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Ready to put yourself at the center of the business world in New York City? My comprehensive package is designed to guide you through every step of the CBS MBA application process, ensuring your application stands out to school that thinks big. I'm a Haas MBA graduate, served as student VP of admissions while enrolled, and have extensive experience in MBA admissions coaching. I also spent much of my partner's time at CBS alongside him, which gave me a firsthand understanding of the program's culture, strengths, and quirks. I'm here to help you craft an application that truly reflects your unique strengths and demonstrate why you belong in Columbia's globally minded, ambitious, and fun loving student community. Here's how we'll build an application that makes the case for Columbia: Application Strategy & Planning: We'll kick off with a deep dive into your background, career goals, and personal story. Together, we'll develop a strategic roadmap tailored to highlight your strengths, address any weaknesses, and make sure every part of the application shines. Resume: I'll help you craft a polished, impactful resume that showcases your achievements and potential. Recommendations: We'll strategize on selecting and guiding your recommenders to ensure their letters reinforce your narrative. Written Essay Development & Editing: From brainstorming to final edits, I'll guide you in writing essays that capture your voice and resonate with the admissions committee. We'll work on creating a very specific and compelling vision for your career and why Columbia and it's strategic location are the right launchpad for your goals. Being steps from the industries, companies, and leaders shaping global business is a real advantage, and we'll make sure your application shows how you'll take advantage of it. If warranted, we'll also tackle the Optional Statement. Interview Preparation: I'll conduct a mock interview to help you articulate your story confidently and effectively. We'll practice common questions and refine your responses to ensure you're ready to impress. Online Application Content: I'll provide guidance on the Employment Info, Activities, and short-answer sections of the application form so you can use them to further strengthen your application rather than treating them as throwaway. Throughout our collaboration, I'm committed to providing honest, constructive feedback and being a supportive partner in your application journey. My goal is to help you present a cohesive, compelling application that reflects who you are and why you belong at Columbia. As an added bonus, you can leverage our work together to complete several other applications on your own as CBS has one of the longest, most comprehensive set of essays out there!
What you'll get from this package
Personalized application strategy document
Polished resume, essays, and online application content
A tailored recommender prep packet
The preparation and confidence to ace your video essay and interview
An experienced, empathetic, and enthusiastic partner to ask the hard questions, provide advice, and cheer you on and support you throughout the process
Additional details
Coaching delivered via .
Our engagement will start with you completing a comprehensive questionnaire that will serve as the basis for a 2 hour kickoff call where i get to know your personal and professional experiences and MBA/career goals. From then on, I tailor the process according to the candidate's preferences - typically something like weekly or ad hoc calls or video chats to discuss issues and lots of asynchronous work on written documents. I am also available via text within reason. The mock interview is obviously done live and I give feedback immediately after. I view coaching engagements as a partnership rather than a transaction, and I love getting to know the people I work with on a deep and meaningful level. Not only does this put us in the best place to achieve our desired results, but it makes for enjoyable and potentially fruitful long-term relationships on both ends.
Services included:
Recommendations
Interviews
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
Supplementary Materials
Editing
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I'm a Princeton undergrad and UC Berkeley Haas MBA with 10 years of professional experience coaching over 200 applicants to top programs. As someone who initially struggled with the MBA admissions process and with navigating my early career path, I am passionate about helping others have a smoother and more purpose-driven experience. While my background is in investments, product, and marketing, I love working with applicants from all industries and functions (variety is the spice of life!) I am also highly plugged into the world of entrepreneurship through my work in venture investing focused on UC Berkeley affiliated startups. MBA ADMISSIONS EXPERIENCE - Leland Top MBA Coach in 2026, 2025, and 2021. Leland Top 50 Coach (all categories) in 2024. - Began coaching professionally in 2017 with Stacy Blackman Consulting, where I was trained and mentored by former M7 AdCom members - Coached 200+ clients who have been admitted to Wharton, Kellogg, Sloan, Columbia, Stanford, Harvard, Haas, Booth, Ross, Tuck, Fuqua, Stern, LBS, Oxford, and many more; clients have received >$3M in scholarships - First-hand experience as the student VP of Admissions at Haas (2014-2015) and also served as VP of New Student Orientation (2013-2014) - Extensive experience helping clients with low GPAs, below median test scores, unemployment, etc. (and can personally empathize with some of these challenges) - Specialized knowledge of top part-time programs, including Haas, Booth, Kellogg, and Anderson COACHING COMPETENCE - Decades of experience giving others constructive feedback on their writing and speaking in corporate, editorial, and admissions coaching settings - Find personal fulfillment in mentoring: mentored financially disadvantaged youth in San Francisco on college applications and currently mentor small groups of college women in Utah on career development, higher education, and leadership - Brutally honest with my clients about their chances rather than saying "of course I can get you into XYZ school" (but will never discourage someone from applying to a reach program if I think there’s a chance!) - Known for collegial, astute, and supportive coaching style, as exemplified by one former client stating: “Emily is so much more than an MBA Admissions Consultant. She's a mentor, friend, and on many occasions...a therapist.” MARKETING & WRITING EXPERTISE - Held a variety of product marketing, product management, and investor relations roles over my 19 year corporate career, which honed my positioning and messaging skills (if I can make a boring old mutual fund compelling, think of what I can do for you!) - More creative writing pursuits include penning a #1 Amazon Bestselling book for first time moms in 2020 and serving as a sports writer for The Daily Princetonian in college
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