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Embarking on your journey to UC Berkeley Haas? My comprehensive package is designed to guide you through every step of the MBA application process, ensuring your application stands out in this competitive landscape. With my background as a Haas MBA graduate, the student VP of admissions while enrolled, and extensive experience in MBA admissions coaching, I’m here to help you craft an application that truly reflects your unique strengths and aspirations. Here’s how we’ll work together to make your Haas dream a reality: **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 and align with Haas’s values. **Resume & Recommendations**: I’ll help you craft a polished, impactful resume that showcases your achievements and potential. We’ll also strategize on selecting and guiding your recommenders to ensure their letters reinforce your narrative. **Video Essay**: I'll vet potential topics, help you outline the narrative, and coach you on the delivery. When it gets closer to submission, I'll practice with you live and/or provide feedback on recordings. **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. In addition to the Career Goals essay, we'll tackle the Distance Travelled essay (everyone should answer it) and the Optional Statement (if warranted). **Interview Preparation**: If you are doing the live, virtual interview option, 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. If you are doing a pre-recorded interview, I'll share intel on the questions and help you brainstorm and practice your answers. **Online Application Content**: Haas gives you a lot of word count on the application form for Employment Info and Activities. I’ll provide guidance on how to use these opportunities to further strengthen your application rather than being a 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 Haas. Go Bears!!
What you'll get from this package
Personalized application strategy document
Polished resume, essays, and online application content
Tailored recommender prep packets
The preparation and confidence to ace your video essay and interview (whether live or pre-recorded)
An experienced, empathetic, and enthusiastic partner to ask the hard questions, provide advice, and cheer you on and support you throughout the process
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Custom hourly · $379/hr
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Offered by Emily L.
Joined June 2021
5.0
Haas Admissions VP, 4x Top Leland Coach, 200+ Top 25 Admits
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
$6,000
15h–30h of coaching