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Becky S.

Becky Song

250+ Top Admits | Wharton MBA | Expert for Business, STEM & Policy Programs

34,246 min coached

225 followers

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Admissions Committee at The Wharton School (UPenn)

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Works at The Ivy Journey

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Available tomorrow at 1:00 PM UTC

Accepting clients for 1) R1 & R2 MBA Admissions, 2) Undergraduate Admissions, 3) Consulting Recruiting/Case Interview Prep, and 4) General Career Development/Coaching. Open to appointments at other times as well - please message me directly.

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Becky's Offerings

Custom hourly · $259/hr

Get help with Application Strategy, Editing, and .

Becky’s Master’s Programs Qualifications

Coaches professionally

100+ people coached for Master’s Programs

AI Certified

Completed Level 2 of Leland’s AI Builder Program

Becky has helped clients get into these schools:

Hi, I’m Becky Song, Founder & Executive Director of Ivy Journey, Wharton MBA, former Wharton admissions fellow, and admissions coach with 15+ years of experience helping applicants earn admission to top graduate programs. For master’s applicants, my specialty is helping strong candidates turn their academic, professional, and personal background into a clear, differentiated admissions strategy. I’m especially strong with applicants targeting MS, MiM, MSBA, MFin, policy, management, analytics, engineering/STEM-adjacent, and career-pivot programs where schools need to see not only strong credentials, but also a compelling reason for why this degree, why this program, why now, and why you. My clients have earned admission to top programs and universities including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, UPenn/Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Yale, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, Vanderbilt, and more. I also bring firsthand career strategy experience from management consulting, pharmaceutical/life sciences, research, entrepreneurship, government & nonprofits, which allows me to help applicants connect their graduate school goals to a credible long-term career story. I can help you with school selection, application strategy, personal statements/statements of purpose, resumes, recommendation strategy, scholarship positioning, interviews, waitlist strategy, and final application reviews. My approach is strategic, direct, and deeply personalized: we’ll identify your strongest admissions angle, sharpen your positioning, and make every part of your application reinforce a cohesive, memorable case for admission.

Becky can help with:

Application Strategy

Editing

Essays

Financial Aid & Scholarships

General Exploration

Interviews

Letters of Recommendation

Resume

School Selection

Secondary Review

Waitlist Strategy

Becky also coaches for MBA, College, Management Consulting, Career Coaching, and Business Operations & Strategy. View all.

About Becky

I’m Becky Song, a Wharton MBA, former Wharton admissions fellow, professional admissions and career coach, and Founder & Executive Director of Ivy Journey (theivyjourney.com). Over the past 15+ years, I’ve helped hundreds of applicants and professionals earn admission to top MBA, master’s, and college programs, as well as land offers across consulting, strategy, and business roles. My clients have been admitted to top MBA programs (e.g., HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia, Kellogg, Booth, LBS, Insead, etc.) and top Ivy undergrad & grad programs. I’ve also coached 500+ candidates through career transitions, resumes, interviews, consulting recruiting, and personal positioning. What makes my coaching different is the combination of admissions judgment, career strategy, and narrative positioning. I help clients understand what schools and employers are really evaluating, then translate their background into a clear, differentiated story that feels authentic and compelling. I’m especially strong with MBA applicants, college applicants, master’s candidates, international applicants, first-generation applicants, consulting candidates, and professionals making major career pivots. Personally, I’ve navigated several pivots myself: actuary, nonprofit leader, strategy consultant, Wharton MBA, admissions fellow, founder, and career coach. If you want a coach who can help you think strategically, sharpen your story, and move through a competitive process with more clarity and confidence, I’d love to work with you!

Why do I coach?

I coach because I know how much the right guidance can change the trajectory of a person’s life. Admissions, recruiting, and career transitions are not just paperwork or interviews. They are moments when people are trying to decide who they are, what they want, and how to communicate their potential clearly. I love helping clients find the thread in their story: the experiences, motivations, and strengths that make them distinctive. Many of my clients come in feeling overwhelmed, underconfident, or unsure how to position themselves. My favorite part of coaching is watching that uncertainty turn into clarity, confidence, and momentum. A great outcome is an acceptance letter or job offer. But the deeper outcome is helping someone understand their own value and advocate for it powerfully.

Work Experience

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Engagement Manager

Strategy&

2021 - 2025

Hiring Manager

Advised Fortune 500 clients on business transformation, strategic planning, operating model design, growth strategy, and technology-enabled change. Serve as a hiring manager and interviewer, bringing firsthand recruiting insight to clients preparing for consulting, strategy, and business operations roles.

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Founder & Executive Director

The Ivy Journey

January 2015 - Present

theivyjourney.com Founder of a premium admissions and career coaching firm helping clients earn admission to top MBA, master’s, and college programs and land consulting, strategy, and business roles.

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Consultant

Deloitte

2015 - 2019

Interviewer

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Nanotechnology Researcher

National Institute of Standards and Technology

2011 - 2013

Becky was also given offers to work at

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    Accenture

  • Pfizer Logo

    Pfizer

  • Willis Towers Watson Logo

    Willis Towers Watson

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    Mercer

  • Meta (Facebook) Logo

    Meta (Facebook)

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    EY

  • KPMG Logo

    KPMG

  • Deloitte Logo

    Deloitte

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    Fidelity Investments

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    DuPont

  • Estée Lauder Logo

    Estée Lauder

Education

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The Wharton School (UPenn)

MBA | Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Finance | Admissions Fellow

Admissions Committee Experience

Wharton Admissions Fellow & Ambassador; President, Wharton Family Business Club; Education Director, Wharton Consulting Club; Career Director, Wharton Women in Business; PE/VC, Entrepreneurship, and Founders Clubs

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Vanderbilt University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) , Mathematics

Chancellor’s Scholar; Vanderbilt Students Consulting for Nonprofits; Vanderbilt Entrepreneurial Society; GlobeMed

Becky was also personally admitted to

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    Stanford Graduate School of Business

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    Columbia Business School

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    MIT Sloan

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    Johns Hopkins University

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    Duke University

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    University of California, Berkeley

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    University of Southern California

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    New York University

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    NYU Stern School of Business

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    University of California, Los Angeles

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    Cornell University

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