Essays reviews? In April?!? This is not usually the time when Snarkville is hopping with essay-writing and application-finalizing stress-monsters (aka, applicants to bschool). Most of the stress we see at this time of year is from the waitlisted woes and the can’t-decide-which-school-to-attend people at the latter stage of the admissions process. However, every now and […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! NYU Stern MBA “short and long-term career goals”
For NYU Stern — and a number of schools — being able to articulate why you want the MBA, based on what you want to do with it after you graduate, is critical to getting the attention of your admissions reader. One of you readers of this here blahg has written an essay to do […]
Continue reading...($) essay review: Harvard’s “What more do you want us to know?” essay (apologies in advance for the snark)
We’d tried to get to this sooner but, alas, those deadlines are here and we’ve been busy busy busy in Snarkville trying to get help to you panicking Brave Supplicants. We’re reading lots of essays and resumes and we’re starting to see some good work coming in from a lot of you! Keep plugging away […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique: Wharton “What do you hope to gain professionally?”
This is supposed to be the final day of our recent Writing Week (post 1 here if you want to catch up!) however today we’re going to veer off in another direction and post an essay critique for Wharton. This was sent in by a Brave Supplicant recently and we got another one that we’re […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique: Booth “who you are” essay
Thank you to the brave Brave Supplicant who sent in this essay for a freebie review here on the blahg! You too can toss your essay into the ring if you’re similarly brave!! Today’s essay is for Chicago Booth and their question that goes like this: An MBA is as much about personal growth as […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! Meaningful leadership experiences…
We’ve got this offer we make here on the blahg where an intrepid BSer can send along their draft (hopefully polished and well prepared!) and we’ll kick it around and see if it’s up to snuff in this competitive game called MBA admissions. Heck, it’s free! (Well, you have to pony up for membership to […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! Yale “biggest commitment” essay
Normally when BSers send in an essay for hopes of a freebie review here on the blahg right before deadlines, we have to let it languish while we’re fighting the good fight alongside those who are paying us to return feedback on their drafts super fast. Today is an exception! We got this Yale SOM […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! Northwestern Kellogg MBA essay on “values”
This might be one of those posts that you “Favorite” – using that little button at the bottom of the post. Because if you’re in the U.S., you’re likely scrambling to get on the road today to make it home in time for a Thanksgiving feast tomorrow. But this post is probably one you’re gonna […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! Harvard’s “What else should we know?” essay
Today we’re looking at an actual honest-to-goodness essay that an intrepid Brave Supplicant has written for HBS, and sent in for us to look at and talk about here on the blahg! In case you’re new in these parts, we’ve got this little thing on offer where, if you’re feeling especially courageous, and you’re willing […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique! The hardest essay in the world, aka Stanford “What matters most?”
We’ve got this thing where you can submit an essay for consideration for a freebie review here on the blahg and since we began talking about Stanford this week, here’s an essay from last season, for Stanford GSB’s classic “What matters most to you and why?” torture device essay question. It’s possible that Stanford will […]
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