MBA/MPP Admissions Experts

Many candidates applying to INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford and Cambridge are doing so with one clear goal: to move into consulting. Yet that is also where many applications quietly become generic. Admissions committees have read thousands of versions of: “I want to transition into strategy consulting.” They can tell very quickly whether you genuinely understand the career you are describing, whether the goal makes sense given your background, and whether your story is credible. I bring a perspective that most admissions coaches cannot. As a Bain manager and interviewer, I spent years evaluating candidates and deciding who was ready to join the firm. Today, as an INSEAD alumni interviewer, I sit on the admissions side of that same journey. That means I can help you with two things in particular. First, I can tell you how your career goal sounds to someone who has actually hired for that role — and help you make it specific, credible and commercially grounded. Second, I can prepare you for the school interview from the perspective of someone who actually conducts these interviews. Around that, we do the core admissions work properly: building the right school shortlist, sharpening your CV, developing essays that tell one coherent story rather than five disconnected ones, and giving you an honest assessment of where you stand before you spend weeks writing applications.

As the former Associate Director at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, David served as a strategic advisor for the school's Admissions Office. He created profiles of ideal candidates across MBA career pathways and informed the feasibility of applicants’ proposed career pivots. He also advised Chicago Booth on their dual degree programs (JD, MPP, MD, MPCS) and relevant career outcomes. Given his experience as the most in-demand career coach for 1.2k MBA students and as an admission advisor at the world's best business school, David offers you a true comprehensive, strategic insight into the MBA application data, process, and outcomes. David has a track record of successfully advising candidates on their MBA applications. He loves defining your narrative, crafting your personal and career goal essays, developing strategies for your networking and admissions events, building your interview stories, and perfecting your resume and LinkedIn profiles. His students have received offers and scholarships from top MBA schools such as, but not limited to, HBS, Wharton, Chicago Booth, and Yale SOM.

I have helped numerous student into Northwestern Kellogg, Duke Fuqua, MIT Sloan, Yale School of Management, LBS, INSEAD and several other top MBA programs. I specialize in helping international students and professionals looking to pivot into MBA programs and careers in the US. I offer a comprehensive service that includes school selection strategy, resume creation, personal statement workshop, recommendations, interview preparation, and even waitlist strategy, should you ever need it! Get in touch for a fully personalized journey to your MBA dreams.

I grew up across five U.S. cities and spent years living on four continents, so “Where are you from?” rarely has a tidy answer. But why I move is simple: to help people become the best version of themselves. For me, that impact starts with food. My personal mission is to make healthy meals exciting, accessible, and affordable. That mission led me to build a hydroponic farm in my apartment, donate 20K lbs of food to furloughed service workers during COVID, and start a kombucha company in China. That clarity of vision led me to become the first person ever admitted to Stanford GSB and the Schwarzman Scholars program in the same application cycle. As your coach, I’ll give you the clarity that took me years to gain. Together we’ll sharpen your mission, ground it in your experiences, and craft a story that connects every dot. The result? An application that admissions teams can’t overlook. Just ask the people I've previously worked with who were accepted into Stanford GSB, Schwarzman, Harvard, Wharton, and beyond.

Hello and welcome to my profile! With an MBA from both Columbia Business School and London Business School, I bring a wealth of knowledge in value investing, entrepreneurship, finance, and private equity to my coaching practice. My professional journey includes impactful roles at Amazon, where I led innovative product management initiatives, and at McKinsey & Company, where I honed my strategic consulting skills. Over the years, I've successfully coached 18 individuals, helping them navigate the competitive MBA admissions process and secure spots at top programs. Whether you need guidance on application strategy, essay crafting, or interview preparation, I'm here to help you achieve your MBA dreams. Let's connect and chart your path to success!

