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Making meaning out of a great leader

January 16, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Regardless of your nationality and where you grew up, we’re assuming that most of you have heard of The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo source: Smithsonian In the U.S., today is the day that we have designated as a national holiday to honor his legacy. Some states don’t recognize the holiday at all; […]

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Filed Under: leadership, values

($) Writing tip for authenticity: Handling memories accurately

September 27, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB, Yale SOM, Harvard Leave a Comment

excerpt from Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

You’ve probably heard that storytelling is an important part of writing good MBA essays, and you’ve also probably been stumped by what that even means. Pretty much the entirety of our writing tips and show, don’t tell posts here on the EssaySnark blahg is devoted to helping you build this skill, and it’s core to […]

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Filed Under: values, writing essays Tagged With: authenticity, please don't do this, storytelling Bschools: Stanford GSB, Yale SOM, Harvard

($) One of the most common answers to Stanford’s “What matters most?” question and why it’s so tricky

July 6, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB Leave a Comment

One of the most challenging essay questions of all time is Stanford’s prompt asking: “What matters most to you and why?” So simple! Such a straightforward question! And yet… so incredibly difficult to do well!! As we did last week, when we shared actual real-live feedback offered to a Harvard applicant struggling with how to […]

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Filed Under: values, writing essays Bschools: Stanford GSB

More on rankings (Columbia and undergrad)

July 5, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia Leave a Comment

Back in March, we shared with you how a professor at Columbia University had investigated the data reported by Columbia to U.S. News about undergraduate admissions. Here’s the original analysis by Dr. Michael Thaddeus , unsurprisingly a math professor there. After the school administrators got over their anger and embarrassment, they apparently did the right […]

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Filed Under: school reviews & insights, the admissions consulting industry, values Tagged With: rankings Bschools: Columbia

($) UCLA essay on “recent events”

December 3, 2021 by EssaySnark - Discusses UCLA Anderson Leave a Comment

For those of you considering applying to UCLA Anderson, we’ve got some ideas for the main essay that they are asking you to write about, which is this: How have recent events influenced the impact you would like to make in your community, career, or both? (250 words maximum) We welcome reflection on any events […]

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Filed Under: "personal interest/life experience" essays, values Bschools: UCLA Anderson

($) ROI and the MBA

September 30, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

This perhaps snarkier-than-standard post from several years back is worth reblahgging just as a way to maybe open things up in how you’re looking at the MBA and what you’re hoping to do with the next few years of your life. As with most everything here on the blahg, it’s heavy on the opinion, so […]

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Filed Under: tuition, values Tagged With: alumni network, rankings, ROI

($) Authenticity and values: Your most important guideposts.

June 25, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

When we talk about things like “authenticity” and “values” you may think we’re also talking about things like “branding and theme” — and we’re not really. Authenticity and values are part of who you are (or, ahem, hopefully not you but in some cases, are not) regardless of whether we’re talking MBA applications or friendships. […]

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Filed Under: planning your strategy, values

How to make decisions

June 16, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Today is one of those rando posts that we put up from time to time where we talk about life stuff. It’s all related to getting an MBA and maximizing opportunities, we promise. Keep reading and see if you agree.     Imagine you’re involved in this hobby. You’ve joined a local group of other […]

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($) What is your purpose in going to bschool?

April 15, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’ve been dealing with heavy topics this week. Let’s pick up the applying-to-bschool thread again more directly, yet in a way that still maintains that thread and overall theme of values. Whether you’ve already gotten in and are getting used to the idea of packing up your things and moving to a new city in […]

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($) One more post on culture

November 4, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

  There’s a trust deficit across America. It’s not going to be solved by voting in one person or another — but it would help to have a leader who models decency. The amount that Americans have simply accepted lying, cheating, and bullying is astounding. Yes there are multiple ways to view any event, however […]

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Filed Under: school fit, values

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