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Figuring out how to get started

November 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Yesterday we talked about why we don’t publish sample admissions essays — and yet, we totally get why you’d want them! You haven’t written an essay in years!! For some of you, maybe you’ve NEVER written one! If you’re an international applicant coming from an educational system where mostly they use standardized testing as the […]

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Filed Under: writing essays Tagged With: cheerleading, procrastination

Keep on truckin’!!!

September 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

One thing is likely true for you: You have probably lost track of what day it is. That whole “first of September” thing that you had on your calendar, when you planned to have most of your apps already done? Yeah, that date came and went quickly didn’t it? We’re now already at September the […]

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So what are you going to do about it?

May 29, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Probably the hardest part of all of this coronavirus stuff is the massive uncertainty. (Unless you have experienced the loss of a family member personally, in which case, the hardest part is absolutely what you are going through, and EssaySnark is very, very sad for that.) We’re doing our best to offer straightforward fact-based analysis […]

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Filed Under: coronavirus, general snark Tagged With: cheerleading, your life

A secret about school. (Any school.)

November 22, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You say you want an MBA, and we believe you. But do you want an education? Do you even know what they’ll teach you in the hallowed halls of Columbia or Kellogg or Cornell or whatever school you end up at? You’ve read through the website enough to plug the name of a class into […]

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“Ack! Why can’t you just get on the phone and talk to me, EssaySnark!??”

November 12, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We don’t do free pre-sales consultations. We’re not interested in blowing smoke up your patootey about how awesome you are and yes you’re going to make it into Harvard just fine, don’t worry about that GMAT score.* Heck, even after signing up for our MBA admissions consulting services, we don’t even get on the phone […]

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Prediction: What will cause you the most pain and suffering in the next six months?

July 5, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

EssaySnark don’t know you. Who is EssaySnark to say? Ahh, au contraire, little buttercup, EssaySnark DOES know you. EssaySnark knows your heart. EssaySnark knows who you are. And EssaySnark knows that what will cause you the most pain in the next six months’ time comes down to one thing:             […]

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Filed Under: general tips Tagged With: cheerleading, predictions

How to improve yourself

June 7, 2019 by EssaySnark 4 Comments

It’s so easy to let things slide. One way to make sure that you advance yourself every year and get better and better as a person, and closer to your own specific goals, is to place a priority on those actions every week. If there’s something very important to you, that keeps getting pushed off […]

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The shame of a low GMAT score

April 26, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We want to talk about something here today that we’re guilty of contributing to — inadvertently, yes, but we’ve done it. It’s the shame that many BSers feel about their performance on the MBA admissions test. We see this in the opposite manifestation: When someone has done well on the GMAT, they’re quick to volunteer […]

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Filed Under: general snark, GMAT/GRE, low GMAT Tagged With: cheerleading

The dejection of rejection

March 21, 2019 by EssaySnark 3 Comments

Amidst all the high-fives and congratulations flying around lately, there have also been some very sad Brave Supplicants. If you haven’t made it into bschool this round, you’re probably feeling pretty darned bad about things. You’re probably beating yourself up. Feeling plenty of regret. Replaying the sequence of events and kicking yourself over one thing […]

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There is nothing wrong with you.

December 14, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You do not need to be fixed. You definitely do not need to be packaged or branded. You don’t need to be spun, or promoted, or polished up to a shine. (OK, maybe you need a shower, but…) The problem with this process of applying to business school is that it sends the signal that […]

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Filed Under: general snark Tagged With: authenticity, cheerleading, motivation

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