Boluwatife Akinola
5.0
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Harvard Deferred MBA
Studied at Harvard Business School
Worked at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Available tomorrow at 5:00 PM UTC
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Boluwatife's Offerings
Custom hourly · $100/hr
Get help with Application Strategy, Cover Letters, and .
Boluwatife’s MBA Qualifications
Boluwatife has helped clients get into these schools:
I got into Harvard Business School, Yale SOM, and MIT Sloan after applying at 20 years old with nothing more than a free Manhattan GRE book, the internet, and a lot of trial and error. No admissions consultant, no AI tools—just countless hours spent studying, reflecting, and rewriting my story until it felt authentic and compelling. If you’re applying to business school, I’d love to help you avoid the mistakes I made, develop a clear application strategy, strengthen your test-taking approach, and craft essays that actually sound like you. My goal is to help you put forward the strongest version of your story and maximize your chances of getting into a school you’ll be excited to attend.
Boluwatife can help with:
Application Strategy
Cover Letters
Editing
Essays
Financial Aid & Scholarships
General Exploration
Interviews
Networking Strategy
Recommendations
Resume
School Selection
Supplementary Materials
Testing & Assessments
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About Boluwatife
I was admitted to MIT for undergrad and later Harvard Business School, Yale SOM, and MIT Sloan without admissions consultants, expensive test prep programs, or insider connections with fully funded scholarships. Since then, I’ve helped students gain admission to schools including HBS, Chicago Booth, Rice, NYU and Minerva, improve SAT and ACT scores, and land opportunities at top firms including McKinsey. Whether you’re applying to college, business school, consulting, or graduate programs, I’ll help you build a compelling story, avoid common mistakes, and create a strategy that maximizes your chances of success.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I know what it’s like to navigate highly competitive opportunities without a playbook. As a student who lived abroad, I had to figure out admissions, recruiting, scholarships, and career decisions largely through trial and error. Coaching allows me to help others shortcut that process, avoid costly mistakes, and present the strongest version of themselves. Nothing is more rewarding than helping someone achieve a goal they once thought was out of reach.
Work Experience
Associate Strategy Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
July 2023 - July 2024
Seconded Associate Strategy officer working on strategic initiatives to accelerate the health and economic development outcomes in Nigeria Project Management and Strategic Planning
Senior Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
September 2021 - July 2023
Admissions Committee
Project Management, Communication and +4 skills
Business Analyst
Kearney
July 2020 - August 2020
• Created automated dashboard in the wake of business transformation plan to track progress of client’s strategic growth initiatives • Streamlined business problem, identified value levers and developed business case to secure funding for client project • Presented key findings and reports to clients, senior partners and managers at the firm
Consulting Intern
NERA Economic Consulting
January 2020 - January 2020
• Reviewed expert, legal and client reports to analyze impact of negative press releases on client’s equity performance • Gathered and cleaned data to produce price reactions, earnings response co-efficient reports and other event study analysis techniques to accurately isolate causal effect on client’s equity
Undergraduate Researcher
MIT sloan
May 2019 - December 2019
• Developed over 15 Case Studies in partnership with Sloan and Rotman Schools of managements to be piloted for MIT Entrepreneurial Strategy course in Fall 2020
Boluwatife was also given offers to work at
Kearney
Education
Harvard Business School
Masters Degree, Business Administration
2024 - 2026
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Mathematical Economics
2017 - 2021
Grade: 4.9/5.0 Activities and societies: African Students Association (President & Academic/Professional Chair) Women Business Leaders (VP Member Education) Burchard Scholar (2019/20) Data Analysis, Economics and +1 skill
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Overall Rating
5.0
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