Many of you are wrapping up your applications for Round 1 or will be doing so soon. Congratulations!!! Getting even one app done is a massive accomplishment. You probably didn’t appreciate how much work it would be when you started out! Everyone thinks the GMAT/GRE thing is a big deal — and it is. Once […]
Continue reading...($) More commentary on our EssaySnark Unranked list
If you tried last season and didn’t make it into a school like Tuck, you may have had a sad takeaway after seeing our recent list of rankings of the top MBA programs. It may have left you feeling bummed. “Like, what am I, chopped liver? I couldn’t even make it into the school near […]
Continue reading...Imposter Syndrome
It happens. The spike of adrenaline and rush of endorphines around getting an admit. The frantic phone calls to family, and high-fives around the office. All of that subsiding over the course of the next few days to a happy hum of contentment: YOU DID IT!!! You got into bschool! A top MBA program actually […]
Continue reading...If you applied in Round 2…
…should you be panicking yet if you haven’t been invited to interview??? Well, if you LIKE panicking — if it’s something you ENJOY — then go to town! But we advise against it! There really isn’t any reason for panicking just yet. Yes a lot of schools are issuing interview invites, and yes if […]
Continue reading...Figuring out how to get started
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 […]
Continue reading...Keep on truckin’!!!
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 […]
Continue reading...So what are you going to do about it?
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 […]
Continue reading...A secret about school. (Any school.)
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 […]
Continue reading...“Ack! Why can’t you just get on the phone and talk to me, EssaySnark!??”
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 […]
Continue reading...Prediction: What will cause you the most pain and suffering in the next six months?
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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