deciding on a school (multiple offers)

($) How the schools are adapting to coronavirus and what it means for you: MBA Round 2 decisions

March 24, 2020 by EssaySnark

As we discussed yesterday, many schools are extending deadlines for Round 3. If you’re an active Round 2 candidate, you’re also likely to see some impact from coronavirus. While few have announced Round 2 admit decisions so far, it’s highly likely that they will be more generous in the time they allow accepted applicants to...

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($) Deciding on a school: Qualitative factors

January 22, 2020 by EssaySnark

Finances are often a big part of the picture in deciding between different MBA programs. If one school offers free money and another does not, that can tilt the scale significantly. Or, if one school is in a very expensive city, and another has a more reasonable cost of living, these factors do matter. But...

($) School X? Or School Y with $$?

January 14, 2020 by EssaySnark

It’s time for some “Deciding on a school!” posts! This is where BSers with the enviable problem of having to choose between great offers come to us lamenting their fate. If you’re still in recovery-mode from cramming in a bunch of Round 2 applications, then you’re not going to believe us but… Choosing between multiple...

($) Why doing your own research is so important

October 14, 2019 by EssaySnark

We’re not gonna name names here today but we’re sharing one BSer’s experience on navigating the admit -> deposit process at a few schools last season. The point of this post is to share with you why YOUR OWN understanding of, impressions of, and experiences with a school are all that matter. How do you...

What’s wrong with this picture?

July 16, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Last December, a BSer who’d asked us for a Reject Analysis after his prior-year season didn’t turn into an admit reported back to us with these results: Columbia J-term – Accepted Booth – ACCEPTED!!!! (still can’t believe it.. specially as a re-applicant) Kellogg 1Y – Accepted Duke Fuqua – Accepted with scholarship Wharton – Denied […]

An abundance of riches!! OMG Yay!! …….. eeek now what?!?

March 15, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

There is much celebration happening in Snarkville this week – so many admits! And so many of you with multiple admits!! WOO-HOO!! This week that’s only exciting. Next week and the week after….. well, that’s when it may start to become a little overwhelming. If you’ve made it into more than one MBA program, the […]

($) Choosing between top-ranked MBA programs

February 7, 2019 by EssaySnark

We started on this topic yesterday with our Bschool is what you make of it post. Today we’ll give a few practical tips specific to those who are tormenting themselves over which school to choose. We mentioned Welcome Weekend yesterday which is an obvious excellent resource and opportunity — but there can be a showstopper...

($) If you got into a top bschool and now you’re thinking you’re not going to go

January 22, 2019 by EssaySnark

Whenever we hear of a BSer who made it in somewhere and is now having second thoughts, it always makes us go “Hmm.” Sometimes, what happened is the BSer applied to Schools A, B, and C…. and also School N. Nobody wants to go to School N. Getting in to School N didn’t even make...

($) “What if School D gave me money but I really want to go to School A?”

January 17, 2019 by EssaySnark

This happens a lot. You got into a couple schools (YAY! 🙂 ). One of them offered a chunk of change in addition to the admit (SUPER YAY! 😀 ). But you really prefer one of your other schools that didn’t offer you squat (NOT YAY. 🙁 ). Sometimes the money makes a difference. But...

($) The BSer’s Dilemma: Deciding between two top MBA programs — what do to, what to do?

January 16, 2019 by EssaySnark

In case you missed it, we started this discussion of How to decide which U.S. business school to go to when you get multiple offers?? here. If you’re also in this wonderfully privileged yet oh-so-stressful position, today’s post is for you. First bit of advice: We have a treasure trove of posts on individual schools...