1:1 Hourly Coaching

1:1 Hourly Coaching

Offered by Yvette R.

5.0

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Top Global Harvard Coach | AI Upskilling | 200+ M7 Admissions

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Studied at Harvard Business School

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Package Description:

Custom coaching with me limited to the number of hours you purchase. Great for MBA applicants who are on a limited budget or self-driven and need a boost in brainstorming ideas, limited edits, or limited resume tips. *Sample use of 2hrs: accelerated deep dive call to set a plan and brainstorm writing your top program's essays, 1 round of essay edits *Sample use of 10hrs on 2 applications: 2.5hr strategy call for first top program (plus my prep), 2.5hrs for 2-3 essay edit turns/drafts, 2hrs resume/app/letter of recommendation broad advice and some editing, 45min quick strategy for school 2, ~2hrs for 2-3 essay edit turns/drafts. Actionable work that we do together can include: -> Strategy Call to formulate unique stories (time ranges from 1-3 hours): 1) Strengths and weaknesses analysis for your specific profile - by diving deeply into your personal, professional, community and goal stories 2) Essay question breakdown/strategy based on expertise of what admissions look for; 3) professional advice on formulating your goals tested against real market trends; 4) impact of low GMAT/GPA lower ranked colleges; 5) Winning school selection based on feedback from hundreds of alumni from every program 6) set a timeline/deadlines. A compressed effective strategy call can run from 1-2 hours. The more help needed, the longer it takes. Lightning round essay strategy sessions typically are not helpful for even the best writers because the same mistakes are multiplied across various essays, focusing on one at a time is best practice. ->Essay Edits (15-60min each): Via written feedback/edits, I suggest ways to improve your content, make it succinct, and highlight your personal qualities with strong storytelling to help you stand out. You get each essay iteration from me in ~2 days, same-day closer to deadlines. Each essay turn takes between 15-60min, longer upfront, and once 90% complete, it can be as quick as a 15min review. ->Resume and Online Application (30-45min each): Discuss pointers to write an "MBA" resume and complementary online application aiming for strong language reflecting leadership potential, and ensure it "sells" a consistent profile across your essay and other application materials. Feedback/editing. Resume turns can be from 15-60min each depending on the relevance of the language used for MBA admissions. ->Letters of Recommendation (LOR): Discuss recommender strategy, guidance on approaching the questions recommenders are asked and tips to manage this valuable part of your application. The call and review each typically take 15-30min depending on the number of schools. ->Interview prep: 1) Call to discuss the approach to preparing your answers/delivery using a long list of sample questions (you get those ahead of time) ~30-60min; 2) mock interview over video call using a past actual interview script + interview feedback session ~1 hour. ->Waitlist strategy if applicable: Share best practices of what and how often to communicate with admissions if waitlisted. I hope to inspire confidence by providing frank feedback and making recommendations as needed to form the best possible application. I have been in your shoes and can empathize with wanting to put your best foot forward and get it done. At no time should you feel like unneeded services are being pushed onto you, but the areas we cover are dependent on the amount of questions, how "sticky" details we need to strategize, and your ability to execute on the feedback (for some people it takes more iterations and that is perfectly ok, just takes more coaching). Because it’s hard to predict how many hours an applicant may need, I can not predict if hourly is cheaper than the start-to-finish package. If we are not already working together, an hour CAN NOT be used toward HBS interview prep.


What you'll get from this package

Essay strategy, clear framework for all essays, and essay feedback/editing/iterating asynchronously (time permiting)

Strategy and edits for resume&online application (time permitting)

Letter of Recommendation strategu (time permitting)

Upon invitation, Interview Preparation (time permitting)

Waitlist strategy, if applicable (time permitting)

Tackle quick email questions within 24hrs (time permitting)


Additional details

Coaching delivered via live sessions.

I help guide you tapping my over 10 years of experience to cover as much as possible and asking at each turn if you want to get more detailed in any area. Ultimately you drive the engagement by asking for what you need. We set goals for what you wish to cover, hop on a strategy call and action on that plan. Adjust as you learn where you need more or less help. You get a summary of time used after each call/edit. What counts toward your purchased hours? Time spent preparing for our call in reviewing resume, transcripts, GMAT/GRE, or drafts/previous app essays. Also calls, email responses, and essay edits count toward your total hours purchased. If time runs out, I will provide actionable high-level guidance to apply to the rest independently OR recommend adding more time.

