Maajid Husain
Expert admission/application coach for data driven backgrounds
Studied at Harvard Business School
Works at Capital One
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Maajid's Offerings
Custom hourly · $69/hr
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Maajid’s MBA Qualifications
Maajid has helped clients get into these schools:
Coming from a technical background, I understand how to form a storyline and appeal to business schools through the resume creation process and answering difficult essay questions while weaving in university experiences and credentials. I have had non-traditional roles for MBA admitted students and I believe that I can help the most for students coming from engineering/computer science/data science looking to pivot into a business background.
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About Maajid
I’m an HBS 2+2 deferred admit and UVA graduate with a background in computer science, applied statistics, and business analytics. I currently work as a Business Analyst at Capital One, where my work spans strategy, analytics, and credit decision-making. I went through the deferred MBA process without the stereotypical Ivy League → investment banking / MBB / private equity background, which shaped how I think about admissions. Strong applicants often underestimate themselves because their accomplishments do not fit the most visible MBA applicant archetypes. I now primarily coach deferred MBA applicants, particularly students from STEM, quantitative, and nontraditional pre-MBA backgrounds. Past clients I’ve coached have received admissions offers from HBS 2+2 and Columbia Business School. My approach is analytical and direct: identify what is genuinely differentiated about your background, build a clear narrative around it, and make sure every part of the application reinforces that story.
Why do I coach?
When I was applying to deferred MBA programs, one of the hardest parts was determining how my own experiences fit into what business schools were actually looking for. I had a technical background and strong leadership experiences, but I wasn’t following the traditional consulting, banking, or private equity path that dominates a lot of MBA admissions content. Good mentorship helped me recognize that the goal was not to imitate a stereotypical MBA applicant. It was to understand the trajectory already present in my experiences and communicate it clearly. That is what I enjoy helping other applicants do. I especially like working with students who are accomplished but unsure whether they are “MBA enough.” My goal is to give them candid feedback, help them find the strongest version of their story, and make the application process much less opaque.
Work Experience
Business Analyst
Capital One
August 2024 - Present
Drive analytics and strategy across Capital One’s credit business, translating portfolio and customer behavior into business and credit-policy recommendations. Own recurring analytical processes evaluating performance across hundreds of thousands of accounts and have automated previously manual workflows to improve the speed and consistency of decision-making. Separately, have led internal AI enablement efforts, including building an MVP for AI-powered knowledge and workflow tools and helping analyst teams adopt agentic AI for recurring work.
Product Management and Analytics Intern
Capital One
June 2023 - August 2023
Analyzed customer behavior and credit strategy for Capital One’s Business Cards & Payments division. Built segmentation and targeting analyses for customers with multiple premium small-business cards, helping identify an opportunity that increased purchase volume among targeted customers by 68% and was projected to generate approximately $2M in incremental revenue. Partnered with product and analytics teams to evaluate customer, risk, and business implications.
Information Technology and Data Analytics Intern
The Boeing Company
June 2022 - August 2022
Supported technology and data initiatives within Boeing, including cross-functional work on data migration and agile delivery. Selected as one of four participants from a ~1,500-person intern class for an intern development team and led a team to a first-place finish in a national systems challenge.
Education
Harvard Business School
MBA, Business
2024 - 2029
Admitted to HBS 2+2 program
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Bachelors, Applied Statistics with a concentration in Finance and Business and second major in Computer Sciencd
2020 - 2024
Double major in Applied Statistics and Computer Science with a concentration in Finance & Business and a minor in Data Science. Led UVA’s Data Science and Analytics Club and held leadership roles across student organizations, with a focus on data education, mentorship, and professional development.
Maajid was also personally admitted to
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
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