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...($) It’s not a numbers game. (aka “How many apps should I submit?”)
This is pure strategy right here folks. You have limited time until Round 1 deadlines. How are you going to spend it? Are you going to focus intently on the schools that really matter to you, doing all in your power to craft an incredible pitch to each one? Or are you going to do...
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($) 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...($) AUTHENTICITY
We’re for realz doing this, peeps. It’s time to be thinking about MBA applications for the Fall. We’re going to kick off our MBA admissions season here in Snarkville with a perennial topic: AUTHENTICITY IN MBA APPS Premium content starts here… ———– Premium content ends. Not yet a blahg member? Buy access to all […]
Continue reading...Advice from a Success Story! Experiences from a Round 1 admit
Back when the world was normal last Fall, we worked with a super-impressive Brave Supplicant, and said this to them in December when they told us about their admits to multiple Great Schools: Congrats! It must be a pretty great feeling!!! And if you’re now feeling like you have too much time on your hands… You […]
Continue reading...($) Requesting reconsideration of a previously rejected MBA app
Hey BSer! Are you thinking about this opportunity in the right way??? Based on some comments we’ve been getting and the plans that have been shared, we can suggest that for some of you, maybe not. 🙁 Many of you are now in the throes of writing essays and gathering recommendation letters for your Rd […]
Continue reading...($) What to consider with your Kellogg (or other school’s Rd 3 Flex) app: Recs, timing, optional essay
We’ve been getting app strategy questions!!! Let’s offer you all some attempts at some answers!! As everyone now knows, Kellogg announced that they have completely waived the requirement to submit a standardized test in order to apply right now. (If you missed it before, be sure to read that post before moving forward with today’s.) […]
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