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($) For HBS especially: Essays reveal so much.

January 6, 2023 by EssaySnark - Discusses Harvard Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Clouds. Marshmallows. Bunnies. Not essays.

December 30, 2022 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

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.     […]

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($) Stories and your MBA essay

December 12, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB, Harvard

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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Filed Under: writing essays Bschools: Stanford GSB, Harvard

($) How to make your essays more powerful. (With whiskey.)

December 7, 2022 by EssaySnark

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.

November 16, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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($) The most important technique you need to learn to write a good MBA admissions essay

November 3, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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, […]

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($) A big risk with your MBA essays (that’s a little tough to detect)

November 2, 2022 by EssaySnark - Discusses INSEAD, Berkeley Haas

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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Filed Under: writing essays Bschools: INSEAD, Berkeley Haas

($) 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

($) “I thought I was supposed to talk about the buzzwords.”

September 21, 2022 by EssaySnark

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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Filed Under: school fit, writing essays Tagged With: alumni network, authenticity

($) When you’re asked to identify a weakness

September 16, 2022 by EssaySnark

A perennial angle on many schools’ MBA essay questions is an angle asking about strengths and weaknesses. That typically comes up not as a direct question, but instead they ask you to present a challenging experience or your key leadership story or maybe your biggest failure and then discuss what you learned from it. Some...


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Filed Under: "achievement" essays, "failure" essays, interviewing, lessons learned, writing essays

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