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Nick V.

Nick Van Slooten

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BYU Application Strategy

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    Brigham Young University

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    Relay Health, Inc.

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About

I build and share extremely tactical, detailed playbooks to win. That's been a theme across my life experience: I studied Economics and Chinese at BYU (4.0, 36 ACT), got consulting offers from McKinsey and BCG, and spent my summer at BCG. As president of BYU's consulting club I put hundreds of hours into coaching classmates through case prep. Then I skipped the full-time offer to co-found Relay, an addiction recovery app. We went through Y Combinator, raised a $1.5M seed, and ran it for three years. Today I'm Head of GMs at Leland, where I run P&Ls and build many of our AI systems myself. Here's how I can help: -YC Applications: I'll cut to the core of your narrative and help shape your business model in a way that consistently gets clients into Y Combinator. -Build with AI: I build agents and automations every day, and I'll help you implement cutting-edge practices and tools into your workflows. -Consulting recruiting: end-to-end prep to land and crush interviews at top consulting firms. -GMAT and ACT: I scored a 760 GMAT and a 36 ACT. The score comes from strategy and timing more than extra content review. -College admissions: building a story that ties your application together, not a list of activities. -Startup founders: validating demand before you build, fundraising, growth/marketing hacks, and everything else it takes to go 0 to 1, 1 to 10, and beyond.

Nick’s College Qualifications

Open to working with clients outside the U.S.

AI Certified

Completed Level 1 of Leland’s AI Builder Program

I achieved the highest possible level of scholarship (Presidential Scholarship, "Thomas S. Monson Scholar") coming into undergraduate study at Brigham Young University (BYU), awarded to only 50 students in each incoming class of 7000+ students. I've since helped students of many backgrounds successfully apply to BYU, including international students.

Nick can help with:

Application Strategy

Editing

Essays

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Resume

Why do I coach?

I love helping others to achieve their goals in the same way that others helped me. I've benefitted from many mentors in my life - dozens of consultants and friends helped me to land my consulting offers - and I find a deep sense of fulfillment in giving back through mentoring.

Work Experience

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Co-founder & COO

Relay Health, Inc.

April 2022 - Present

I abruptly left the consulting world when an addiction recovery tech startup I co-founded in college started taking off and raised money from Y Combinator and other investors. Since then, as a side hustle along with the startup, I've continued to hone my skills as a mentor for aspiring consultants as well as prospective MBA candidates taking the GMAT!

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Summer Associate

Boston Consulting Group

June 2021 - August 2021

I created pieces of the equity story to help a PE client sell a beauty subsidiary, including fielding and analyzing a survey for salon professionals, conducting expert interviews and store visits, and forecasting incremental revenue for new value levers.

Nick was also given offers to work at

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    McKinsey & Company

Education

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Brigham Young University

Bachelor of Science, Economics, Chinese

2018 - 2022

I received a dual major in Economics and Chinese from BYU with minors in Strategy and Entrepreneurship. While at BYU, I combined machine learning and econometrics to estimate the causal impact of major choice on likelihood of receiving an offer at a top consulting firm - happy to share the results if you're interested. Graduated with a 4.0 GPA and a 760 GMAT score...and then went full-time building a tech startup, so none of those numbers matter anymore!

Nick was also personally admitted to

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    Duke University

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