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($) Positives about lower-ranked programs

December 6, 2022 by EssaySnark

We sometimes mention the strategic importance of considering a lower-tier program. We’re glad that so many BSers are going about this realistically – if you have a significant glitch in your profile, then of course you want to be trying for the best schools that your heart is set on, but at the same time...


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Filed Under: lower-ranked schools, planning your strategy, Round 3, selecting schools

($) How MBA admissions works at lower-ranked bschools (aka, the advantages of a higher GMAT score)

October 27, 2022 by EssaySnark

The definition of “lower ranked school” definitely depends on your perspective. We tend to focus on the Top 20 business schools here on the blahg (or, because we’re the always contrarian EssaySnark, Top 19). Some have the opinion that Cornell or UCLA are “lower ranked”. We would say that they are mistaken, but as we...


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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE, lower-ranked schools

($) We know YOU won’t make these basic interview mistakes.

February 3, 2022 by EssaySnark

Some time back we captured this list of complaints from employers who recruit at an American bschool. These on-campus recruiters submitted these comments as feedback about the school’s students who had interviewed with them. It was pretty fascinating: Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   We have a bunch of posts...


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Filed Under: interviewing, lower-ranked schools

($) What MBA programs are still viable for Round 3?

February 2, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Happy Groundhog Day, Brave Supplicant! To continue with our Round 3 Reality Check series, today we’ll talk about programs that might be in range for an admit even at this stage of the season. In case you missed them: What about Round 3? To Round 3 or not to Round 3 Who / what situations […]

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Filed Under: European schools, Executive MBA/EMBA, lower-ranked schools, part-time MBA, Round 3

What do you do if you missed Round 2 AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLY SOMEWHERE NOW?

January 10, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses USC Marshall, INSEAD, Vanderbilt Leave a Comment

Hey BSers! We’re reblahgging this from 2015 because dang, that was three years ago, and this info is timely for where some of you are at today!!!   Recently we gave a whole assortment of ideas for what to do if you didn’t apply to bschool yet this season. [2015 post] And yes, we realize […]

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Filed Under: European schools, Executive MBA/EMBA, lower-ranked schools, part-time MBA, rolling, Round 3 Bschools: USC Marshall, INSEAD, Vanderbilt

By request: Our thoughts on Arizona State

June 30, 2016 by EssaySnark - Discusses Carey 2 Comments

We received a request for our opinion on ASU in this former BSer’s Success Story and so today we are circling back as promised. Arizona State is home to the WP Carey School of Business – which is unfortunately not the only bschool named “Carey.” Johns Hopkins also has a “Carey Business School” sometimes known […]

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Filed Under: lower-ranked schools, online MBA, school reviews & insights Bschools: Carey

The value of a lower-ranked bschool.

March 25, 2016 by EssaySnark 4 Comments

Yesterday we posted a question that was asked by a Brave Supplicant who had been accepted to a school we don’t frequently mention. What we specifically said to this BSer was: The blahg focuses primarily on the competitive top MBA programs and so no, we don’t discuss [School 3] all that often (every client we’ve […]

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Filed Under: lower-ranked schools, selecting schools, tuition Tagged With: financial aid, rankings

($) “Why don’t you ever talk about my school?”

March 24, 2016 by EssaySnark

In Round 2 we worked with a Brave Supplicant who had executed on a well-rounded strategy, with a small handful of three applications so that they could focus and do the work needed to produce a quality job on each (and also because there wasn’t much time from when they began), with one stretch school,...


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Filed Under: lower-ranked schools, school reviews & insights, selecting schools Tagged With: rankings, safety schools

($) Well-known schools with MBA programs you can actually get into (even with your shaky GMAT)

November 16, 2015 by EssaySnark - Discusses Georgetown McDonough, Cambridge Judge, Vanderbilt, Oxford Said, Penn State Smeal, Emory

If one of your priorities in choosing an MBA program is making sure that the school’s reputation will help you in your future career in your distant home country, then this post is for you. Or more precisely, this post is for you if you are coming to terms with the fact that the “best”...


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Filed Under: low GMAT, lower-ranked schools, selecting schools Tagged With: rankings Bschools: Georgetown McDonough, Cambridge Judge, Vanderbilt, Oxford Said, Penn State Smeal, Emory

($) If your GMAT was over 730 and you didn’t make it into a school like Emory…

April 15, 2013 by EssaySnark

A high GMAT alone will never be enough to get you into any good bschool. However, the further down the rankings you go, the more attractive a high GMAT becomes to the adcoms. This is due to the pure economics of the situation: The higher a school’s average GMAT, then the better its chances of...


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