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($) Concerns with pre-MBA work history

July 20, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Erratic work history unfortunately can be a yellow flag (not red flag) in MBA admissions. There are ways to handle this — but if not done carefully, then many of the concerns of unintended messaging can crop up. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   If you do that honestly, and […]

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Filed Under: resumes Tagged With: authenticity

($) “I work in a brand-name firm. What should I know about as I think about my MBA chances?”

April 25, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

This is a follow-up to our recent post describing the realities for those coming into the MBA application process from a no-name firm, and what the situation really looks like for candidates without brand-name company experience. Today is for those candidates who do have that experience, working for a Deloitte or a Merrill Lynch or […]

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Filed Under: resumes Tagged With: no-name company

($) “My job title doesn’t reflect my actual job.”

April 1, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We frequently mention how underappreciated the resume is as part of an MBA application. It may come as a surprise to hear this, but really, truly, the resume you have on hand from the last time you were job-hunting is not optimized for this process of getting into a top-end MBA program. Recently we talked […]

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($) “I work for a small company nobody’s ever heard of. Can I still get into bschool?”

March 17, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Short answer: YES! There’s a common myth that you have to work for well-known, marquee brand-name companies in order to make it into a well-known, marquee brand-name bschool. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   So the long answer to our question posed up top is also a YES. Definitely yes! […]

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Filed Under: resumes Tagged With: myths, no-name company

($) Resume dead weight, aka, easy things you can cut

December 13, 2021 by EssaySnark

We’ve been talking about MBA resumes a bit recently… And here’s more! This first went up on the blahg over 10 years ago now :-O – and we’re putting it front-and-center again for you today because, well, there’s some goodness here! For, you know, Round 2 apps and stuff.     Point 1: You should...


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($) HOW you present is in some ways as important as WHAT you present

November 29, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Things are getting real for Round 2, Brave Supplicant! We’re officially in The Zone. We’re seeing lots of activity here where BSers are getting into the swing of things with constructing strategies and figuring out messaging. It’s not too late to sign up for support from The ‘Snark on such things! Our Complete Essay Package […]

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($) Stuffing is for turkeys. Not MBA apps.

November 8, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You know that whole “Less is more” advice? Yeah, it applies here. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.       You may also be interested in: Clouds. Marshmallows. Bunnies. Not essays. Breathless bloat and gloat can backfire Reason #496 that an MBA essay can go off the rails

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($) “I’m interviewing! Can I update my resume?”

October 19, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’re getting news right and left these days about interview invites from Brave Supplicants and it’s an exciting time indeed! Some of you intrepid types may even be looking at ways to optimize the process by using a new-and-improved resume for the interview. What, it didn’t occur to you to update the resume for the […]

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($) Job titles can be their own form of jargon!

December 24, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

More and more admissions teams are becoming more and more directive in how they present information and guidance to applicants like you, and more and more we’re seeing them be quite explicit on something important: NO JARGON IN ESSAYS AND APPS We say this so many times here on the blahg but it’s worth repeating […]

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($) Getting your MBA resume to a single page

December 23, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Does it have to be a single page? Well……….. Yes. Sorry folks. We know, we know, lots of schools say “one or two pages” — but other schools say “one page only” and based on where you’re at in your career, honestly you should be able to corral the content down so it fits on […]

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