By now you know all about how the schools have changed policies here at the end of the season. They’ve suddenly become super accommodating and applicant-friendly, practically falling all over each other trying to show how flexible they can be in letting you apply late. Even if you don’t have a GMAT or GRE score […]
Continue reading...What goes into the MBA rankings and why should you care?
Well shoot. We have literally been intending to talk about this for 1-1/2 years. We had posted a question for all y’all way back in November 2017, looking for input on why Duke was ranked at a certain spot on the BusinessWeek list of best business schools. We got just one response at the time […]
Continue reading...($) The BSer’s Dilemma: Deciding between two top MBA programs — what do to, what to do?
In case you missed it, we started this discussion of How to decide which U.S. business school to go to when you get multiple offers?? here. If you’re also in this wonderfully privileged yet oh-so-stressful position, today’s post is for you. First bit of advice: We have a treasure trove of posts on individual schools...
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“Rankings will not tell you what’s the best school for you.”
The first page of the Kellogg School MBA application has a very polished video that flashes images of the gorgeous new Global Hub building and plays one-second soundbites of students sharing the stress and anxiety (and self-reflection) that they experienced in their application. It’s easy to tune out and not really absorb any of it. […]
Continue reading...Choosing your schools based on rankings is the same as the schools making admits on GMAT score.
Any long-time reader of the EssaySnark blahg knows that we’re no fans of bschool rankings. Sure, they give you a starting point when you’re brand-new to this process, to understand which schools are considered “good” — but they hardly tell the whole picture. When we have a BSer come to us saying they’re interested only […]
Continue reading...The Three Types of MBA Applicants (with advice for international applicants this year)
We’re reblahgging this from last Fall ‘cuz, well, it’s relevant! 😀 And no, that does not mean this post is about YOU — we are not publishing this now in response to working with any particular BSer. It’s just an overall appropriate topic, ya know? What’s particularly useful is to read the comments that BSers […]
Continue reading...($) MBA Application Mistake #1: Not Researching Schools (and why we balk at the M7 thing)
When a starry-eyed wanna-be-bschool-student tells us that they are only interested in the M7, then we assume we’re in for some trouble. Using the “M7” designation is just another way to say “I care about brand and reputation more than anything.” We’re not exactly bschool insiders, but we’ve been around quite a bit – and...
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($) Is Harvard good for entrepreneurship?
Sure, if you want to pursue the most expensive way in the world to start a business. EssaySnark is just not a fan of using the MBA to launch a company. And we really don’t think Harvard is the best place to learn entrepreneurship specifically. They were fairly late to jump on the entrepreneurship bandwagon...
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Why we think rankings are stupid.
It’s because Harvard is stupid. There is no way that your Harvard education is that much better than what you will get at Tuck or at Duke or, heck, at Cornell. Rankings mess with your head. From the description of a book, aptly named Engines of Anxiety , that studied the effect of US News […]
Continue reading...Duke is #3 on the 2016 BusinessWeek rankings
We asked you to exercise some critical thinking skills recently. Why not turn those same skills to evaluating the MBA rankings? Here’s the 2016 BusinessWeek list. Duke #3. Why? The simplistic answer is that they scored at 90.5 which is higher than Booth and lower than Stanford. But WHY??? Is that the position you’d expect […]
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