Yesterday we talked about why we don’t publish sample admissions essays — and yet, we totally get why you’d want them! You haven’t written an essay in years!! For some of you, maybe you’ve NEVER written one! If you’re an international applicant coming from an educational system where mostly they use standardized testing as the […]
Continue reading...You are almost definitely not gonna wanna write essays this summer.
Most people really — REALLY — don’t like writing essays. But this year? Ugh. It’s gonna be tough, folks. EssaySnark is of course going to be right along with you, but we just wanted to have a little get-real talk with you right now. You’re sitting here in June. You’re feeling whatever level of anxiety, […]
Continue reading...Winter is coming! (aka, Oh wow, isn’t November a great time to write essays?!??)
Yeah yeah yeah, we know. We say this every year. We spent all of Springtime trying to convince you that, um, time passes quickly and this whole applying-to-bschool thing will take longer than you expect in our attempts to remind you that Round 1 was right around the corner. Here we are now, the very […]
Continue reading...($) “I’m not ready. Should I just push this stuff off till Round 2?”
We know some of you are seriously stressing out right now. You had every intention of making Round 1 happen, and yet Real Life conspired, and now you’re not where you had planned to be. Should you just plan to take advantage of Round 2 instead? This is a legit question!! And it completely depends […]
Continue reading...How to write an MBA essay.
Now that we’ve planted the seed, many of you are beginning to actually think about Round 2. And some of you will actually do more than think about it. Some of you have even gotten started (kinda sorta a little). Most people haven’t, though. What prevents many people from ever getting into bschool is that […]
Continue reading...Success Story! “EssaySnark was blowing it way out of proportion – this thing was gonna be easy!”
We had a number of these happy tales from former Brave Supplicants roll in after Round 2 and we’ve been scrambling to get them posted. BTW, a “former Brave Supplicant” is one who was successful! So, congrats to yet another one, this time from the military MBA contingent – though honestly, there’s nothing in here […]
Continue reading...Multitasking while studying – or writing essays – increases negative emotions
And it causes you to take longer to finish – and your work quality is lower. This excellent article from Annie Murphy Paul explains it: Why learning and multitasking don’t mix Here’s an excerpt that specifically caught our attention: “[T]he mental fatigue caused by repeatedly dropping and picking up a mental thread leads to more […]
Continue reading...Just for fun: A quick BSer’s poll
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Continue reading...Success Story! “Journey to Bschool” (the roundabout way!) – Part 1
EssaySnark was pleasantly surprised recently when we heard from a long-ago Brave Supplicant – like, someone we’d worked with two years ago – saying that they’d made it into bschool!!! It’s a more unusual story of the road they took to the MBA. We’re honored that they wrote up their experience for us to share […]
Continue reading...Deadlines are your friend
You do realize, don’t you, that a whole bunch of people have already been ACCEPTED to Columbia Business School? Or at least gotten their interview invites? Due to Columbia’s rolling process, they start looking at apps pretty much the same moment they put the application live – in May. They’ll move BSers all the way […]
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