
Andrea Santambrogio
5.0
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MBA Admissions | 400+ Students Placed | MBA Coach
Studied at Columbia Business School
Works at Boston Consulting Group
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Available tomorrow at 1:00 PM UTC
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Andrea's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $195/hr
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Andrea’s MBA Qualifications
Coaches professionally
400+ people coached for MBA
Andrea has helped clients get into these schools:
I've guided candidates through the full MBA admissions process for over 10 years — from school selection and application strategy through to essays, CV, letters of recommendation, and interview prep. Nearly all candidates who completed the full journey with me were admitted to their target school, including M7 programs (Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, Booth, Kellogg, MIT Sloan) and top European schools (LBS, INSEAD, HEC Paris, Bocconi, IE, IESE, Cambridge, Oxford). As a BCG consultant with an engineering background, I bring a perspective that most admissions coaches don't have. I know what top employers actually look for in MBA graduates, which programmes open which doors, and how to position technical and STEM profiles for business schools — because I've done it myself. I hold an MBA from SDA Bocconi and Columbia Business School, and a mechanical engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Illinois, so I've navigated this transition firsthand, on both sides of the Atlantic. I work on every element of the application: defining your narrative and positioning, selecting schools strategically, crafting essays that sound like you and not like a template, shaping your CV for impact, coaching recommenders on what to highlight, and preparing you for interviews. The goal is a cohesive application where every piece reinforces who you are and why you belong. If what you've read resonates, write to me.
Andrea can help with:
Recommendations
Cover Letters
Resume
General Exploration
Testing & Assessments
School Selection
Essays
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Interviews
Editing
Networking Strategy
Waitlist Strategy
Andrea also coaches for GMAT, Executive Assessment, and Master’s Programs. View all.
About Andrea
BCG consultant with an MBA from SDA Bocconi and Columbia Business School, and a mechanical engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Illinois. I've prepared 400+ students across GMAT Focus, Executive Assessment, MBA admissions, and consulting interview prep for MBB and second tier firms. I also prepare for Private Equity and Investment Banking interviews. GMAT: median student score of 665 Focus (equivalent to ~720 old GMAT, 94th percentile), with improvements of up to 400 points. All students who completed the full admissions journey were admitted to their target business school. Consulting: 75+ offers, 92% MBB success rate* and 98% in management consulting. *among candidates with a qualified profile.
Why do I coach?
I started taking private lessons in high school, and it changed everything. The right tutor didn't just help me pass exams, they made me genuinely passionate about the subject. That experience stuck with me. When a friend asked me to help him prepare for the GMAT, I said yes, and I realized I could do for others what those tutors had done for me. I started with GMAT, then university courses, and over the years moved into MBA admissions, Consulting Interview Prep, Private Equity and Investment Banking. What drives me is a simple belief: anyone with the right motivation can get there; it's about finding someone who explains things in a way that clicks, who understands you, and who pushes you forward. I love working with ambitious people who are ready to put themselves out there.
Work Experience

Consultant - Senior Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
January 2025 - Present

MBA Candidate
Columbia Business School
August 2024 - December 2024
MBA Candidate
SDA Bocconi
September 2023 - December 2024
Concentration: Finance and Private Investment

Summer Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
June 2024 - July 2024
Education
Columbia Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Fall Exchange
2024
#3 in Financial Times World Business School ranking 2024
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Private Investment
2023 - 2024
#3 in Financial Times World Business School ranking 2024
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
2015 - 2017
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Overall Rating
5.0
Andrea has helped clients get into these schools:
Andrea has helped clients get into these companies:
Andrea has helped clients achieve these scores on the GMAT
685 - 785
Andrea has helped clients achieve these scores on the Executive Assessment