
Becky Song
300+ M7 Admits | Wharton Ad. Fellow | Career Strategy Expert | US & Intl.

The Wharton School (UPenn)
The Ivy Journey
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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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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!
Becky also coaches for College, Master’s Programs, Management Consulting, Career Coaching, and Business Operations & Strategy. View all.
Becky’s MBA Qualifications
Coaches professionally
60+ people coached for MBA
AI Certified
Completed Level 2 of Leland’s AI Builder Program
Becky has helped clients get into these schools:
I’m a Wharton MBA, former Wharton Admissions Fellow, and Founder of The Ivy Journey (theivyjourney.com/mba), where I’ve spent 15+ years helping ambitious applicants earn admission to top MBA programs. My clients have earned admits to HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Columbia, Kellogg, Booth, Haas, Yale SOM, LBS, INSEAD, and other top US, UK & EU programs. I’m especially strong at helping applicants turn complex, nonlinear, or highly competitive backgrounds into clear, differentiated MBA stories. I’ve worked with candidates from consulting, banking/finance, tech, product, healthcare, entrepreneurship, family business, nonprofit, government, and international backgrounds, including many applicants navigating U.S. MBA admissions from Asian, European, and other global markets. My edge is the combination of admissions judgment and career strategy. As a former Wharton admissions fellow, I understand how admissions readers evaluate leadership, career logic, school fit, recommendations, interviews, and personal differentiation. As a career coach and former consultant/hiring manager, I also help clients build MBA narratives that make sense beyond admission: why this degree, why now, why this school, and why your goals are credible. I work best with applicants who want thoughtful, strategic, high-touch coaching. I’ll help you pressure-test your school list, sharpen your positioning, build a compelling resume, craft authentic essays that tell your unique story, prepare recommenders, and walk into interviews with clarity and confidence.
Becky 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
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

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.
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.

Consultant
Deloitte
2015 - 2019
Interviewer

Nanotechnology Researcher
National Institute of Standards and Technology
2011 - 2013
Becky was also given offers to work at

Accenture

Pfizer

Willis Towers Watson

Mercer

Meta (Facebook)

EY

KPMG

Deloitte

Fidelity Investments

DuPont

Estée Lauder
Education

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

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

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Columbia Business School

MIT Sloan

Johns Hopkins University

Duke University

University of California, Berkeley

University of Southern California

New York University

NYU Stern School of Business

University of California, Los Angeles

Cornell University
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Offerings
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Holistic MBA Profile Evaluation
$2591h of coaching
MBA Essay & Narrative Development Package
Starting at $1,230.255h+ of coaching
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Ace Your Wharton TBD Interview
$388.501h 30m of coaching
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$5182h of coaching
MBA Interview Prep Package
Starting at $5182h+ of coaching
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Starting at $1,230.255h+ of coaching
Save up to $227.92
Becky also coaches for College, Master’s Programs, Management Consulting, Career Coaching, and Business Operations & Strategy. View all.



