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($) “I got this incredible new job offer. If I take it, what impact will it have on my future MBA apps?”

May 12, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We got a follow-up question recently that we decided to discuss here for all of you. This question came in a few months after delivering a Comprehensive Profile Review to a new Brave Supplicant who was just starting to kick the tires on the possibility of a future MBA app. This person had used the […]

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Filed Under: profile assessments, switching jobs before applying Tagged With: your life

($) “Oh no! What now?” part 3

February 28, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We’ve been offering some advice for those who’re looking ahead past the current admissions season and thinking about the rest of 2023 and beyond. If you missed them, scroll back through the recent posts to find the first in the series. Premium content starts here… ———–   ———– Premium content ends.  

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($) “Oh no! What now?” part 2

February 21, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

This week we’re discussing the real-world situation of the Brave Supplicant who tried for an MBA but did not have success getting in. This is not so much about planning a reapplicant strategy, though that isn’t at odds with this either. This is about, hmmm, things didn’t go as planned, and sitting here in middle […]

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Filed Under: career goals, reapplying Tagged With: your life

($) What to do if it looks like you’re not making it in this year

February 16, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

It may seem like everyone but you has been accepted to bschool this year, but it’s not true. There have been lots of disappointments. You’re not the only one. Everyone crows about their successes but many who don’t make it go very quiet about everything so you can sometimes feel like you’re the only one […]

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Filed Under: planning your strategy, reapplying Tagged With: your life

($) If you got into a top bschool and now you’re thinking you’re not going to go

February 10, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Whenever we hear of a BSer who made it in somewhere and is now having second thoughts, it always makes us go “Hmm.” Sometimes, what happened is the BSer applied to Schools A, B, and C…. and also School N. Nobody wants to go to School N. Premium content starts here… ———–   Getting in […]

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Filed Under: deciding on a school (multiple offers) Tagged With: your life

What if you don’t get in? Planning your Plan B.

January 13, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Today we’re posting a series of links to articles that we have collected over the years, to help you learn about learning, understand your understanding, and deepen your ability to gain insight into yourself — insights that you can use in practical ways. One of those very practical ways is figuring out what to do […]

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Filed Under: general snark Tagged With: your life

($) “What can I do to increase my chances after submitting?”

January 10, 2023 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Many of you are still in recovery from the stress of submitting your Round 2 applications – or you still haven’t submitted all of them that you’re trying for. However, some of you may come off the rollercoaster of the past few days and then stand there feeling a little lost. There’s often a big […]

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Filed Under: planning your strategy Tagged With: your life

If you tell the adcom you’re going to do something…

September 30, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

…you’d better do it! Yeah this is coming at you from the Department of the Obvious, but you’d be surprised. Every year, we get some intrepid BSer with some type of flaw in the profile – not-great GMAT or GRE, blemish-prone GPA – and they decide that they’re going to compensate for that flaw and […]

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Filed Under: general tips Tagged With: your life

This post is for everyone who INTENDED to do Round 1…

September 19, 2022 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We had a snarky blurb of a post up since Friday and we figured, hey, no need to be snarky! Because we know a lot of you are not quite where you wanted to be. Did you not manage to submit the apps you had planned to for Round 1? (Round 1 totally isn’t over, […]

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Filed Under: general snark Tagged With: lessons learned, your life

($) Authenticity and MBA career goals

June 1, 2022 by EssaySnark 2 Comments

In what is a totally understandable impulse, we frequently get BSers asking us what career goals are “best” to use in their MBA essays. It comes up over and over again. We know where that question comes from. When faced with the task of applying to bschool, it seems that you’re dealing with one test […]

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Filed Under: career goals Tagged With: authenticity, your life

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