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($) Be prepared for this to take awhile

September 11, 2020 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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($) 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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($) “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 […]

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

November 13, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

This seems to happen more with international applicants, but not exclusively. However, we do tend to see it a lot with Indian candidates in particular. It could be a factor of how for many international candidates, the American style of school application is different, so they’re just learning what the process is about or maybe […]

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($) 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 […]

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Filed Under: number of apps, planning your strategy, the admissions consulting industry Tagged With: trends

($) Canceling your GMAT score is a bad idea (plus, how many schools should you apply to?)

April 18, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Are you (re)taking the GMAT? What’s your score cancel strategy? A key driver of GMAT score inflation among MBA applicants is the relatively new development that allows you to cancel your test score. Years ago, you took the GMAT and that was that. Bad score? Oh well, tough luck, it’s part of your permanent record. […]

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Filed Under: cancel strategy, GMAT/GRE, number of apps, the admissions consulting industry

($) MIT and NYU are not safety schools

January 4, 2019 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? It would be in our self-interest to say YES! APPLY! Because then we could try and sell you the need for some consulting services to increase your chances of success. But that’s pretty distasteful don’t […]

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

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

December 11, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We say this all the time and we even touched on 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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($) “How many apps should I do?”

June 25, 2018 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

WOWZER! Every MBA app this year is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from every other one! Used to be, there was enough similarity and commonality in how certain schools asked at least one of their essay questions that you could use that overlap to your advantage, and repurpose core chunks of content from one application to another. NOT […]

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($) “Should I even try this year?”

December 7, 2017 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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