Faisal K.

Faisal K.

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Top Leland Coach 2026 | 175+ M7 Admits | $5MM+ in scholarships

46,530 min coached

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Admissions Committee at Chicago Booth

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Works at MBA Prep School

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Faisal's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $345/hr

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Faisal’s MBA Qualifications

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During my time inside the admissions office at Chicago Booth, I learned a hard truth that drives my work today. There is a massive gap between being qualified for an MBA and actually getting admitted. Most of you are qualified for admissions to one of the top business schools in the world. You have the grades and the work experience (or internships, in the case of Deferred appicants). But for the last 17 years, my job has been to help applicants move from the 'qualified' pile to the 'accepted' pile. I do that by helping you strip away the generic business jargon, find your core story, and build a narrative that actually sticks in the memory of an admissions officer. As a member of AIGAC, I’m constantly talking to schools to understand what they are looking for this specific cycle. As MBA applicants, the bar is incredibly high because you are selling potential, not just history. My goal is to help you figure out how to prove that potential.

Faisal can help with:

Recommendations

Cover Letters

Resume

General Exploration

Testing & Assessments

Supplementary Materials

School Selection

Essays

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Interviews

Editing

Ding Analysis

Networking Strategy

Waitlist Strategy

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About Faisal

As part of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Admissions team, I reviewed hundreds of applications and learned what distinguished the successful candidates from those who were merely qualified for admission. I also obtained my MBA from Booth and have professional experiences in management consulting, tech, and the healthcare sectors. My focus in each sector was always marketing and strategy, helping each business stand out from its competition. Along the way, as I began helping friends and acquaintances gain admission to their top choice programs, I realized I had a passion for teasing out a person's story to highlight what separated them from the herd. I dove in to making admissions consulting a bigger part of my life, and have never looked back! I spend the bulk of my time with my clients helping create a framework for their stories. Where have you succeeded? Where have you failed? What excites you? What's different about you? My clients describe the work that I do as part admissions consulting and part executive coaching. The skills I impart help not only with creating an MBA application, but also with refining career goals and objectives. A lot of coaches promise to deliver, but you can verify my claims by looking at what former clients have said about me on Leland and at https://poetsandquants.com/consultant/faisal-khan/?pq-directory-type=consultant, where I have testimonials from clients admitted to all Top 10 schools and with over $5MM in combined scholarship grants, including full rides. As an MBA coach, it's not enough to simply have graduated from a top business school. As an active member of AIGAC - our global, governing body - I make sure to stay in close communication with the admissions teams at all of the top business schools. This is how a coach ensures they have the most up-to-date information about each business school's goals and objectives for the year, and can in turn help you craft an application that speaks to these.

Why do I coach?

I have lived, traveled, or worked on six continents and have engaged with MBA candidates from all corners of the world. Along the way, I've learned that every person has a fascinating story to tell, even if the language and style they use to tell it differs. I derive energy from helping others communicate what sets them apart in a unique and compelling way.

Work Experience

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Consultant

MBA Prep School

June 2013 - Present

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Consultant

Story Ventures

January 2010 - June 2013

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Senior Consultant

PwC

1998 - 2005

Education

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Chicago Booth

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Admissions Committee Experience

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University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Bachelor's Degree, Systems Engineering

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