School for 2020-2021 applications
   
    The 2020 Harvard MBA Application Guide - completely overhauled and updated for the coronavirus era!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Harvard Business School!
   
    The 2020-2021 Duke Essay Guide - covers the 25 Random Things essay and all the rest too!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Duke Fuqua - up to date for the current season!
   
    The 2020-2021 MIT Essay Guide covers the org chart, the contacts for two references, and additional tips for the cover letter and 'introduce yourself' video -- and everything else you need to know!
SnarkStrategies Guide for MIT Sloan MBA - totally revised for the Class of 2023!
   
    The 2020-2021 Tuck Essay Guide has been refreshed with latest insights and advice for your essays about "investing generously" and "why Tuck"!
SnarkStrategies Guide for the Dartmouth Tuck MBA - completely overhauled for 2020, to help you demonstrate how you are nice, aware, etc stuff!
   
    The Yale SOM MBA Application Guide for Class of 2023 candidates!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Yale SOM - updated for 2020-2021
   
    The 2020-2021 Chicago Booth MBA Application Guide - ready to go to support your Class of 2023 essay strategy!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Chicago Booth for this year's MBA app!
   
    The 2020 Wharton MBA Application Guide - even more advice on how to get to a win with those essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for The Wharton School - with new tips for 2020!
   
    The 2020 Kellogg Essay Guide - with a full methodology to identify your 'lasting impact' and your 'values' -- plus tips on 2020 world events and applicability to your essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Kellogg MBA - updated and revised for the new realities of 2020!    
      The 2020 Stanford MBA Application Guide - for "what matters most" in your MBA application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Stanford GSB for the Class of 2023
   
    The 2020-2021 UCLA Anderson MBA Application Guide - updated for Class of 2023 on "impact"!
SnarkStrategies Guide for 
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