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Round 2 Crunch Mode: How many apps should you do?

December 20, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We say this all the time and we even went through it again recently: Please don’t paper the country with apps. Submitting a large number MBA applications does not increase your odds of getting into business school. It just wastes money and makes you feel like a complete and utter failure when all of them […]

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($) “Should I even try this year?”

December 16, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We did a variation of this post in September – Should you submit in Round 1? – and now here we are, the end of the first week of December, and Round 2 is just around the corner — man, how did that happen?? It’s crazy how quickly the calendar page turns when there are […]

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($) 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...


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Filed Under: application rounds, number of apps Tagged With: safety schools

($) 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 […]

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($) 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 […]

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Filed Under: number of apps, Round 3 Tagged With: safety schools Bschools: NYU Stern, MIT Sloan

($) 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!!! […]

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($) 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 […]

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($) 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 […]

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Filed Under: interviewing, number of apps, planning your strategy Bschools: Harvard

($) 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 […]

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