James B.
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Double Harvard MBA, Booth MBA + Tsinghua MA - HBS 2+2 Admissions
1,739 min coached
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Studied at Harvard Business School
Works at Evidence Action
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Available Wednesday at 3:30 PM UTC
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James's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $79/hr
Get help with Application Strategy, Cover Letters, and .
James’s MBA Qualifications
10+ people coached for MBA
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
James has helped clients get into these schools:
Graduating Harvard undergraduate, I applied for and was accepted to 5 top business schools. Since then, I've helped many students apply and join top schools across the country. Happy to work with you on finding your story and telling a novel narrative, fine-tuning essays, and strategizing schools.
James 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
James also coaches for Management Consulting, College, and Master’s Programs. View all.
About James
Graduated from Harvard with a Stem Cell Biology + Education degree Worked at Boston Consulting Group for 2 years in Social Impact/Education sectors Moved to Beijing, China on the Schwarzman Scholarship at Tsinghua University Attending Harvard Business School (2+2) MBA, Dean's Award recipient Now Chief of Staff at a global health org
Why do I coach?
So many informal coaches helped me from each opportunity to the next and I want to give back. As a first-generation college student and a first-generation in America, I love paying forward the support that was given to me!
Work Experience
Chief of Staff
Evidence Action
August 2025 - Present
Strategy Fellow
Open Philanthropy
May 2025 - September 2025
Project Manager
Last Mile Education Fund
May 2024 - Present
Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
August 2020 - August 2022
James was also given offers to work at
Bain & Company
McKinsey & Company
Education
Harvard Business School
MBA, Business
2023 - 2025
Tsinghua University
MMSc, Leadership
2022 - 2023
Harvard University
Bachelor's, Stem Cell Biology
2016 - 2020
James was also personally admitted to
Stanford University
Chicago Booth
Yale University
Columbia University
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James has helped clients get into these schools: