Austrella Balley
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Columbia MBA Candidate | Ex-Goldman Sachs | MBA Application Expert
Studied at Columbia Business School
Worked at Goldman Sachs
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Austrella's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $75/hr
Get help with Application Strategy, Cover Letters, and .
Austrella’s MBA Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Austrella has helped clients get into these schools:
Hello and welcome to my profile! I'm Austrella, an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School with a strong background in finance and leadership. Before pursuing my MBA, I worked at Goldman Sachs as an Associate in Venture Investments, where I honed my skills in asset management and strategic decision-making. My journey also includes serving on the admissions team at the College of Wooster, where I gained valuable insights into the admissions process by interviewing prospective students. I've successfully coached 5 individuals, helping them navigate the competitive MBA application landscape. If you're looking for guidance on application strategy, essay crafting, or interview preparation, feel free to reach out. Let's work together to achieve your MBA goals!
Austrella can help with:
Application Strategy
Cover Letters
Ding Analysis
Editing
Essays
Financial Aid & Scholarships
General Exploration
Interviews
Networking Strategy
Recommendations
Resume
School Selection
Secondary Review
Supplementary Materials
Testing & Assessments
Waitlist Strategy
Austrella also coaches for Asset Management, College, Leadership Coaching, Sales, and FINRA Exams (Series 7 & SIE). View all.
About Austrella
I know what it feels like to have big goals and need the right strategy, confidence, and support to reach them. I am a Columbia Business School MBA candidate, former Goldman Sachs Associate and Regional Consultant, former collegiate basketball captain, and current president of one of Columbia Business School’s affinity networks. My journey has been shaped by leadership, resilience, high-performance environments, and a deep belief that the right coaching can change someone’s trajectory. At Goldman Sachs, I built strong client relationships, supported financial advisors across a large territory, and passed the SIE, Series 7, and Series 63. At Columbia, I continue to sharpen my leadership, finance, and strategy toolkit while helping build community and create opportunities for others. As a coach, I bring structure, honesty, warmth, and real-world experience. I will help you clarify your goals, strengthen your story, prepare with intention, and show up with confidence. Whether you are working on leadership, sales, career growth, or licensing exams, I am here to help you move with purpose and win.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I know how powerful it is to have someone believe in you, challenge you, and help you see a path forward before you can fully see it yourself. Throughout my journey, from being a first-generation student and collegiate basketball player to building my career at Goldman Sachs and now pursuing my MBA at Columbia Business School, mentorship has played a huge role in my growth. I have had coaches, managers, professors, and peers who pushed me to think bigger, prepare better, and trust my own voice. Their support helped me navigate competitive spaces, overcome setbacks, and step into rooms with more confidence. That is the kind of support I want to give others. Coaching matters to me because talent is everywhere, but access, strategy, and confidence are not always evenly distributed. I want to help people clarify their goals, tell their stories well, prepare with intention, and move closer to the opportunities they deserve.
Work Experience
Associate, Venture Investments
Goldman Sachs
October 2022 - September 2025
Interviewer
Asset management, Third Party Wealth - Analyst
Goldman Sachs
July 2021 - October 2022
Interviewer
Summer Analyst, Asset Management
Goldman Sachs
July 2020 - August 2020
Teaching Assistant
The College of Wooster
August 2019 - December 2019
Immigration Policy and Politics
Paralegal
Legal Services NYC
June 2019 - August 2019
Intern
Innovations for Poverty Action
June 2019 - August 2019
SHECP is a collaboration of colleges that integrates classroom study of poverty with summer internships. I have been selected through a competitive application process to intern at Legal Services NYC
Assistant
The College of Wooster
August 2018 - May 2021
Project Management
Austrella was also given offers to work at
Nike
PepsiCo
Catholic Investment Services
L.E.K. Consulting
Education
Columbia Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance
2025
College of Wooster
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science
2017 - 2021
Admissions Committee Experience
During my time at the College of Wooster, I held several leadership positions, including basketball captain during my junior and senior year. President of the Black student association, and The Wooster‘s women’s organization, and commencement speaker. I served on the admissions team for my college as an interviewer of prospective students having an a say on what the incoming classes looked like at the college.
Austrella was also personally admitted to
McDonough School of Business (Georgetown)
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Overall Rating
5.0
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