We touched on this a tiny bit in yesterday’s post about word limits and figured it was worth speaking of further. It would really suck if you’re still getting your application done at 11:15pm when the deadline is at midnight and you only then discover that the school has a hard cut-off on their field […]
Continue reading...($) Should you contact admissions about a bad interviewer?
Your MBA admissions interview was awful. It was not just bad; it was horrible. The reason? BECAUSE YOUR INTERVIEWER WAS LOUSY. What do you do????? Before deciding to complain about an MBA interview experience, make sure to evaluate as much as you possibly can from the other side of the table. You need to get...
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($) Breathless bloat and gloat can backfire.
This is most frequently an issue with the older MBA applicant though we see it across the board. You’ve been involved in some high-profile projects. You have a sense that the adcoms want to hear about “impact.” You combine those two into an essay that talks about how “we helped millions of people by launching...
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A reminder that we’re trying to help
Last year we did a Post-Mortem Reject Analysis for someone after Round 1 decisions did not go as expected. This person was a reapplicant; they had tried the year before, and then the reapp was also rejected. Here’s part of what we said after some back-and-forth questions once they got our assessment and were questioning […]
Continue reading...News from the Trenches! A former BSer sends a first-term report with astute observations on NYU Stern
Just in case you were starting to wonder why you put in all this effort only to have to sit on your hands for what seems an interminable amount of time while the schools figure out if they even want to meet you to interview… Today we have a fun update to share! This person […]
Continue reading...($) Cleaning up the vibe (cont’d)
To continue the “What can I do now?” conversation, we’ve got more to say on the social media front. If you don’t have anything negative to push down to the second page of search results, then you can turn your attention straightaway to the actual content. Do you have a strategy for what you are...
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For reading and reflection
Since all of you now have your Rd 2 apps done if not nearly done, and while we still have your attention here on the blahg, before you go, we wanted to offer you a few links to worthwhile articles that we think would be valuable to spend time with. We frequently lament the attitude […]
Continue reading...The best way to convey your readiness for bschool
OK that title is misleading – there’s not one “best way” to convey readiness. Readiness needs to come through in many facets of your application – definitely through the stories you present in your essays, but also in the progression of your career as reflected on the resume, and the individual bullets on the resume […]
Continue reading...The power of positivity
EssaySnark doesn’t want to get all metasophical on you or anything (yes that’s a word, we just made it up) but… We have this one client. He tried to get in last year. He started too late, and he got bad advice, and he submitted some really lousy apps. And of course he targeted the […]
Continue reading...Some perspective on receiving feedback.
When ANYBODY gets feedback about ANYTHING that they care about, it’s personal. It’s just how the human brain is wired. Or maybe more precisely, the reptilian part of your human brain. Your amygdala, to be exact. That’s the part of the brain that deals with emotions, and that’s what’s triggered when we hear feedback, and […]
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