“why MBA” essays

($) In your career goals / why MBA essay, everything needs to line up just so.

July 23, 2020 by EssaySnark

When you’re putting together your pitch for admission to the business school of your dreams, the task really is about assembling chunks of content that fit together into an argument. (See: Good first drafts aren’t written. They’re assembled.) That’s what a pitch is, right? You’re making the case that you belong at that school. Premium...

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($) A question to explore before starting to understand why you want an MBA

June 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Most readers of this blahg who are pre-MBA are in the age range of about 26 to perhaps 32 years old. There’s some older folks too but today’s post is more focused on this age range. When you’re trying to figure out what to say in your MBA essays about why you want to go […]

($) A great way to brainstorm about your post-MBA career goals

June 9, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Here’s a follow-up to our post from yesterday about how you’re — MBA or otherwise — going to go out there and change the things in the world that need to be changed. Today’s idea was actually inspired by an exercise that came out of Stanford’s d.school, which is what the “Design School” is commonly […]

($) Backup plans and next steps: What if it’s looking like you might not get in?!??

February 17, 2020 by EssaySnark

Some of you are starting to worry, which may or may not be justified. If you tend to be a worrier, you already know that about yourself, and you may intellectually recognize that you’re doing it, and be unable to stop. Worrying in this case only adds to your stress levels and is not productive,...

($) An essay is an argument redux (with some comments on MBA application theme)

December 23, 2019 by EssaySnark

We’ve talked about this before – “an essay is an argument” post from 2012 – but it’s unlikely many of you have seen it, and this concept keeps coming up in feedback we’re giving to BSers. So we thought we’d do it front-and-center on the main page today for all of you. Let’s break things...

($) “Yo EssaySnark! Please explain again what this ‘school fit’ thing is about?”

September 2, 2019 by EssaySnark

It’s Labor Day – when like any American, we’re supposed to be not-laboring – but here we are! Are you here too? Are you writing essays? Because we’re reading ’em! EssaySnark is around and available to help you out! Check out the services on the Admissions Consulting menu and let us know if you have...

($) Already have a Master’s degree? Why do you also need an MBA now?

June 27, 2019 by EssaySnark

Some schools don’t really focus on this issue but a few of them do – including Tuck in particular, who in the past wouldn’t even consider a candidate with a prior MBA or MBA-similar degree, like the PGP from India. They are (somewhat?) loosening those restrictions in the new admissions climate but even if you...

Why do you need an MBA? No really: Why?

December 21, 2018 by EssaySnark

This comes up surprisingly often. Do you even know why you need an MBA? Almost all of the schools, in one form or another, ask questions in their applications about why you’re interested in going there. The best way to answer that, of course, is to talk about how you need such-and-such new skills or...

($) A warning in your “Why This School” essay content (and a tip on Kellogg and “growth”)

August 15, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses Kellogg

We know that this is an innocent error — a well-intentioned one, even. But it can be a real problem in your essays. When you’re trying to write about why you want to go to the school, you need to reference specific things about that school. You know, like classes and clubs — but more...

($) Pitching the adcom with your “Why MBA?” material

August 10, 2018 by EssaySnark

There’s a few tips to offer today to make your career goals / why MBA essays more compact, streamlined — and effective. A lot of this advice applies to many schools, but we see several issues coming up on the Booth essays especially so if you’re tackling those, then this post is for you! The...