number of apps

($) Pro Tip: Applying to just one school (or claiming that you are)

November 28, 2022 by EssaySnark

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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($) “How many apps should I be doing?” – Round 2 Edition

November 22, 2022 by EssaySnark

A common trait of procrastinators is, they’re optimists. In fact, it’s one theory behind why certain people are chronically late; they’re just overly optimistic on how long it will take them to get where they need to go. It’s not that they’re bad people. They just have trouble dealing with reality, in this one certain...

($) Be prepared for this to take awhile

October 20, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

($) MIT and NYU are not safety schools

January 11, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses NYU Stern, MIT Sloan Leave a Comment

But they do happen to be schools with Round 2 deadlines in the future. Does that mean you should apply? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. If you’ve already been writing essays for other schools since December and you’ve gotten feedback that your essays are in line with what the […]

($) Please don’t paper the country with apps

November 19, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Will your Round 2 apps be your first? If so we have a warning!! Getting into bschool is not a numbers game, yet we see people approach their applications as if they’re trying to win a raffle: You put more tickets into the hopper and you’re increasing your chances. Right? If only this were true!!! […]

($) How many apps is enough?

September 22, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

($) So you got that application in. What happens next?

September 8, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses Harvard Leave a Comment

What happens next… besides writing more essays for more applications?? 😉 Whether you’ve now got 2 or even 3 apps done — HBS, maybe you also took advantage of the super early Tuck opportunity for submitting and getting a guaranteed interview (which is a policy we’re truly not crazy about) or you’ve managed to also […]

($) It’s not a numbers game. (aka “How many apps should I submit?”)

August 18, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

($) “How many schools should I apply to in Round 2?”

December 10, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Perhaps surprisingly, the answer to that question is not “As many as you possibly can.” Along with many other areas, this is where our suggestions to you will run counter to oft-repeated advice from many other MBA admissions consultants you may encounter. Getting into bschool is not a numbers game. “You miss 100% of the […]

($) MBA app volumes and you

July 3, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

As we started to discuss yesterday: Yes, applications have gone down to the top schools in the U.S. Simultaneously, there’s been a strengthening of interest in bschools in places that aren’t called the United States. We’ve talked about this plenty o’ times, and it seems to be largely attributed to the image of American unfriendliness […]