Description

If you’re a college senior or recent grad applying to a deferred MBA program like HBS 2+2, Stanford GSB, Wharton Moelis Advance Access, Kellogg Future Leaders or Booth Scholars, you’re competing with applicants who have the same GPA and test score as you and not much work history to point to. As your MBA admissions consultant, I’ll work with you from school selection through your final interview to build a deferred MBA application that is specific to you. I’ll also help you explain why you want an MBA now, before your first full-time job. Common coaching activities in this package include, but are not limited to: - Mapping your internships, research, leadership roles and projects into a story with a clear “why an MBA, and why defer” - Choosing which deferred programs fit your goals, and how many to apply to - Building a one-page MBA resume that shows impact without a full-time work history - Brainstorming, outlining and editing every essay, with line-level feedback on each draft - Deciding whom to ask for recommendations, and briefing them on what to highlight - Reviewing your full application before you submit, so the resume, essays and recommendations tell one consistent story - Preparing for deferred MBA interviews with timed mock interviews and a recorded debrief - Setting a week-by-week timeline with buffer, so nothing lands in the last 72 hours before a deadline - Planning next steps after you submit, including how to handle a waitlist or a rejection How we’ll work together: 1. Kickoff session: we agree on your story, your school list and your timeline. 2. Within the first [two] weeks: your resume is final, and your recommenders are chosen and briefed. 3. Essays, program by program: you send a draft, I return line-level comments within [48 hours], and we do up to [two] revision rounds per essay. 4. Before you submit: we review the full application together. 5. After you submit: a recorded mock interview with a written debrief, a second mock after you revise, and a short plan for next steps. I take a limited number of deferred applicants each cycle so I can read every draft closely. Send me your current resume before our first session and we’ll start there.