your life

($) The MBA admissions essay question that every business school should ask for the Class of 2023

March 31, 2020 by EssaySnark

This is purely hypothetical and not based on any tipoff that EssaySnark has gotten from any particular admissions director at any specific top school, but… It’s still something that we think could come up, and we invite you to consider this now. There could be many variations on this. One simple prompt the admissions teams...

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Just assume that everyone you meet has it. And your #1 task is to not get it.

March 22, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

A rare weekend post from EssaySnark with some advice which you hopefully don’t need to hear, because you’re already living this way. But we know that many people are not yet living this way. And it’s truly important that everyone start living this way. Pretend that your life is a video game. Your goal in […]

“What should I do with my summer?”

March 9, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

It’s not even officially Spring yet however we know some of you are actively planning your Summer — which is good! Planning ahead, when you’re doing this big and important things like preparing for your matriculation at business school as part of the Class of 2022, or preparing for your applications to business school to […]

What you control in life

March 5, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We did a rah-rah post yesterday designed to help you appreciate how much opportunity you actually have right now, today, when it comes to your next-season chances. In reality though, what will it take to succeed? Not in MBA apps, but in everything? (And maybe in MBA apps too?) You may have heard of the […]

Want to go to work in Big Tech? The FANG story is evolving. (Or devolving.)

February 19, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

In case you’d not heard it before, “FANG”, or more accurately but not as catchily, “FAANG”, is Facebook – Alphabet – Apple – Netflix – Google. Uh, Netflix? Yeah, this witty acronym first came about a little while ago . All the cool kids want to go work at these companies. Honestly, these names show […]

($) Backup plans and next steps: What if it’s looking like you might not get in?!??

February 17, 2020 by EssaySnark

Some of you are starting to worry, which may or may not be justified. If you tend to be a worrier, you already know that about yourself, and you may intellectually recognize that you’re doing it, and be unable to stop. Worrying in this case only adds to your stress levels and is not productive,...

Anxiety and your interview (MBA or otherwise)

February 12, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

It is 100% normal and natural to feel the jitters when you’re going into your MBA interview. We talked a little about anxiety in our post yesterday about whether or not to research your MBA interviewer. Anxiety has a bit of a bad rap in society these days. Lots of people struggle with extreme anxiety […]

Now that most apps are in: What to do with your life

January 17, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

A person we know who exemplifies leadership, who is engaged in constant change and personal improvement for themselves over time, sent us this recently, and it has so much wisdom. It’s from Peter Drucker, who was a management genius, which means he was a people genius. If you’ve not heard the name before, you will […]

Doing a post-mortem on the experience of applying to business school.

January 10, 2020 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

Some of you are still working on apps to schools like NYU Stern (Round 3 — totally viable!! — due on January 15) or MIT Sloan (how on earth have they managed to be so awesome in setting their deadline so late in January??) or INSEAD or LBS who both have viable deadlines in the […]

Do you really want to change the world?

December 6, 2019 by EssaySnark Leave a Comment

We hope so! The world seems to be in quite a bit of trouble ATM! If you’re inspired to go make a difference, then we hope you’ll read this post carefully. If you’re in a hurry, then the tl;dr is: Just say no. Say no to shady employers. Say no to working on projects that […]