Regardless of how far along you are right now and if you’ve felt the suffering involved with the many steps of applying, be it GMAT or GRE, or looking through painful evidence of poor academics in the form of those college transcripts, or thinking through who you’re going to approach for the difficult task of […]
Continue reading...Success Story: A former BSer shares the experience of applying — and getting in!
Here’s the final installment of the amazing MBA application experience recap that we got from a BSer we worked with last season! Part 1 included the hardest part of the process, and Part 2 went into the approach taken from school research, to prioritizing targets, to which rounds. Today is the grand finale of WHICH […]
Continue reading...More experiences from a Round 1 admit!
We recently shared with all of you some reflections from a Brave Supplicant that we worked with last season (part 1 here in case you missed it). Today we’ll give you the rest of what this Success Story from the Class of 2022 MBA admissions season has offered — which we imagine should be quite […]
Continue reading...Advice from a Success Story! Experiences from a Round 1 admit
Back when the world was normal last Fall, we worked with a super-impressive Brave Supplicant, and said this to them in December when they told us about their admits to multiple Great Schools: Congrats! It must be a pretty great feeling!!! And if you’re now feeling like you have too much time on your hands… You […]
Continue reading...Success Story! To round out the year and the decade on the happiest of notes
We have the great privilege of working with some truly amazing clients. This email came in many moons ago and we thought today might be a nice time to post it (with permission!). You don’t even have to read that closely to see some real goodness in terms of application advice that is relevant to […]
Continue reading...Success Story! That tells you about the hardest part of the process!
November 25, 2019: Some of you have been a little anxious lately – and a few have been outright discouraged based on how Round 1 has unfolded for you. So we thought we’d resurrect this Success Story post from the ‘snarchives to share with all of you today. This is a first-hand account from a […]
Continue reading...EssaySnark’s admittedly self-serving posting of comments from a former BSer
Sometimes, it takes longer than you like to get where you want to go. But if you don’t give up… Last October (2018), we received this update from a BSer who first wandered into Snarkville in early 2017. They had unfortunately only found us after having tried unsuccessfully the previous season, so they were working […]
Continue reading...The value of the Sanity Check
EssaySnark offers a helpful service called the Sanity Check Pre-Submit Evaluation. Just as it sounds, this allows you to get an unbiased opinion on whether your MBA application is truly ready to go — we look at it from the perspective of the adcom and give you our opinion on your chances of getting an […]
Continue reading...Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 3)
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 […]
Continue reading...Success Story! A post-MBA retrospective (part 2)
Let’s continue what we started on Friday! Here’s a Q&A from EssaySnark to a long-ago Brave Supplicant who’s now made it all the way through the process, completed his MBA, and been spit out the other side. Catch up on Part 1 if you missed it, and here is Part 2! ## **EssaySnark:** How […]
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