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How to Build a Winning MBA Application

Many MBA applicants have strong profiles but struggle to bring all the pieces together into a cohesive, competitive application. This session is designed for candidates who want to understand how admissions committees evaluate applicants across essays, resumes, recommendations, and interviews. You’ll learn how to define clear career goals, build a compelling narrative, and position your experiences in a way that demonstrates leadership, impact, and fit with your target programs.

Breaking Down Monster GRE Quant Questions

In this session, you will work through a difficult GRE Quantitative Reasoning problem step by step and leave knowing how to apply that same approach to similar questions on your own. We will focus on identifying what the question is actually testing beneath the surface, breaking down the logic before touching the math, and recognizing the structural patterns that appear repeatedly across hard quant problems.

GRE Sprint Kickoff: What the GRE Tests and What You Need for a Top Score

After this session, you will know exactly which GRE skills separate high scorers from the rest and which study habits waste time. We will break down what the Verbal and Quant sections are actually measuring, why most test-takers misread the test's logic, and how to build a study plan around the patterns that consistently produce top scores.

The Interview: What Not to Do

Avoid the most common mistakes in your interviews, from poor body language to unprepared answers, to make a lasting and positive impression on your interviewer.

Stanford University Admit: Deferred Essay Examples

Read the deferred essay responses that got me into Stanford based on the 2024 prompts.

Stanford University Admit: Activities and Extracurriculars Example

See the activities and extracurriculars that got me into Stanford University.

How To Step From Participation to Leadership in your Extracurriculars

A step by step framework for turning extracurricular involvement into leadership and impact.

Example Cover Letter for a Strategy & Ops Role

See how this ex-consultant used a powerful cover letter to land a new role in Strategy & Operations.

SWE Recruiting Quick Start

A practical companion to “How Engineers Avoid Burnout During Recruiting Cycles,” this quick start guide helps you turn insights into action—structuring your search, preparing impactful examples, and managing your time and energy throughout the recruiting process.

Stanford University Admit: Short Response Examples

Read the short essay responses that got me into Stanford based on the 2024 prompts.

What Good Looks Like - Associate Product Managers

A clear, practical look at the skills and habits that make great APMs — straight from a product leader.

The Non‑Traditional Applicant’s Storytelling Workbook

How to build an authentic, coherent MBA narrative (without obsessing over stats). Non‑traditional candidate stories can be coherent, but often candidates just don’t know how to translate them for what Adcom wants to hear. This guide helps you translate your niche experience into MBA language.

Sample Senior Software Engineer Resume

An example of a Senior Software Engineer's Resume

The Growth Blueprint: How to Find, Understand, and Win Customers [5/1/2026] (Recording)

Finding and winning customers is one of the hardest parts of building a startup, and many founders struggle to turn early traction into consistent growth. This session is for founders who want a clearer, more structured approach to understanding their customers and scaling demand. You’ll learn how to identify your most valuable customer segments, uncover the insights that drive conversion, and build repeatable growth loops that actually work. Join live to ask questions about your own product and growth challenges and get direct input from someone who has done it before. The speaker is an experienced startup founder who regularly works with teams on customer acquisition and growth strategy. They’ll share the patterns they see across successful companies and the kinds of frameworks typically discussed in 1:1 working sessions.

Resume — Education Consulting: A Career in Guiding Students

A professional resume for an education consultant, highlighting experience at Kaplan Inc. and Intelligentsia.

Tricky Fractions and Fractional Expressions

Master the fundamentals of tricky fractions and fractional expressions with strategies for solving complex problems on standardized tests.

Resume Best Practices: Tips to Take Your CV From Meh to Magnifico!

After 15+ years of reviewing more applicant resumes than I care to count as a recruiter/hiring manager/talent leader at McKinsey and Bain, these are the core tips I coach my clients to always consider when crafting their CV.

The MBA Narrative Lab: Where Story Meets Strategy

Most MBA applicants have strong resumes. Far fewer know how to turn their experiences into a cohesive, compelling narrative that actually drives admissions decisions. In The MBA Narrative Lab: Where Story Meets Strategy, you’ll learn how to connect your career moves, leadership moments, and future goals into a clear story that resonates. The speaker regularly works 1:1 with MBA candidates, and this session offers rare access to the same narrative frameworks used in coaching sessions to shape standout applications. Who This Is For - Applicants planning to apply in the next 1–2 cycles - Reapplicants who need a stronger, clearer positioning - Candidates struggling to connect “why MBA” to long-term goals - High achievers whose story feels scattered on paper What You’ll Walk Away With - A practical framework to define your core narrative arc - How to align past experience with future goals convincingly - The patterns I see across successful candidates at top programs - The kinds of story gaps and positioning mistakes I fix in 1:1 sessions - A simple exercise to pressure-test your narrative before writing essays

Introduction to LBO Modeling - Full

This is the only model you need to build out a full LBO model.

Introduction to Merger Model - Accretion Dilution Mini

This is an introductory model to Merger Model Analysis, also known as Accretion Dilution Model Analysis.