This is unpleasant news to deliver. A 710 is below average at many of the top schools now. This is really critical to digest and absorb. Premium content starts here… If you’re reading this in email, click through to get the full ‘Snark! ———– ———– Premium content ends.
Continue reading...($) If you took the GMAT while you were in college and now X years later you’re applying for an MBA
This is such a difficult situation. And it totally sucks to have to open this post with that line. Because if you’re a Planner who is so thinking-ahead and got-it-together that you took the GMAT or GRE before you even graduated from college, then how on earth can that be a bad thing? EssaySnark luvs […]
Continue reading...The shame of a low GMAT score
We want to talk about something here today that we’re guilty of contributing to — inadvertently, yes, but we’ve done it. It’s the shame that many BSers feel about their performance on the MBA admissions test. We see this in the opposite manifestation: When someone has done well on the GMAT, they’re quick to volunteer […]
Continue reading...($) Canceling your GMAT score is a bad idea (plus, how many schools should you apply to?)
Are you (re)taking the GMAT? What’s your score cancel strategy? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends.
Continue reading...($) To Round 3 or not to Round 3?
As we introduced recently, it’s Round 3 Debate Time! How do you make a decision on whether to try for an MBA in Round 3? Are there standing rules for who should, or should not, try at this time of the season? Are there schools that you should never try at for Round 3, or […]
Continue reading...($) Updating the admissions office on changes to your profile post-submit: GMAT/GRE/classes
There are certain situations where an update of your new status is warranted. The admissions office will want to know about things that have changed in your life. Today is a much more straightforward situation. You retook the GMAT or GRE, and now you want to let the admissions office know of your shiny new […]
Continue reading...($) Just In Time MBA App Prep: What if you JUST decided to apply to bschool? Like, NOW?
Many of you are putting finishing touches on Round 2 apps – huzzah! With the turn of the calendar, we’re also getting many new folks who set a resolution to try for an MBA, who were maybe unaware of the admissions calendar, but showed up here looking for how to get in right away. They’re […]
Continue reading...($) The submit-then-retest strategy for your GMAT or GRE
Well that went fast didn’t it! There’s something very odd that happens to time in that sequence of dates between like December 15th and the first Monday in January. Or maybe that phenomenon of weird-time-experience only happens to those trying to write essays for Round 2 applicants (and the snarks who try to support them). […]
Continue reading...($) How to get off the waitlist
Along with the many frothy and celebratory emails that EssaySnark gets around this time — beyond the ones wishing holiday cheer, we’re talking here about ones where our clients are reporting acceptances by their schools of choice — we also get a few that feel like they come loaded with bricks: “They put me on...
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($) What if a high GMAT score is a liability?
No no no no no hear us out. Every component of your application communicates something discretely — and the sum total of all elements of your application tells a story. What story is it telling, and how will your target school interpret the elements being presented together, based on how your high GMAT score factors […]
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