Most of you who’ve been accepted to bschool this past season have likely already done this — but just in case! It’s always good to get reminders of the basics sometimes. If you got in to bschool — and even more so if you didn’t (eek!) — be sure to circle back and inform the […]
Continue reading...Public Service Message: Please decline the schools you won’t be attending.
With all the talk of waitlisters recently, we’ve neglected to mention one important point: Please be kind and decline. If you’ve been accepted to one or more MBA programs that you already know you won’t be attending, please formally decline those offers as soon as you possibly can. There are hoardes of other BSers out […]
Continue reading...Now is a great time for thank-yous!
Hopefully you’re celebrating with some big news of acceptances — at least one, and maybe multiple! We’ve been inundated with many happy emails and updates from excited Brave Supplicants who are headed to bschool in the fall, and we do hope that you also are in that position. In the rush of your big news […]
Continue reading...PSA: How to email
Our customer support folks at Team EssaySnark got this email recently: Today we’ll offer up some Curmudgeonly Old-Person Snark advice on how to email. “‘How to email’?!? C’mon EssaySnark, I’ve been emailing since I was born! I know how to email.” Ah, Grasshopper, but do you? Please go back to that email […]
Continue reading...How to completely impress your MBA interviewer
There’s one part of the MBA interviewing process that is so basic, and so easy, and so often overlooked. Will it turn a negative interview experience into a positive one? Will it absolutely guarantee that you’ll get in? Will it have any impact at all in this process for you? Unlikely. But it will let […]
Continue reading...What leadership is (not).
EssaySnark spends very little time on social media and we were reminded of why this is when we stirred up a hornet’s nest yesterday among, of all people, college professors. After seeing their responses to our tweet we are very happy that you Millennials are making your way through the workforce and will one day […]
Continue reading...If you get feedback from the adcom about your denied application
Most business schools do not give feedback to applicants on why they rejected their app. However, some cool schools do – and if you’re going to reapply there, we have some (seemingly basic but apparently not) advice for what to do with it. Today we’ll also mention what we always thought was obvious and standard, […]
Continue reading...A simple suggestion for all you Millennials making your way in the world.
Here’s where we are gonna sound like OldCrustySnark. Manners matter, people. This very well may be a sign ‘o the times, in this age of texting and tweeting and snapchatting and all other such abbreviated superinformal casual communications. And it may seem like a silly thing for us to be insisting on, considering the behavior […]
Continue reading...Etiquette for attending a school function
Every interaction with a school is an opportunity to impress. We’re in the middle of info sessions and MBA tours and all sorts of bschool recruiting and outreach so it might be a good time to cover some basics. Even though we used to advise differently, the world has changed, and these days, no, you […]
Continue reading...($) Request for a free profile review
You’ve seen ’em. On all the forums. Some intrepid wanna-be MBA applicant posts their profile and asks for people to tell them if they’ve got a chance. It goes something like this: ——————START REQUEST FOR FREE PROFILE REVIEW—————— My profile at a glance: GMAT : 740 Experience : 6 years GPA : 6.71/10 Current company: […]
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