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($) essay critique! Stanford “What matters most?” with pointers of what’s not helpful

September 6, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB Leave a Comment

Some brave Brave Supplicant submitted an essay for consideration for a freebie review here on the blahg and we’ve got a few things to say about it! Here’s a snippet of a “What matters most to you and why?” essay — offered not as a sample essay, but as an opportunity to see what works […]

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Filed Under: essay critique Tagged With: please don't do this Bschools: Stanford GSB

($) essay critique! Yale Silver Scholars – graduating college senior MBA application

April 23, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses Yale SOM Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: deferred admission for college students, essay critique Bschools: Yale SOM

($) 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

($) essay review: Harvard’s “What more do you want us to know?” essay (apologies in advance for the snark)

September 4, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Harvard Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: essay critique Bschools: Harvard

($) essay critique: Wharton “What do you hope to gain professionally?”

August 28, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Wharton 2 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: "why MBA" essays, essay critique Bschools: Wharton

($) essay critique: Booth “who you are” essay

July 22, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Chicago Booth Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: "personal interest/life experience" essays, essay critique Bschools: Chicago Booth

($) essay critique! Meaningful leadership experiences…

April 17, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Kellogg Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: essay critique, leadership Bschools: Kellogg

($) essay critique! Yale “biggest commitment” essay

December 30, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Yale SOM Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: "personal interest/life experience" essays, essay critique, values Bschools: Yale SOM

($) essay critique! Northwestern Kellogg MBA essay on “values”

November 27, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Kellogg Leave a Comment

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 […]

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($) essay critique! Harvard’s “What else should we know?” essay

August 16, 2019 by EssaySnark - Discusses Harvard Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: essay critique Bschools: Harvard

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