In case you haven’t been tracking latest developments in tech and society, there’s this AI that now can produce pretty good writing, just by feeding it a prompt. It’s called ChatGPT and available at https://chat.openai.com/ . If this truly is brand-new news for you and you’ve not heard of it before, then here’s a description […]
Continue reading...($) How do you talk about “the network” in your MBA essay?
Everybody does it. “I want to go to School X because of the network.” But is that something that’s really true for you, in the actual meaning of the word? Is it just another buzzword you’re including because you think that’s how you’re supposed to be writing in these essays? Premium content starts here… If […]
Continue reading...($) Case, case study, and case method
Many applicants to Harvard especially will be using these terms in their essays this year. Case Case study Case method Many of them will be using them wrong. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. The 2022 Harvard MBA Application Guide for the Class of 2025!
Continue reading...We are in mourning
Too many guns Too many deaths Too much hatred Too much apathy Too much Too much Too much What is wrong with America Oh yeah
Continue reading...No, EssaySnark is not on reddit (much).
So you can be assured that we’re not responsible for this — but this reddit post definitely cracked us up! We highly doubt this essay earned an “F” – that looks like it was added later (doesn’t it seem like a different color of red ink?). But who knows?!?? The professor was clearly dismayed at […]
Continue reading...Radcom of the Year 2021
It’s that time of the year again: It’s our annual Radcom Awards! “What are the Radcom Awards?” you say? But of course, the Radcom Awards are where EssaySnark recognizes the radness of a specific school’s adcom! We’ve tried to give recognition to great admissions teams even from the very beginning of […]
Continue reading...Gnats, typos, and other pesky things
This is an assortment of the funny/not-funny typos in MBA applications that have come across our desk in the recent past — funny because of what they are, not funny if they make it into an actual application! (in an international applicant’s essay): “I spent one year as an exchange student in a blue collard […]
Continue reading...How to receive feedback
Different work environments, and individual managerial styles from different managers, totally impact the experience of receiving feedback. The other determinant of the experience is how you are able to handle the very difficult experience of being told you’ve messed something up. Obviously there’s all sorts of levels and qualities of “feedback” from the innocuous “Attaboy! […]
Continue reading...Black Friday Sale!
Update: Snarky Sale is over – have fun with the rest of your Black Friday shopping everyone!! Starting at 7:00 AM Eastern time today, you can get our most valuable service, the Essay Decimator essay review (Standard or the one for Harvard), at a $150 discount! That’s additional $150 off our already […]
Continue reading...($) Identifying your priorities: What matters most to you in an MBA program?
This casual beginning-of-summer season is alluring, and deceiving. She’s a seductive mistress. She’s wooing you with these dreams of a fancy MBA and it all seems so easy, that it’ll fall into place no problem. You’re planning on submitting apps in Round 1 and sitting here right now, you have all the time in the […]
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