school visits

($) So how do you research a bschool?

April 28, 2023 by EssaySnark

We spent a lot of time recently laying out pointers and cautioning against mistakes we see MBA applicants making all the time, which can essentially be summarized as one big warning about how much time this is going to take and that you need to be working on it earlier than you ever imagined possible....

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Are you thinking about trying for an MBA this year? Here’s a useful step to consider.

March 9, 2022 by EssaySnark 1 Comment

If you’re a more recent arrival to the EssaySnark blahg who’s planning on applying to bschool this year, rather than one of our long-time BSer readers who keeps coming back for the snark even though you already got into school (yay you!)… Then presumably you’re working on the GMAT or GRE, and you’ve been reading […]

Duke’s admissions policies in the face of coronavirus are … what? (UPDATED!)

June 19, 2020 by EssaySnark - Discusses Duke Fuqua Leave a Comment

For the Class of 2023 — unless their website has only gotten a partial update and some of the information available there is still from last season, which is possible — Duke Fuqua are apparently REQUIRING some candidates to come to campus to interview. Ummmm…. requiring?? Well, not “requiring” in that if you want to […]

Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 3)

November 23, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses Darden Leave a Comment

We’re still in the throes of a Thanksgiving food coma so we’ll take this opportunity to continue the so-generous and so-insightful contribution received from a seasons-past former BSer about his pre- and post-MBA experiences, and the transformations he had in his thinking along the way. If you missed it, start with Part 1 here or […]

($) You need to get out of your pajamas.

May 9, 2018 by EssaySnark

This is a GREAT time to make massive progress on your MBA applications!!! Whether you’re in go-go-go! mode or you’re chillin on this whole application thing there is a low stress and FUN!! task you can (and should!) be tackling right now: School Research. The goal of school research is to figure out if you’re...

The best thing you can do if you haven’t done it yet.

February 23, 2018 by EssaySnark 6 Comments

(Well, besides picking up The Reapplicant Guide…) If you are looking down the barrel of the reapplicant shotgun and wondering what you can do to increase your chances, we’ll lay out a biggie right now: VISIT THE SCHOOL. If you did this already, you’re off the hook. If you didn’t – if you made it […]

The reason why MIT’s adcom is rad and a big tip for everyone interested in going to bschool

January 17, 2017 by EssaySnark - Discusses MIT Sloan Leave a Comment

Yesterday we announced that MIT Sloan earned the first-ever Radcom Award for the 2016 admissions season. But the REAL reason why Sloan gets the 2016 Radcom Award from EssaySnark? It’s because of this: TRULY awesome: @MITSloan @MITSloanAdcom offering mock classes for prospects visiting before Rd 1!! DO THIS, PEOPLE https://t.co/mm5Hg9xmsy — Essay Snark (@EssaySnark) August […]

Success Story! “Did I get in because of the things I did…or in spite of them?”

October 21, 2016 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’ve been sitting on this awesome contribution to the blahg from a former BSer for over six months now because we were trying to find the right time to serve it up to you current crop of BSers when it might offer the most value – and that time is now! This submission is long […]

One Brave Supplicant’s full admissions season recapped

July 15, 2016 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Last year we had the pleasure of working with a particular Brave Supplicant who impressed us with their motivation and thoughtfulness. From what we could see, they were doing everything right in their quest for the MBA: Planning ahead, visiting schools, putting in the work on the GMAT, all of it. They were coming from […]

Etiquette for attending a school function

July 13, 2016 by EssaySnark 1 Comment

Every interaction with a school is an opportunity to impress. We’re in the middle of info sessions and MBA tours and all sorts of bschool recruiting and outreach so it might be a good time to cover some basics. Even though we used to advise differently, the world has changed, and these days, no, you […]