
Ellen (Yilei) C.
MBA Scholarship Expert | 2 Full Rides | Non-Traditional Backgrounds
Studied at Wellesley College
Works at pharmaceutical
Available tomorrow at 7:00 PM UTC
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Ellen (Yilei)'s Coaching Offerings
Get That Full Ride 💸
$1193h of coaching
Craft Powerful MBA Essays
Craft winning MBA essays through brainstorming, drafting, and editing
Starting at $2285h+ of coaching
Nail the MBA Interview
Practice realistic mock MBA interviews with a trained expert
Starting at $139.683h+ of coaching
Custom hourly · $48/hr
Get help with Financial Aid & Scholarships, Editing, and .
Ellen (Yilei)’s MBA Qualifications
MBA is life-changing, but the price tag is something people rarely talk about. When I applied to MBA, I knew one thing very clearly: I could only go if I received significant scholarship support. Through a focused and intentional application strategy, I received two full-tuition MBA scholarships and four 50% scholarships. And I didn’t get there by chance. Along the way, I spoke with 30+ full-scholarship recipients, studied what actually makes schools view an applicant as fundable, and developed a repeatable framework for maximizing scholarship outcomes. Especially for candidates who don’t come from traditional business or consulting backgrounds. I studied chemistry and worked in the pharmaceutical industry before deciding to pivot into consulting through an MBA. I understand how intimidating it can feel to explain a non-traditional path, and how easy it is to undersell your story. My goal is to help you build an authentic personal narrative that still thinks strategically - one that shows schools you are not only admissible, but also fundable and employable. If you’re coming from a non-traditional background and want both admission and meaningful scholarship, I’d love to help you get there.
Ellen (Yilei) can help with:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Interviews
School Selection
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
General Exploration
Work Experience

Associate Project Manager
pharmaceutical
July 2023 - Present

Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
January 2022 - December 2022
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
Incoming Full-time MBA Student
2026 - 2028
100% Scholarship

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cross-registered Undergraduate Student
2020 - 2023
Wellesley College
Undergraduate, Chemistry
2019 - 2023
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, May 2023
Ellen (Yilei) was also personally admitted to

Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Darden School of Business (UVA)

Michigan's Ross School of Business
Yale School of Management
Emory University Goizueta Business School