…should you be panicking yet if you haven’t been invited to interview??? Well, if you LIKE panicking — if it’s something you ENJOY — then go to town! But we advise against it! There really isn’t any reason for panicking just yet. Yes a lot of schools are issuing interview invites, and yes if […]
Continue reading...What if you don’t get in? Planning your Plan B.
Today we’re posting a series of links to articles that we have collected over the years, to help you learn about learning, understand your understanding, and deepen your ability to gain insight into yourself — insights that you can use in practical ways. One of those very practical ways is figuring out what to do […]
Continue reading...There is ALWAYS a spot for you somewhere.
We know that lots of Brave Supplicants have been getting some disappointing news recently. We want to offer you a dose of reality today. The good kind. The truth is, if you don’t give up, and you readjust your strategy, and you possibly look at the targets you’re aiming for, you are pretty much guaranteed […]
Continue reading...Rd 1 decisions are starting to come out and IT IS SO EXCITING!
The holidays are fine and all but it’s DECISION SEASON!! The happiest time of year!!!!!!! For those who have begun to get the phone calls that you’ve been waiting for for months… CONGRATULATIONS!! We’ve been hearing of admissions successes already starting to come in, and it makes all of us in Snarkville so proud. If […]
Continue reading...This post is for everyone who INTENDED to do Round 1…
We had a snarky blurb of a post up since Friday and we figured, hey, no need to be snarky! Because we know a lot of you are not quite where you wanted to be. Did you not manage to submit the apps you had planned to for Round 1? (Round 1 totally isn’t over, […]
Continue reading...What do you do?
Say you’re walking down the hall at your office, on your way to a meeting. Maybe you’re running a tiny bit late, and you’re juggling an armful of file folders and notepads, with your coffee in the other hand hoping not to spill. You turn the corner and there in the middle of the carpet […]
Continue reading...Black History Month
Posting about Black History Month on the first day of February feels a bit performative. It’s what the big corporations do. It’s when most universities send out their marketing emails themed around their alumni of color. Posting on the last day of February isn’t any better, but we did want to recognize Black History Month […]
Continue reading...This might be where that sucky situation starts to materialize for some of you… :-(
If you’ve been following the blahg since the summer, you may recall a post we wrote titled One of the most under-recognized challenges in the entire process of applying to business school. Well, now is where that under-recognized challenge may be starting to pop into your awareness. Hopefully not!!!! But for some people, yeah, this […]
Continue reading...Do you work best under deadline?
This is for the procrastinators among you. The ones who claim that working under pressure is a good thing. Who believe that their best work comes when they’re faced with an immovable deadline. Our question to you today is: Really??? Let’s look at some evidence, shall we? Here’s what we shall offer: If you know […]
Continue reading...Another quick authenticity post
This was probably funnier pre-pandemic but whatever. As a follow-up to the discussion we offered last week, that you as an applicant is not the same as you as a person, today we’ll provide this: The connections may not be obvious to everyone… Admittedly, this could be a stretch, and not immediately make sense as […]
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