Business school is for learning about business. (“Duh, EssaySnark.”) What if you’re coming from a non-business background? Or what if your career so far has let you work in a company without really knowing how the company itself functions? Does that mean you can’t get into business school? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– […]
Continue reading...($) If you get fired, do you need to tell the adcom?
What happens if you get laid off while you’re applying to business school? Or if you just can’t stand your job anymore and you quit? (After all, with those awesome apps you’ve submitted, you’re going to be leaving in a few months anyway, right? Why not just tell your boss to shove it now? A...
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: All MBA decisions are independent events.
Now that the craziness of the first round deadlines is pretty much behind you (and some decisions may have already hit you hard), we wanted to make an important point clear: All school decisions are independent events. It matters most to remember this once decisions start coming out and people start getting rejected. Just because […]
Continue reading...Harvard say yes? Harvard say no? Harvard say maybe? What to do next: A decision tree
At 12noon Eastern time today, October 5th, Harvard Business School will be deciding your fate: Do they want to meet you for an interview? Are they cutting you loose as an “early release”? Or are they hanging onto you for Further Consideration? What should you do in each case? Well obviously, if the former: You […]
Continue reading...Looking ahead to Round 2…
Is it too early to be thinking about January deadlines? Nope, not too early at all — especially not if you didn’t put in the full set of Round 1 applications that you had planned for! And, many people intentionally forego Round 1 in order to continue to work on that GMAT or GRE score. […]
Continue reading...($) How many apps is enough?
Yesterday we wrote about how you deserve to be proud of yourself, and even take some time off and enjoy the moment, if you’ve already gotten some apps in for Round 1. However, if you have submitted a handful of apps, you may be subject to this weird feeling of deficit-thinking: “What if I’m not […]
Continue reading...Once you get through those Rd 1 apps…
Many of you are wrapping up your applications for Round 1 or will be doing so soon. Congratulations!!! Getting even one app done is a massive accomplishment. You probably didn’t appreciate how much work it would be when you started out! Everyone thinks the GMAT/GRE thing is a big deal — and it is. Once […]
Continue reading...($) Pro Tip: Applying to just one school (or claiming that you are)
Confidence is a positive thing. Being so confident in your chances that you are applying to just one business school could be appealing in the eyes of the adcom. It also seems so flattering, right? You’re not offering your steamy goodness* well-crafted application to just any old school. You’re only applying to ONE SCHOOL. How...
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($) Critical advice for reapplicants
As with many things, policies on what’s required by each individual school for a reapplicant to their MBA program vary. However, there’s one rule that we would insist on, in terms of how to best navigate the process of presenting yourself the second (or third??) time around. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium […]
Continue reading...($) GMAT/GRE waivers: Should you request one?
Waivers for standardized tests were never a “thing” in MBA applications until the pandemic, which obviously disrupted everything, including in-person testing. At this point, in most regions of the world, in-person testing has resumed, and at-home testing has also become more widely available for the GRE, the GMAT, and the TOEFL. However, in the wake […]
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