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Authenticity means sharing who you are.

May 24, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The adcoms want to get to know you as a person. The best way they’re able to do that is by seeing what you’ve done. Not just the accomplishments you’ve made in your life and career, but the things that you’ve done. So many times, BSers hit us up for a Comprehensive Profile Review, and […]

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($) What are “extracurriculars”?

August 10, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The word itself breaks down to “extra” meaning additional, and “curricular” meaning academics. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.       You may also be interested in: “What do you do for fun?” “I started this thing…”

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Filed Under: app dataset, branding and theme, volunteering Tagged With: extracurriculars

($) Is that entrepreneurial experience you had a job? Or an extracurricular activity?

June 20, 2019 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

Everybody is interested in entrepreneurship now, and many applicants have tried their hand at something entrepreneurial in the past. That’s especially true since the entrepreneurship emphasis has filtered through society into colleges, and many younger applicants are now trying for bschool after having had school-sanctioned venture-ish experiences while earning their bachelor’s. Or, maybe a buddy […]

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Volunteering and MBA applicants from the non-profit world

April 15, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

You’d think we’d gone on long enough about this. After all, we began discussing extracurriculars on the MBA application, like, weeks ago now. But there’s one more category of candidate that we should mention. We’ve mentioned before that an MBA applicant from the military need not have traditional volunteer activities on the resume in order […]

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($) Exploring the BSer’s claim: “I work too much to do any volunteering.”

March 28, 2019 by EssaySnark

We talked recently about profile-boosting and the relative importance (or lack thereof) of volunteering in the context of MBA apps. The gist of that post was, don’t expect any volunteer service you do now to have that much of an impact on your apps. However, some BSers seem to conveniently interpret that as, “Don’t bother...


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($) Breadth or depth?

August 9, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

When the schools say they do a “holistic review” then that means you need to look at your own application strategic, from a whole-person perspective. Every single asset in your application — the core stats (GMAT/GRE, GPA, TOEFL), the essays, especially the resume, and also importantly the letters of recommendation and even the oft-overlooked app […]

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Filed Under: profile assessments, resumes Tagged With: extracurriculars

($) “No extracurriculars after college” continued

February 14, 2018 by EssaySnark

Yesterday we posted a question from a Brave Supplicant who was worried about their lack of extracurriculars, and we stated that probably, they were overthinking things. If you didn’t read that original question, you probably should go back before continuing, so you get the full picture of what this BSer was asking about. Here’s our...


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Filed Under: recommendations, volunteering Tagged With: extracurriculars, myths

($) “Request for help: No extracurricular after college”

February 13, 2018 by EssaySnark

We’ve got another question to tackle today that was submitted way back. This particular BSer did pretty darned good in the application process and is guaranteed to be starting bschool in the fall; which one is still up in the air, as there are some apps still in play, but there are at least a...


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We respond to a question: Working during college

September 9, 2014 by EssaySnark 1 Comment

Got a query submitted through our Ask for Help system yesterday that went like this: Hi EssaySnark Hope all is going well, no doubt you are flat out. I recently revisited the Comprehensive Profile Review you did for me. I came across one comment where you noted that it would be good to highlight that […]

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Filed Under: general tips, optional essay Tagged With: extracurriculars

One more post on volunteering and MBA apps

April 11, 2014 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Several weeks ago, we did a series on volunteering – and we have another point or two to make today. As a refresher, to date we’ve written these posts: “Request for help: No extracurricular after college” “No extracurriculars after college” continued Exploring the BSer’s claim: “I work too much to have time for volunteering.” Extracurriculars […]

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Filed Under: general tips, volunteering Tagged With: extracurriculars

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