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Description
The applicants who get in don't just have better resumes. They have better stories — and they know how to tell them. This is full-cycle MBA admissions support built around you: your background, your strengths, your "why" — not a template. We start there before we touch a single essay. From that foundation, everything else follows: school strategy, candidacy development, all essays from first idea to final draft, interview preparation, and post-submit support through waitlists and decisions. Three Poets & Quants awards. Clients from PE, IB, consulting, medicine, military, entrepreneurship, and beyond. Top 10 and Top 20 admits, frequently with scholarship. Since 2006. You're not just another applicant. This isn't just another consulting firm. Hours and investment are scoped to your situation — number of schools, deadlines, and the complexity of your candidacy. Reach out and let's talk.
What you'll get from this package
The plan emphasizes the importance of storytelling in MBA applications, starting with personal narratives before addressing essays and other application components.
The coaching plan includes a wide range of services such as application strategy, essay editing, interview preparation, and waitlist strategy.
The plan is adaptable to the specific needs of each client, considering factors like the number of schools and application deadlines.
The plan is designed to not only optimize admissions outcomes but also to foster long-term skills and insights for clients.
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
The work starts before the essays. Most applicants come in wanting to know what the schools want to see. We flip that. The first question is who you are, what you've actually built, and what makes your story different from the hundreds of other accomplished people applying to the same programs. Once we have that foundation, everything else follows: school strategy, essay development, interview preparation, post-submit positioning. You'll have direct access to me throughout. Not a junior consultant, not a template. We work closely, with regular check-ins to keep momentum and honest feedback to keep the work sharp. I won't tell you your first draft is great when it isn't. I also won't let you submit something that doesn't reflect your best. I've been doing this since 2006, with applicants from every background — finance, consulting, medicine, military, entrepreneurship, family business. The through-line is always the same: the application that gets you in is the one that sounds like you, just at your best and clearest. Three Poets & Quants awards. Top 10 and Top 20 admits, frequently with scholarship. If you're serious about the outcome, let's work.
Services included:
Recommendations
Interviews
Cover Letters
Networking Strategy
Waitlist Strategy
School Selection
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
General Exploration
Supplementary Materials
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
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I've been coaching MBA and EMBA applicants since 2006 — which means I've worked through more admissions cycles, essay prompts, and school pivots than I can count. Poets & Quants has recognized me as a Top Consultant three times. Clients have called the work "transformative" and "the best help I never knew I needed." What I actually do: I help people find their story. Not the version they think they're supposed to tell, but the one that's true and specific and stops an admissions reader cold. That's harder than it sounds, and it's where most applications fall apart. My background is unusual for this field. I'm a Columbia MBA and a Columbia English major — and a former magazine editor. I'm also an ICF-certified leadership coach. That combination means I bring genuine writing craft and genuine coaching depth to every engagement, not just admissions strategy. My clients have come from consulting, banking, medicine, the military, entrepreneurship, filmmaking, and family business. They've gone on to HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, and programs across Europe and Asia. I work in English and Italian.
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