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What if you don’t get in? Planning your Plan B.

January 13, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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You. Are. Amazing.

January 11, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

America is in a shambles but EssaySnark wants to put the focus on YOU. No matter what happens from here: You have done something incredible. If you got any applications submitted this season, you are a success story. Honestly. We’re not just blowing smoke. You went through A LOT in 2020. No matter who you […]

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If you’re willing to blur the lines… where does it end?

December 22, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Say you fudged a number here or there. Like, maybe you earned a $50,000 bonus one year, but someone told you that it’s possible to look like you make too much money to get into bschool, so you reported it on your app as a $20,000 bonus instead. Or maybe you heard that the schools […]

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Rd 1 decisions are starting to come out and IT IS SO EXCITING!

December 3, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Accommodations

November 5, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Strange times indeed. We have a number of active clients who have been working on their MBA applications with us — or shall we say, not so much working, because if you’re anything like EssaySnark, the ability to concentrate has been fairly significantly impaired due to all of the stressors that are hitting right now. […]

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There’s so much coming at all of us right now

October 1, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Honestly we’re sensing that maybe you could use a break right about now? You’ve put in some truly great work the past few months. We know, because we’ve seen it!! We’ve been reading essays and looking at resumes and checking out all the strategies you’ve been putting together to try to make it into a […]

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Keep on truckin’!!!

September 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

One thing is likely true for you: You have probably lost track of what day it is. That whole “first of September” thing that you had on your calendar, when you planned to have most of your apps already done? Yeah, that date came and went quickly didn’t it? We’re now already at September the […]

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($) Should we really have to point this out?

August 20, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We try to make it clear around here that we don’t edit essays (and we don’t think you should have them edited either). We don’t tell you what to write. We do critiquing and give massive amounts of feedback. We provide coaching and offer gobs of best practices on how to do this thing you’re […]

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Trying to walk the talk

July 2, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Yale SOM new faculty joining in 2020

For as long as we’ve been the Snarkiest Snarker of MBA Essays, we’ve had a program providing support to military candidates trying for business school. We see honor in choosing to serve the country, and we respect that choice, and have wanted to offer resources to a segment of the applicant population that was considered […]

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So what are you going to do about it?

May 29, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Probably the hardest part of all of this coronavirus stuff is the massive uncertainty. (Unless you have experienced the loss of a family member personally, in which case, the hardest part is absolutely what you are going through, and EssaySnark is very, very sad for that.) We’re doing our best to offer straightforward fact-based analysis […]

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    The 2020 Berkeley-Haas MBA Application Guide - updated for the Class of 2023 application!
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    The 2020-2021 NYU Stern MBA Application Guide that covers the main essay, the EQ Endorsement and Pick Six!
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    The 2020 Harvard MBA Application Guide - completely overhauled and updated for the coronavirus era!
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    The 2020-2021 Duke Essay Guide - covers the 25 Random Things essay and all the rest too!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Duke Fuqua - up to date for the current season!
   
    The 2020-2021 MIT Essay Guide covers the org chart, the contacts for two references, and additional tips for the cover letter and 'introduce yourself' video -- and everything else you need to know!
SnarkStrategies Guide for MIT Sloan MBA - totally revised for the Class of 2023!
   
    The 2020-2021 Tuck Essay Guide has been refreshed with latest insights and advice for your essays about "investing generously" and "why Tuck"!
SnarkStrategies Guide for the Dartmouth Tuck MBA - completely overhauled for 2020, to help you demonstrate how you are nice, aware, etc stuff!
   
    The Yale SOM MBA Application Guide for Class of 2023 candidates!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Yale SOM - updated for 2020-2021
   
    The 2020-2021 Chicago Booth MBA Application Guide - ready to go to support your Class of 2023 essay strategy!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Chicago Booth for this year's MBA app!
   
    The 2020 Wharton MBA Application Guide - even more advice on how to get to a win with those essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for The Wharton School - with new tips for 2020!
   
    The 2020 Kellogg Essay Guide - with a full methodology to identify your 'lasting impact' and your 'values' -- plus tips on 2020 world events and applicability to your essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Kellogg MBA - updated and revised for the new realities of 2020!    
      The 2020 Stanford MBA Application Guide - for "what matters most" in your MBA application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Stanford GSB for the Class of 2023
   
    The 2020-2021 UCLA Anderson MBA Application Guide - updated for Class of 2023 on "impact"!
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