We’re reblahgging this because a fairly recent NY Times article, How to Spot and Overcome Your Hidden Weaknesses , mentioned the Dunning-Kruger effect and reminded us of the importance of this stuff on learning to write essays! Whenever anybody sends in material for review by EssaySnark, we know that they think that it’s […]
Continue reading...($) For HBS especially: Essays reveal so much.
That may seem like an exceptionally obvious thing to say but bear with us on this. This is basically a continuation of this post we offered earlier this season: Essays are not a writing test, they’re a thinking test. Here’s something to ponder: Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. We […]
Continue reading...Clouds. Marshmallows. Bunnies. Not essays.
Reblahgging this from many eons ago as it’s a fave post of ours, and we need to be reminding some of y’all about the value of FOCUS in them thar MBA essays you’re trying to write! Fluffy white clouds. Soft fluffy marshmallows (yum!). Cute little fluffy bunny rabbits. MBA application essays. […]
Continue reading...($) Stories and your MBA essay
Going back into the ‘snarchives for this one, we’ll remind everyone that telling a story in your Harvard essay is a very smart way to go. A story (or two stories, or X stories) offered as a way to demonstrate your answer to the question they’ve asked you is absolutely ideal, as a means by...
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($) How to make your essays more powerful. (With whiskey.)
Writing MBA essays is not easy. Not only do you have to figure out what the question is even asking – like, what do they even mean when they say “Why Stanford?”??? – but then you have to sort through all the possible ways you might answer that, and come up with the best examples...
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Essays are not a writing test. They’re a thinking test.
So much can be learned from an essay. You may think it’s just a mechanical exercise that you have to get through, but honestly, an astute reader can glean so much about you from reading a simple essay. Not only does presentation and professionalism matter, but what you say – and what you DON’T say […]
Continue reading...($) The most important technique you need to learn to write a good MBA admissions essay
What we’re going to cover today is what we cover over and over again on this here snarkolicious blahg – and it’s one of the slipperiest techniques to master. It’s also perhaps the most sophisticated, and while we cannot say that if you write your essays using this technique, that you’re guaranteed to be accepted, […]
Continue reading...($) A big risk with your MBA essays (that’s a little tough to detect)
Ah, joy. The process of writing your essays for your MBA apps. There are simply so many ways for it to go sideways. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. Continue reading......
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($) Writing tip for authenticity: Handling memories accurately
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 […]
Continue reading...($) “I thought I was supposed to talk about the buzzwords.”
The thing with buzzwords is that when you’re using them in your own essay, you may lose sight of the fact that they’re buzzwords. And, it seems like you’re SUPPOSED to be using them! Why else would the schools be talking about all these things so much? Here’s a question we got on this from...
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