Reblahgging this from many eons ago as it’s a fave post of ours, and we need to be reminding some of y’all about the value of FOCUS in them thar MBA essays you’re trying to write! Fluffy white clouds. Soft fluffy marshmallows (yum!). Cute little fluffy bunny rabbits. MBA application essays. […]
Continue reading...($) Your conclusion must match your essay.
We wrote many moons ago on how to write a conclusion. We know that none of the BSers reading the blahg today were around when we first wrote that so we’re mentioning it today so you can take advantage of it. This advice is in the category of Essay Writing 101 but apparently most people...
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($) Concentrated messaging is usually more impactful.
This used to be a bigger issue when there were lots of essays for each school, but even in the modern era of slimmed-down apps, it can still happen. Sometimes you have this one theme that you want to convey and you end up repeating it in multiple places, either within one single essay, or...
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($) How to make your essays more powerful. (With whiskey.)
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We really just need to be reminding y’all: SHOW, DON’T TELL
This has been coming up A LOT on the essays we’ve been reading lately so we’ll just post it publicly for all BSers to hear: You need to be SHOWING the reader how stuff is true. Not TELLING them it is. Yeah we know. That advice just don’t make no sense. Until you sit with […]
Continue reading...($) When do you need to provide proof for what you are saying in your essays and apps?
Writing essays is hard, there’s just no two ways about it. Obviously you are writing about true things in your apps, but the “show, don’t tell” advice implies that simply saying what’s true isn’t enough, you have to provide some form of proof. Is this element of proof — or backup, or justification, or rationale […]
Continue reading...($) Taking a non-traditional approach to Stanford Essay B “Why Stanford?”
Those Stanford essays are HARD! Here’s some comments* that we offered to a BSer working through content strategies on Stanford Essay B, after they had tried a novel approach in their first draft (that really didn’t work, but was unique!), and then tried a more standard approach in their second draft (which also didn’t work, […]
Continue reading...($) Seeing “sample” essays will not help you be authentic.
We’re reblahgging this from sooooo long ago because hey, this stuff is useful! And important!! Today we’ll reiterate our policy on posting sample essays. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends.
Continue reading...($) Stuffing is for turkeys. Not MBA apps.
You know that whole “Less is more” advice? Yeah, it applies here. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. You may also be interested in: Clouds. Marshmallows. Bunnies. Not essays. Breathless bloat and gloat can backfire Reason #496 that an MBA essay can go off the rails
Continue reading...($) Your task is not to try to impress the bejeebus out of them.
Here’s some examples of the types of commentary we’ve offered to Brave Supplicants just like you in the past few weeks! (Modified to protect anonymity of course.) We figured, since we were repeating this so often to so many, that it would be worth publishing here as a caution for everyone. We’re reblahgging this in […]
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