
Naman S.
5.0
Deferred Admit to Yale, MIT, and Northwestern from Consulting post-grad

Studied at MIT Sloan
Works at Accel-KKR
Available today at 4:00 PM UTC
Usually responds within 6 hours
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Naman's Coaching Offerings

Craft Powerful MBA Essays
Craft winning MBA essays through brainstorming, drafting, and editing
Starting at $3605h+ of coaching

Comprehensive MBA Application Package — Land Your Dream Program
Expert help on your MBA essays, recommendations, resume, and more
Starting at $2,20020h+ of coaching

Nail the MBA Interview
Practice realistic mock MBA interviews with a trained expert
Starting at $2253h+ of coaching
Pay as you go
Get help with Editing, Recommendations, and .
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Naman’s MBA Qualifications
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
I've very recently been through the Deferred MBA application process myself (2023) and have experience thinking through the application and creating a compelling story. Applying to Deferred MBA programs is different than a typical MBA application because there are nuances for what admissions committees are looking for from a future admit. I have thought through my story and helped others think through there's, especially for those coming from a consulting background. In addition to application strategy and essay prep, I received interviews from 7 out of the 8 programs I applied to so I know what to expect from different interviews and how to prepare for them. Overall, I am really excited to help guide people through the process based on my experience, background, and research, so others can share the same success I did.
Naman can help with:
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
School Selection
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
Naman also coaches for Management Consulting, Private Equity, and College. View all.
About Naman
Hi! My name is Naman Sarda and I graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Computer Engineering and a minor in pre-law in 2023. I spent a lot of time and effort while I was in college to understand different career offerings in consulting positions throughout 4 internships at different firms/companies. I've recruited for consulting successfully several times and helped deliver over 50 cases for other people and helped my clients get MBB + Big 4 offers. I've also made the jump from consulting to private equity, and I'm happy to help others make the jump as well. I've applied to Deferred MBA programs and got interviews at 7 out of the 8 programs I applied to, as well as offers from 4, including the Yale Silver Scholars Program, MIT Sloan, and Northwestern.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I understand how hard it is to go through recruiting and application processes in the dark. I was lucky enough to have resources for consulting recruiting, and I want to make sure anyone who wants to get into the field has access to the same things I did. I went through the Deferred MBA admissions process largely by myself not even knowing others that were applying or who had done it in the past, and through research and personal experience, paved a way to tell my story. I now want to help other people tell theirs and save hours of time researching and stressing about the unknowns surrounding the process.
Work Experience
Senior Analyst
Accel-KKR
April 2025 - Present
On the operating team doing operational improvement work for software companies

Associate
EY-Parthenon
December 2023 - April 2025
Working at EY-Parthenon in NYC on their Software Strategy Team conducting commercial diligences for PE companies

Professional Services Consultant
AWS
August 2022 - December 2022
I was an intern at AWS on the Southeast Security Professional Services team

Summer Associate
EY-Parthenon
June 2022 - August 2022
I was a summer associate at EY-Parthenon in their New York office working on commercial diligences for technology acquisitions
Spring Analyst
The Keystone Group
January 2022 - April 2022
I was a spring analyst at the Keystone Group where I worked on a 10 week operational diligence for a mid market fleet maintenance company

Summer Consulting Intern
Accenture
June 2021 - August 2021
I was a summer intern in the consulting development program at Accenture working on a large scale integration on the Change Management team
Naman was also given offers to work at
Accenture
AWS
PwC
KPMG US
Bain & Company
Education

MIT Sloan
MBA
2023 - 2028
MIT Sloan Early AdMIT
Georgia Institute of Technology
BS, Computer Engineering
2019 - 2023
Graduated with a Computer Engineering degree and a 4.0. Involvements: Undergraduate Consulting Club, Mock Trial
Naman was also personally admitted to
NYU Stern School of Business
Georgetown University
Yale School of Management
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
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Naman has helped Leland clients get into Yale School of Management