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It’s time

July 31, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Red Pen Black Pen

Can you believe that tomorrow is the first day of August?!!     And it comes with a gift!!!!         So that’s where we’re at.     Perhaps more useful is this wisdom: Showing this to my students to prove how rough drafts work pic.twitter.com/QdBjXxNibD — Doug Robertson (@TheWeirdTeacher) July 13, 2020 […]

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($) Everything matters in your essays, BSer!

July 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Even the font! Premium content starts here… ———–   Premium content ends.   If you want help on the substantive parts — like, the actual content in your essays that you’re sweating over — we’re here for that too! Or if you just don’t know where to even begin, go for the Comprehensive Profile Review […]

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Too much spin is a turnoff and becomes the opposite of an authentic presentation of yourself.

July 16, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

This is kind of general life advice which you already know, but we’ll issue this warning as you gear up for the months-long process of figuring out what to say in your essays to get into business school. Yes, you need to impress your reader. But there’s a fine line between writing about your achievements, […]

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($) Should you work through your MBA?

July 1, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Heck, if school is gonna be done remote: Why not keep your job, live where you’re at, and go to school at the same time? Premium content starts here… ———–   Premium content ends.   Right now is a time for all of us to re-imagine what the world should be. Everything is in turmoil […]

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($) MBA admissions and background checks

April 14, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Turning attention back to those who received admits in Round 2, let’s talk about the process of accepting an offer. Different schools definitely do this differently, and not all schools even conduct background checks — but many of them do, and the process may seem intimidating. “Ohmygosh. They’re going to dig into my background. I […]

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“What should I do with my summer?”

March 9, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

It’s not even officially Spring yet however we know some of you are actively planning your Summer — which is good! Planning ahead, when you’re doing this big and important things like preparing for your matriculation at business school as part of the Class of 2022, or preparing for your applications to business school to […]

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($) “I got into bschool! When can I quit my job????”

February 24, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Quite possibly one of the most incredibly difficult things to do in all the world is staying motivated in your current job after you’ve been accepted to business school. If you applied in Round 1, you’ve probably already got an exit date set for yourself, and it may not even be that far in the […]

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Anxiety and your interview (MBA or otherwise)

February 12, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Yerkes Dodson Curve from wikipedia

It is 100% normal and natural to feel the jitters when you’re going into your MBA interview. We talked a little about anxiety in our post yesterday about whether or not to research your MBA interviewer. Anxiety has a bit of a bad rap in society these days. Lots of people struggle with extreme anxiety […]

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How to email the MBA admissions office

February 6, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You may be rolling your eyes like, “Dang, EssaySnark. Can you get any more basic than that???? I think I know how to email somebody!” But if that were the case, why do we see so many super-lame messages coming in? Yeah yeah yeah, we get it. EssaySnark is not the admissions office. You aren’t […]

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Another “Oh crap. Round 2” post

November 6, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

If you submitted multiple apps in Round 1 and you’ve realized that, shoot, you’ve now got to do it again for Round 2, here is the most important first step for you: You need to know WHY those Round 1 apps haven’t panned out yet. First, there’s a handful of schools that seem to take […]

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