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($) How to get off the waitlist

December 10, 2018 by EssaySnark

Along with the many frothy and celebratory emails that EssaySnark gets around this time — beyond the ones wishing holiday cheer, we’re talking here about ones where our clients are reporting acceptances by their schools of choice — we also get a few that feel like they come loaded with bricks: “They put me on...


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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE, GPA and grades, waitlist/deferred decision Tagged With: low GMAT, low GPA

“What is a low GMAT?” the real answer

September 24, 2011 by EssaySnark

Another rare Saturday post, but what the heck. We know you LUUUUUV any excuse to not be writing your essays. You surfed on over to check us out (you procrastinator) so EssaySnark is obliging. Yesterday we had a post titled “What is a low GMAT?” But that post was actually semi-insulting to someone who actually...


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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE, low GMAT Tagged With: low GMAT

“What is a low GMAT?” (or, are you effing kidding?!?)

September 23, 2011 by EssaySnark - Discusses Stanford GSB

The title of this post should really be, AM I HOT OR NOT? Because that’s what he’s asking. Primpin’ and preenin’ in the mirror, and asking over his shoulder, “Does this 720 GMAT score make my butt look big?” In response to a Brave Supplicant’s query on our who-should-not-apply-in-Round-1 post, about his “friends” who are...


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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE, low GMAT Tagged With: low GMAT Bschools: Stanford GSB

Are you really OK with just "average"?

July 14, 2011 by EssaySnark - Discusses Chicago Booth Leave a Comment

This post is not meant to refute or debunk all the other advice we’ve offered before: If your GMAT score is within the 80% range of current students at your target school, you have a shot of getting an offer (based on all the other factors in your profile lining up). This is a true […]

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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE Tagged With: low GMAT Bschools: Chicago Booth

Looking for something to do with your long weekend? Apply to bschool!

May 27, 2011 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia Leave a Comment

Two pretty decent schools have deadlines for some pretty decent MBA programs coming up next week. On Wednesday, May 1st, applications for both Columbia (EMBA Friday/Saturday) and Duke (Fuqua Cross-Continent MBA) are due. Yes yes yes, we know that we’ve told you not to apply in the last round for a school. But these programs […]

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Filed Under: Executive MBA/EMBA, GMAT/GRE, GPA and grades Tagged With: low GMAT Bschools: Columbia

($) “Should I give a reason for a lower GMAT score in an essay?”

May 4, 2011 by EssaySnark

Some Brave Supplicant found our erstwhile blahg with that question, plugged into the trust ol’ Google machine. The short answer to this is: No. Or, maybe we’ll qualify it with the ever-unhelpful It depends.  The thing is, there really isn’t much of a “reason” you can offer for why you didn’t do well on the...


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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE, low GMAT, optional essay Tagged With: English as a second language, low GMAT, TOEFL

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