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($) One easy way to tell how bad you want this

November 12, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We have this thing called the Comprehensive Profile Review… Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.   There are likely to be many, many twists and turns for you in this process. Some people are “Harvard or Bust!” and that’s cool! Most others are trying to find their way, kicking the tires, […]

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Filed Under: low GMAT, selecting schools Tagged With: motivation, your life

Maybe it really is all in your head

May 17, 2021 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

From time to time, we like to offer ideas on related-but-not-directly topics like grit and perseverance and offered pointers to the growth mindset ideas from places like University of Pennsylvania and Stanford. Today we’ll give one more argument in favor of this line of thought — specifically, that the limitations you experience may or may […]

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We don’t publish sample essays for your own benefit, and now we have science to back that policy up

October 3, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: the admissions consulting industry, writing essays Tagged With: motivation

There is nothing wrong with you.

December 14, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: general snark Tagged With: authenticity, cheerleading, motivation

($) What if you don’t feel prepared for Round 2?

December 6, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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?

November 9, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: writing essays Tagged With: motivation

Leveraging the lessons of BSers Past

May 15, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: planning your strategy Tagged With: motivation

Quote of the Day

April 25, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

  “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to become extraordinary.” – Elon Musk

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Filed Under: general tips Tagged With: motivation

The power of positivity

March 22, 2018 by EssaySnark 3 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: general tips Tagged With: cheerleading, EQ or lack thereof, motivation, please don't do this

You made it! Now do this.

January 12, 2018 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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