If you have Columbia Business School on your list of school targets this season, you may be wondering: When exactly do I need to submit my application in order to have the greatest chances of success? For any other school that you’re planning to try for, it’s not that complicated: Round 2 deadlines are coming […]
Continue reading...($) A Stanford applicant case study: Avoidable mistakes
Reblahgging from the past, because based on some profiles and BSers we’ve seen lately, this info may be useful again!! We got an essay submitted for a freebie review last November and we spent a day reviewing it for everyone right before Round 2 (Stanford “What matters most and why?”) (tl;dr: getting rejected from...
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Now would be a good time for…
…retaking the GMAT or GRE? Now, we totally don’t wish this test on anybody. We know that it’s not much fun. However. If you applied in Round 1 and have not yet gotten at least two interview invitations… OR even if you did!! It might be an opportune time to look at the totality of […]
Continue reading...Harvard say yes? Harvard say no? Harvard say maybe? What to do next: A decision tree
At 12noon Eastern time today, October 6th, Harvard Business School will be deciding your fate: Do they want to meet you for an interview? Are they cutting you loose as an “early release”? Or are they hanging onto you for Further Consideration? What should you do in each case? Well obviously, if the former: You […]
Continue reading...($) Be prepared for this to take awhile
This is an unfortunate post for us to have to write — and it’s the kind of thing that, for the people to whom it likely most applies, the reaction to reading this is likely to be denial, or at least a brush-off or sense of disregard. You might not be that worried about what […]
Continue reading...($) Which school should you do next?
You got your HBS app in the bag. Congratulations!! The first one is always the hardest. Now you could be wondering, which application should you tackle from here? Which schools should be prioritized based on how easy – or hard – their questions are? Now that you’re further up the learning curve of understanding how […]
Continue reading...($) It’s not a numbers game. (aka “How many apps should I submit?”)
This is pure strategy right here folks. You have limited time until Round 1 deadlines. How are you going to spend it? Are you going to focus intently on the schools that really matter to you, doing all in your power to craft an incredible pitch to each one? Or are you going to do […]
Continue reading...($) Test extensions: Should you submit your app before you take the GMAT or GRE? And which round?
Let’s talk about GMAT and GRE, and the still-changing policies for test taking and test acceptance for top business schools for applications for the Class of 2023. We’re also going to go into our recommendations around Round 1 versus Round 2, with considerations for whether you have a test score in hand or not now. […]
Continue reading...More experiences from a Round 1 admit!
We recently shared with all of you some reflections from a Brave Supplicant that we worked with last season (part 1 here in case you missed it). Today we’ll give you the rest of what this Success Story from the Class of 2022 MBA admissions season has offered — which we imagine should be quite […]
Continue reading...($) AUTHENTICITY
We’re for realz doing this, peeps. It’s time to be thinking about MBA applications for the Fall. We’re going to kick off our MBA admissions season here in Snarkville with a perennial topic: AUTHENTICITY IN MBA APPS Premium content starts here… ———– Premium content ends. Not yet a blahg member? Buy access to all […]
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