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($) Pros and cons of a part-time MBA

February 25, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Welp this was supposed to go live on Friday. Ooops. We reported last week how Chicago Booth assured a prospective applicant to their Weekends MBA program that recruiters see a part-time MBA the same as a full-time program, and we promised further discussion. If you have comments or questions to ask about part-time vs full-time […]

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Filed Under: part-time MBA Tagged With: ROI

Dang this sh!t’s expensive!

June 8, 2018 by EssaySnark - Discusses Columbia, UCLA Anderson, Dartmouth Tuck Leave a Comment

Tuition & Expenses - Columbia Class of 2020

The estimated first-year costs for a Columbia MBA have risen by over $40,000 in under ten years. That’s just for the first year of your MBA, which for this year’s entering class, is expected to set them back a cool $111,000 . JUST FOR THE FIRST YEAR. That’s a 50% increase from 2007, where the […]

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Filed Under: tuition Tagged With: ROI Bschools: Columbia, UCLA Anderson, Dartmouth Tuck

($) ROI and the MBA

October 23, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

The MBA is a very expensive degree. Hopefully you’re aware of that already. The schools publish numbers on their sites about tuition and estimated costs, yet many applicants neglect to read those pages until after they’ve been admitted and are faced with the prospect of plunking down a deposit and looking at how they’re going […]

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Filed Under: tuition, values Tagged With: alumni network, rankings, ROI

How valuable is that MBA?

March 15, 2017 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

There are plenty of ways to evaluate ROI on an MBA, the most obvious being to look at your potential post-MBA salary compared to where you’re at now. There are plenty of intangibles associated with graduate business education too of course. The GMAC researchers put out a survey of bschool alumni every year to try […]

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Filed Under: online MBA Tagged With: ROI

($) “Is my school f-cked?”

May 3, 2016 by EssaySnark

If you’re just joining us, then you may not know the tight focus of the EssaySnark blahg: We concern ourselves (obsessively so, some may say) with the admissions policies and practices of the top MBA programs in America, and to a lesser degree, those in Europe. “What,” you may wonder, “is defined as a ‘top...


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Filed Under: the admissions consulting industry, tuition Tagged With: rankings, ROI

An early conversation you need to have with yourself.

July 3, 2015 by EssaySnark 1 Comment

EssaySnark does not condone talking to yourself. People look at you weird when you do. (Not like we have any experience with that or anything.) Today however, even though it’s a long holiday here in the U.S., we thought we’d put up a post with a recommendation to do exactly that. Whether or not you’re […]

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Filed Under: tuition Tagged With: ROI

A Tale of Two Bschools

October 12, 2012 by EssaySnark - Discusses Penn State Smeal, Wharton Leave a Comment

Recently we’ve been talking about is the MBA worth it —  the whole  “is there a bubble?” thing is the perennial topic. It’s fun to bash the MBA when people like George Bush and Mitt Romney and Jon Corzine and Raj Rajaratam have them and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and Richard Branson did/do not. […]

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Filed Under: lower-ranked schools, tuition Tagged With: ROI Bschools: Penn State Smeal, Wharton

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    The 2020 Berkeley-Haas MBA Application Guide - updated for the Class of 2023 application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Berkeley Haas - refreshed and updated, with brainstorming exercises and structured maps to help you focus your stories!
   
    The 2020-2021 NYU Stern MBA Application Guide that covers the main essay, the EQ Endorsement and Pick Six!
SnarkStrategies Guide for NYU - discusses your requirements for the Class of 2023 essays!
   
    The 2020-2021 Columbia MBA Application Guide
SnarkStrategies Guide for Columbia Business School for 2020-2021 applications
   
    The 2020 Harvard MBA Application Guide - completely overhauled and updated for the coronavirus era!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Harvard Business School!
   
    The 2020-2021 Duke Essay Guide - covers the 25 Random Things essay and all the rest too!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Duke Fuqua - up to date for the current season!
   
    The 2020-2021 MIT Essay Guide covers the org chart, the contacts for two references, and additional tips for the cover letter and 'introduce yourself' video -- and everything else you need to know!
SnarkStrategies Guide for MIT Sloan MBA - totally revised for the Class of 2023!
   
    The 2020-2021 Tuck Essay Guide has been refreshed with latest insights and advice for your essays about "investing generously" and "why Tuck"!
SnarkStrategies Guide for the Dartmouth Tuck MBA - completely overhauled for 2020, to help you demonstrate how you are nice, aware, etc stuff!
   
    The Yale SOM MBA Application Guide for Class of 2023 candidates!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Yale SOM - updated for 2020-2021
   
    The 2020-2021 Chicago Booth MBA Application Guide - ready to go to support your Class of 2023 essay strategy!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Chicago Booth for this year's MBA app!
   
    The 2020 Wharton MBA Application Guide - even more advice on how to get to a win with those essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for The Wharton School - with new tips for 2020!
   
    The 2020 Kellogg Essay Guide - with a full methodology to identify your 'lasting impact' and your 'values' -- plus tips on 2020 world events and applicability to your essays!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Kellogg MBA - updated and revised for the new realities of 2020!    
      The 2020 Stanford MBA Application Guide - for "what matters most" in your MBA application!
SnarkStrategies Guide for Stanford GSB for the Class of 2023
   
    The 2020-2021 UCLA Anderson MBA Application Guide - updated for Class of 2023 on "impact"!
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