Refund Policy

Purchases of 10+ hours can be rolled from one round to the next or even to the next application year. I know things happen and is here to partner with you until the end.

Services included:

Editing

Recommendations

Interviews

Waitlist Strategy

School Selection

Application Strategy

Essays

Resume


Yvette R.

Offered by Yvette R.

Joined October 2024

5.0

Top Global Harvard Coach | AI Upskilling | 200+ M7 Admissions

I'm a top global MBA admissions coach with 11yrs experience and 85% success rate to H/W/S + M7 who cares about your journey. I push you to find your why and tell it powerfully. I’m ahead of the pack—I've built AI prompting tools to complement one-on-one coaching. ->Through our conversations, I challenge you to discover your leadership voice by placing you in the "interview seat". I draw on my deep understanding of what admissions look for and what essay questions are truly asking for to help you create an authentic story and ambitious goals that stand out. Together we create a design session where we think deeply about personal and professional moments that show who you are. This leads to your strongest application, higher interview invitation rates, and admissions. -> Expertise in prompting generic ChatGPT/Anthropic AI to get non-generic admissions caliber feedback. I evolved my 1:1 coaching to include guidance on using AI effectively for clients who see it as a tool, but continue to provide traditional coaching for those who don't want it. I have developed prompts that remove the generic responses that general use AI tools provide, to make them essay specific and in your voice. Try this formula that works: Invest in 2-5 hours of quality coaching to unlock your core stories. Then use getMBA.ai to accelerate the iterative writing process—turning weeks of grunt work into days. →I work with a small group of international/US candidates each round from diverse backgrounds (tech, entrepreneurs, consultants, family business). I am available for my clients within short notice. Get started right away with intro 1-2hrs foundational call - according to my reviews, it's a worthwhile investment. -> Most clients do not have clear goal when we begin working together, but end with clear career direction - and some have started companies based on the ideas we formulated together. -> My interests: Looking to work with candidates with unique AI based goals - in particular big ideas that are not yet clear or tangible. ->Unlimited Coaching package includes additional review by a second coach (you get 2 in 1 coaches!) ->Initial trial hourly purchases will be credited when you upgrade to Unlimited Coaching package* ->Optional access to insights that mimic hundreds of successful essays via AI writing tool ->I apply my superpower as an innovator and storyteller to walk clients through a framework that helps connect the dots of past experiences and future aspirations. We get to your “aha” moment and get you excited (and less anxious) about your own fantastic and bold story - this in turn elevates your competitiveness in MBA applications and interviews. -> IG: MBAcoach ->My expertise has been featured in Poets&Quants. ->I have advised professionals across 20 countries in complex industries including tech, finance, consulting, government, healthcare, biotech, entrepreneurship, renewable energy, military, and telco. Experience spans product management, strategy, operations, analytics, finance, sales, engineering and manufacturing. Areas of less expertise: Brand management, marketing, HR. ->Experienced with top 17 MBAs worldwide: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT, Booth, Columbia, Tuck, Haas, Yale, NYU, UCLA, Ross, Duke, Fuqua, London Business School, Insead ->Personality traits: I recognize that applying to competitive MBAs is a serious process for you on top of a competitive full time job. I inject my naturally open and humorous personality to make the process feel a little less like work. Nimble and grounded are other core strengths, I know when to guide to create urgency and when to give you room to explore your creativity. ->Experienced with MBA, EMBA, PT MBA, & deferred admissions. ->Experienced with dual degrees MBA/MPP(A) or MBA/MA product, design, engineering, education, biotech. **See My Reactions Video to Burning MBA applicant questions **Poets&Quants Article: https://poetsandquants.com/2024/08/07/tips-to-nail-new-harvard-mba-essays/?pq-category=sbc&pq-category-2=sponsored-blogs *Note: initial up to 3 hour purchases will be credited toward upgrade to Unlimited Coaching packages

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