Hi, I’m Madeleine! I am a former Harvard admissions team member, while being a graduate student at Harvard University. I'm an expert in nailing the admissions interview, and I have coached more than 500 students through highly selective interview process ranging from undergraduate, graduate, and private K12 schools. I know how strong interviews create positive bias that follows you into committee and elevates your entire application. I have a unique multifaceted approach based on my rare interdisciplinary background: • Harvard-trained: Harvard admissions insight and extensive network - • Athlete mindset: Performance and mindset coaching from being a NCAA Division I Athlete, and turned Pro Athlete • PR Psychology: As the spokesperson for a global tech company, having done 100+ conference panels, webinars, and podcasts, I know how to infuse the • Proven success helping 500 plus students shine in selective interviews, including admits to MIT, Cornell, UT Austin, Harvard, and Columbia Let's make your BEST self shine through, and BOOST your entire application together!

I help top-tier candidates earn admission to the world’s most competitive MBA programs and place into elite post-MBA roles. I attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and spent 10 years as a U.S. Army Green Beret, was admitted to MIT Sloan, Chicago Booth, Michigan Ross, and Harvard Business School, earned cross-offers from multiple MBB firms, spent three years at McKinsey & Company, and now serve as CEO of a PE-backed company. Prior to joining Leland, I coached applicants independently for four years, producing a 93.75% placement rate into MBB (30 of 32 candidates) with consistent success across M7 and top-15 programs. My approach blends elite performance psychology, military-grade preparation, and insider admissions + recruiting strategy, giving candidates a structured, no-nonsense path from application to offer.

As an international student, I navigated the path from an F-1 visa to a career at Apple, NVIDIA, and Tesla, with two master's degrees from Carnegie Mellon. I've sat in the exact seat you're in: writing essays that need to feel distinctive without being gimmicky, picking schools that actually translate to the U.S. career you want after, and figuring out how to tell your story in a way that lands with admissions committees who read thousands of them. International MBA applicants face a specific challenge: most application advice is built around domestic applicants. The narrative arcs that work, the school selection criteria, the post-MBA career lens — they all assume a U.S.-citizen default. That's a real gap. And if your background is international, non-traditional, or both, that gap is where strong applications struggle. I work specifically with international applicants because that's the path I walked, and it's where I can add real value: - Finding the narrative angle that makes you distinct without leaning on the generic immigrant story - Picking schools through a sponsorship and post-MBA career lens - Positioning a non-traditional background as a strength, not a gap to explain - Writing essays that feel authentic and like you. - Preparing for the post-admit reality: visa timing, internship sponsorship, long-term career arc Whether you're applying to a MPP/MPA/MS/MBA program, the crux of a great graduate school application starts with crafting a bespoke winning strategy designed for you. I take a small cohort of clients per cycle. I'm selective because outcomes matter more than volume. If you're an ambitious international applicant aiming at top programs and you want a coach who's lived this path, let's talk.

I hold an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School. I've coached 10+ clients into MBA programs including HBS, Wharton, Stanford, Oxford, LBS, and INSEAD. Having navigated roles across strategy consulting, finance, VC and impact myself, I work with you to decode unconventional career paths and turn them into a sharp, coherent and distinctive MBA narrative. I specialize in helping you build the genuine story that ties your career trajectories, values, and ambitions into a compelling case for why you belong at a top program.

I know what it takes to win a seat at a top MBA program as a non-traditional applicant — because I did it. I earned my MBA at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth after a career as a physician, with a Yale MPH along the way. I understand exactly how admissions committees read an application: how to turn an unconventional background into a standout story, how to make essays authentic and differentiated instead of generic, how to choose schools strategically, and how to prep your recommenders and nail the interview. I later became a Vice President in Healthcare Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and served on recruiting teams that evaluated scores of candidates; so, I know what excellence looks like on paper and in the room, and I bring that same discerning eye to your candidacy. I work especially well with healthcare and non-traditional applicants (including MD/MBA and other dual-degree paths), though I coach applicants from every background. Expect direct, structured, high-signal feedback and a clear plan: candidacy assessment, school strategy, résumé, essays through multiple rounds, recommender strategy, and interview prep. My goal is simple: to help you present the most compelling, authentic version of your story, and get in.