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($) When to update the adcom after they have your app

October 8, 2021 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

You got your app in. Yay! You did your best to report everything about your background thoroughly and accurately. Double yay! Now you wander back to that app to admire your amazing work and… you discover an error. OMG NO! Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   These things are near-impossible […]

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Filed Under: app dataset, retest strategy, work history Tagged With: getting fired

($) “Will they call my old boss to ask why I was fired?”

August 13, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

A lot of people have, shall we say, issues in their background that make them nervous when putting together their MBA applications. Maybe you left a job under unfortunate circumstances. Maybe you were put on academic probation for a semester. Maybe there’s a drunk driving incident on your record. Maybe your political beliefs are opposite […]

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Filed Under: app dataset, optional essay, work history Tagged With: getting fired

($) “We had a reorg after I submitted my app and they changed my job title. How do I handle it on my apps?”

November 2, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’ve done a lot of posts before on topics surrounding when (and if) to update the admissions committee after your MBA app has been submitted. Today let’s look at this one which is not uncommon in corporations all over. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   Most BSers won’t have to […]

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($) Updating the adcom on a job change

January 16, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

If you switch jobs in the midst of your process of applying to business school, do you need to tell the admissions office about it? We started this topic about updating the adcom about changes to your profile and status and this case is an important one to discuss more in-depth. If you change jobs, […]

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Filed Under: interviewing, switching jobs before applying, work history

($) In this competitive season… Warnings to the stereotypical finance-guy applicant

November 14, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You probably don’t consider yourself a stereotypical anything. But certain career paths in certain fields like finance and consulting tend to look an awful lot alike from one person to the next. Sure, maybe you switched from IB to PE two years after college. Used to be, that was a really big feat to pull […]

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No, you don’t need to work for a big company to get into a top school. But there is one advantage.

June 18, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

One of the very resilient myths out there in MBA Admissions Land is that you need to work for some big-brand famous-name company in order to get into Whanvard. We’ve covered such myths many times before: 3 Myths about MBA Admissions *Really* debunking the “big-name company” myth And this alternate take: 5 Myths about MBA […]

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