volunteering

($) The value of volunteering on an MBA app

June 15, 2021 by EssaySnark

We’re reblahgging this from the past because it has come up a few times in questions asked during our Comprehensive Profile Review service, so we figured it might be useful to talk about volunteering to all you all at once. There are quite a few myths flying about in the MBA Wanna-Be forums....

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($) The importance of volunteering in an MBA application (coronavirus edition)

May 13, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Those of you actively and consistently volunteering pre-pandemic probably aren’t doing so now. Or maybe you are, but the nature of the volunteer work is different. The most common type of volunteering we see among MBA applicants is mentoring, and most types of mentoring, that can be conducted via Zoom. If your mentoring was of […]

Volunteering and MBA applicants from the non-profit world

April 15, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You’d think we’d gone on long enough about this. After all, we began discussing extracurriculars on the MBA application, like, weeks ago now. But there’s one more category of candidate that we should mention. We’ve mentioned before that an MBA applicant from the military need not have traditional volunteer activities on the resume in order […]

($) Exploring the BSer’s claim: “I work too much to do any volunteering.”

March 28, 2019 by EssaySnark

We talked recently about profile-boosting and the relative importance (or lack thereof) of volunteering in the context of MBA apps. The gist of that post was, don’t expect any volunteer service you do now to have that much of an impact on your apps. However, some BSers seem to conveniently interpret that as, “Don’t bother...

($) “What can I do to improve my chances?” Volunteering edition

March 7, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We started this blahg series on “What can I do to improve my chances?” by answering with “Not much.” And then we proceeded to talk about things you could do! All on the GMAT front, but still, that stuff was “something”, not “nothing.” So in the mode of that “something” answer, we’ll continue: What can […]

($) “No extracurriculars after college” continued

February 14, 2018 by EssaySnark

Yesterday we posted a question from a Brave Supplicant who was worried about their lack of extracurriculars, and we stated that probably, they were overthinking things. If you didn’t read that original question, you probably should go back before continuing, so you get the full picture of what this BSer was asking about. Here’s our...

($) “Request for help: No extracurricular after college”

February 13, 2018 by EssaySnark

We’ve got another question to tackle today that was submitted way back. This particular BSer did pretty darned good in the application process and is guaranteed to be starting bschool in the fall; which one is still up in the air, as there are some apps still in play, but there are at least a...

($) Answering some questions on MBA app strategy!

November 28, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

EssaySnark sits in on a lot of MBA admissions chats (and hopefully you do too!!) and today we’re going to answer some questions that we saw candidates asking admissions peeps recently, but the admissions peeps didn’t get to their questions. Obviously this is EssaySnark’s take on the answers and not what the adcom said (since […]

Authenticity means sharing who you are.

May 3, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The adcoms want to get to know you as a person. The best way they’re able to do that is by seeing what you’ve done. Not just the accomplishments you’ve made in your life and career, but the things that you’ve done. So many times, BSers hit us up for a Comprehensive Profile Review, and […]

Totally and completely random EssaySnark pet peeve

November 8, 2016 by EssaySnark 4 Comments

OK so, if you’ve been coming around here any length of time, you know that some stuff bothers us. Like, overfocusing on brand and ranking when you’re choosing the bschools you want to apply to. Like, neglecting good manners and not saying ‘thank you’ when someone does you a kindness. Like, ohdunno like several dozen […]