deciding on a school (multiple offers)

($) “Will I be canceled if I change my mind after accepting a school’s offer?”

May 6, 2021 by EssaySnark

We’re reblahgging this from 2015 – yikes! This situation has the same answer today, but we are taking this opportunity to change how we say it. This is admittedly a rare situation but those are fun to talk about sometimes, too. We had a BSer who went through the whole process and got accepted at...

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($) School X or School Y: What if they truly are comparable???

April 28, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Applying to bschool is hard. Figuring out which admit to accept may be even harder. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. To round out this post, we’ll remind you that this little helper is available: And we’ll offer our PSA request to all of you who are still sitting […]

($) What about asking for a deferral?

April 6, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Last year around this time, something totally unusual happened: A few schools started opening the door to the possibility of granting deferrals. What about now? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. Lots of important decisions involved, and some of them are really not easy! Let us know if possibly we […]

($) The admissions landscape in 2021: Asking a school to match another school’s offer (2021 edition – Part 2)

April 2, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Yesterday we started on the topic of choosing between offers, if you get into multiple MBA programs, but only one included a fellowship award with the admit. Today we’ll continue with a more targeted discussion around what does the admissions landscape look like in 2021, in terms of generosity with funding (or not) and how […]

($) The BSer’s Dilemma: School X? Or School Y with $$? 2021 edition (Part 1)

April 1, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’ve been Bummed-Out ‘Snark for awhile here, posting about the difficult emotions of getting rejected, or what to do if you’re waitlisted… Yet there are far more Brave Supplicants wandering around here who have gotten in to the schools of their dreams (or at least, the next-best to the school of their dreams) and many […]

($) Deciding on schools: “I don’t have all my decisions yet. Do I pay this deposit now just to be sure I secure a spot?”

February 12, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Yesterday we offered some thoughts on what to do if you’re currently on the Ross Round 1 waitlist and you have to make a decision about depositing at another school. Today we’ll continue that conversation more generically: What if you are looking at a deposit deadline for School X but you don’t yet have your […]

($) Deciding on schools: Round 2 midcycle edition! Featuring the Ross waitlist situation and other decision-making help

February 11, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses Michigan Ross Leave a Comment

We’re starting to get the happy (stressed out!) emails that go like this: “Hey EssaySnark! As you know from my Round 1 results, I got into School X! I’m super jazzed about that. However, you also know that I really want to go to School Y. The deposit for School X is due soon. What […]

($) How to do bschool with a partner

February 4, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

There’s this unfortunate term that academia and the business world used to use, when a married couple decides to move to a new place so that one of the members of the couple can pursue an opportunity. This term is “the trailing spouse” (or “trailing partner”) and it’s meant to depict the person who has […]

Success Story: A former BSer shares the experience of applying — and getting in!

June 24, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Georgetown McDonough, Tepper, Duke Fuqua, Michigan Ross Leave a Comment

Here’s the final installment of the amazing MBA application experience recap that we got from a BSer we worked with last season! Part 1 included the hardest part of the process, and Part 2 went into the approach taken from school research, to prioritizing targets, to which rounds. Today is the grand finale of WHICH […]

($) Ahead of the curve: What might set specific business schools apart as near-term leaders in delivering the online learning experience?

April 29, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

(Dang we coulda sworn this post went up before. But ‘pparently not. Lots of ideas here! Grab your favorite beverage and settle in, BSer, this is a long one.) As a followup to our post on Monday about what your experience might be like as a student in the coronavirus era of online classes, let’s […]