UPDATE: And then of course we have the tragic news this morning of another shooting in the U.S., this time on the campus of the University of Virginia… ——————- In the long-ago past here on the blahg, we routinely cautioned candidates to be careful of overdisclosing personal information in their MBA applications. This was a […]
Continue reading...($) “Should I write about this horrible personal experience in my essays for business school?”
To continue the subject we started yesterday about disclosing personal stuff in MBA essays, but today on a different aspect: The difficult life event. If you’re coming from the military and have been deployed to combat, then it’s likely you have seen some awful things. Many people are currently dealing with the absolute tragedy of […]
Continue reading...($) “Should I write about my ADHD in my essays for business school?”
More and more, the schools are asking their applicants to get personal in the topics they choose for their MBA essays. We previously talked about aspects of your identity such as being Republican or Democrat, or religion, or being vegan, or a meat-eater so you can start with that post, especially if you’re trying to […]
Continue reading...($) essay critique: Stanford “What matters most and why?”
Here’s what was submitted back in November for consideration for free review on the blahg: Difficult phases – they may seem capable of destroying you but, through personal experiences, I have learnt that trialing periods and weaknesses present an opportunity to learn, and become a better version of myself. Thus, turning life’s lemons into sweet...
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($) Depression and bschool
Several months ago, we saw an article in the WSJ about college kids asking for leniency from their professors in completing assignments, taking tests, and even attending class due to depression and other mental health issues. We’ve had clients tell us before about their struggles with depression and how it factored into their low GPA...
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Random BSers’ free profile reviews
This post is likely to get us in trouble — ‘cuz we’re betting there’s a bunch of you out there who didn’t even know we do free profile reviews. We actually do – at a very high level, brushing across the surface of a few more obvious issues that we may see from what someone...
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TMI or not TMI? More on evaluating the personal stuff
EssaySnark recently covered some basics on what’s legit to include versus what’s TMI. Here’s something else to consider: If it’s an incident from a long time ago and all you did was grow up (meaning, you didn’t do anything to change the circumstances), you probably shouldn’t bother telling the adcom about it. This is what...
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TMI: When is it really “too much”?
EssaySnark got a question via email recently: I know one of your biggest pet peeves is “TMI” and I was wondering if you could make a post on where you draw the line at too much info? Personally, I’d like to write an essay on financial difficulties in college but want to make sure I […]
Continue reading...“Personal Interest” essays
In response to yesterday’s post about the “background/personal interest” essay, some Brave Supplicant asked, “EssaySnark! Is it really that bad? What do people normally write? How do they usually answer this question? And if we’re not supposed to talk about our life story, what do we write?” You can write this essay without giving us...
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