We have never published sample essays on the blahg. We also encourage you not to read others’ essays even if they make them available to you. As we have cautioned umpteen times before, reading other people’s essays will not make it any easier for you to write yours. And, there’s never any guarantee that someone […]
Continue reading...There is nothing wrong with you.
You do not need to be fixed. You definitely do not need to be packaged or branded. You don’t need to be spun, or promoted, or polished up to a shine. (OK, maybe you need a shower, but…) The problem with this process of applying to business school is that it sends the signal that […]
Continue reading...($) What if you don’t feel prepared for Round 2?
The advice we give to many BSers as Round 1 is breathing down their necks is: If you know you can do better on your applications, then don’t rush them. Don’t submit crap apps in Round 1 just to get them submitted. That advice came with a big caveat, though. It was predicated on the...
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($) What do you do if you HATE writing essays?
Writing essays. There are more than a few out there who absolutely dread this process. Either you’ve tried to do it before, such as last year or in Round 1 with a prior set of apps, and you failed, and you cannot stomach the fact of going through all of that again. Or you just...
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Leveraging the lessons of BSers Past
Here’s what we know: ALL of the Brave Supplicants we worked with last year in Round 1 got into a top choice MBA program who: 1. Started early 2. Worked diligently Many of them got into more than one!! Here’s what else we know: MANY of the BSers from Round 1 got in […]
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“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to become extraordinary.” – Elon Musk
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...You made it! Now do this.
Just after Round 1 deadlines passed last Fall, we published a series of posts about “What do you do next??” that talked about leveraging all the energy and momentum that you’ve built up. If you missed those before, a few might be worth reading now: Ideas to tackle now Will you sprint or stumble towards […]
Continue reading...($) More ideas to tackle now!
aka, How to spend your time and focus your efforts in this between-round period! aka, How to create a life worth living!!! We covered the important next steps for moving from Round 1 to Round 2 yesterday. Today we’re offering some additional ideas on how to leverage your newfound-motivation to make it a permanent part...
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So whaddya do NOW??!?
For many of you, Round 1 apps are done. Essays have been written, recommendations gathered, after-submit video questions completed. You’re looking around and you’re wondering, “What next?” You’ve been so busy for so many months (errr, so many weeks for some of you) that you had this massively overloaded to-do list and all this excess […]
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