EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2011-'12 MBA Application for the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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The SnarkStrategies Guide for the Stanford Graduate School of Business offers a series of exercises with practical, and possibly unexpected, tips for how to go about the process of self-discovery that an MBA application to Stanford entails. This SnarkStrategies Guide is different, because Stanford is different, and the process of introspection that you need to go through in creating your essays for this business school is different. You can use this SnarkStrategies Guide in confidence, knowing that you are not violating Stanford's request that you not use outside help in constructing your application. EssaySnark invites you to give yourself the time and the space to brainstorm and daydream your way to a set of essays that are truly your own. Dare to dream big – dare to pursue a Stanford MBA!
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Essay Snark is an MBA admissions consultant who is sometimes amused and often appalled by what candidates write in their MBA essays to top bschools. Essay Snark shares others' mistakes, so you don't make admissions directors laugh or, worse, want to hurl when they read your essays. If you, intrepid applicant, want to have your essay reviewed by Essay Snark (and posted anonymously - yes everyone will see it), email it to gethelpnow(at)essaysnark(dot)com. Emailing your essay means you give explicit permission for it to be posted (obvious identifying information such as your name and the name of your employer will be removed), and you release Essay Snark from any claims that may result from possible humiliation over said snarkiness. (And please, people, don't email us two days before the app deadline and expect to hear back in time.)EssaySnark has helped clients with successful applications to:Harvard HBSStanford GSBWhartonColumbiaNYU SternMIT SloanKelloggChicago BoothBerkeley HaasYale SOMUCLA AndersonMichigan RossUVA DardenDuke FuquaCornell JohnsonGeorgetown McDonoughUSC MarshallVanderbiltBabsonUT-AustinINSEADIEIESEEsadeOxfordLBSISBand many more...
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EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2011-'12 MBA Application for the Stanford Graduate School of Business - Essay Snark
EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2011-'12 MBA Application for the
Stanford Graduate School of Business
A SnarkStrategies Guide
by EssaySnark
Snarkolicious Press
SMASHWORDS EDITION
version 1.0
July 9, 2011
This SnarkStrategies Guide is copyright 2011 EssaySnark.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
About This SnarkStrategies Guide
About the GSB
Basic Math
What You Need to Do: The First Step
First Tip
Next Question: Which Round?
Some GSB Facts
What About the GMAT?
Next Tip
The Most Important Thing to Know About the Stanford GSB
What Stanford Is Looking For
So Who Are They Likely to Actually Accept?
About Those Essays
Let's Start at the Beginning
Step 1: Dreaming Your Future
Step 2: The Raw Material
Step 3: Identify the Attributes
Step 4: Analyze Your Life
Step 5: Putting the Pieces Together
Writing the Stanford Essays
A Note About Recommendations
Getting Outside Help
What to Do Next
About This SnarkStrategies Guide
This SnarkStrategies Guide will not:
Tell you what to write in your Stanford essays
Tell you who will (and will not) get into Stanford
Tell you whether or not you should apply
Sorry.
Instead, we will tell you how to approach the process of self-exploration that's required for a successful application to this school.
The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University is a special place. Standard tricks
and boilerplate rules
and sample essays will not serve you well in your quest for admission here. So, that's not what this SnarkStrategies Guide is about.
If you bought this Guide in desperation as a last-ditch attempt to cram together some essays in the weekend before they're due... sorry. We're not that kind of guide. You may still find value in going through the exercises, even if you're rushed. Or you might want to re-evaluate your overall application strategy and consider trying for the next round. It's unlikely you'll be successful at Stanford if you don't spend real time and effort on this work.
About the GSB
What did we just say? Oh yeah. The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University is a special place.
If you cannot already articulate how or why Stanford is special, right now, as you're reading these words – then you have some work to do. EssaySnark might even recommend that you reconsider applying to this school. In fact, every year we actively discourage some of our clients from embarking on a Stanford application.
Why?
Because it's incredibly hard to get in to the Graduate School of Business. And, the application is an incredible amount of work.