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Figuring out how to get started

November 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: writing essays Tagged With: cheerleading, procrastination

You are almost definitely not gonna wanna write essays this summer.

June 26, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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, […]

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Winter is coming! (aka, Oh wow, isn’t November a great time to write essays?!??)

November 1, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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($) “I’m not ready. Should I just push this stuff off till Round 2?”

September 5, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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How to write an MBA essay.

November 5, 2018 by EssaySnark 3 Comments

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 […]

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Success Story! “EssaySnark was blowing it way out of proportion – this thing was gonna be easy!”

May 15, 2015 by EssaySnark - Discusses Darden, USC Marshall 2 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: GMAT/GRE, interviewing, Success Stories Tagged With: procrastination Bschools: Darden, USC Marshall

Multitasking while studying – or writing essays – increases negative emotions

December 11, 2014 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Just for fun: A quick BSer’s poll

September 11, 2014 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

(Click on the title to see the fun part!)

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Success Story! “Journey to Bschool” (the roundabout way!) – Part 1

December 13, 2013 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Deadlines are your friend

September 2, 2013 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

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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