Traditional Full-Time MBA Admissions Experts

Tatiana Bouri is a first-year MBA student at Stanford GSB, where she was admitted as a Consortium Fellow and Forté Fellow. She was also granted admission to Kellogg, Booth, Columbia, and Haas. Before business school, Tatiana spent three years at BCG working across healthcare, public sector, and social impact, before pivoting to Maven Clinic where she led go-to-market and payer growth strategy. Her experience spanning strategy consulting, high-growth startups, and now Stanford GSB gives her a well-rounded perspective on what top programs are looking for and how to help candidates get there. Whether you're building your school list, shaping your narrative, or tackling essays, Tatiana will help you cut through the noise and present the most powerful version of yourself.

Welcome to my profile! As a Columbia Business School MBA graduate and former Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company, I bring a wealth of experience in strategic operations and business development. My diverse background, including roles at NBCUniversal and Frame.io, equips me with unique insights into the intersection of business and creativity. I have successfully coached numerous clients through the MBA admissions process, helping them craft compelling applications that stand out. Whether you need guidance on application strategy, essay writing, or interview preparation, I'm here to help you achieve your MBA goals. Let's connect and start your journey to success!

Hi! I love coaching for the MBA category because of how difficult it was for me to apply to MBAs without a coach or a strong support network. My MBA at Harvard Business School and being an Admissions Fellow there, I was equipped with firsthand insights into the MBA admissions process. I believe my ability to weave together a strong, compelling, and coherent narrative allowed me to receive 4 full scholarships to T-12 schools, and I want to coach others to reach their goals. The process can be overwhelming and I look forward to helping you throughout your journey by creating a customized approach. I have helped over 50 students get accepted to M7 MBA programs.

Hello - I'm Stone and I'd love to help you with your MBA journey. Leland recently named me a Top 15 MBA Coach for 2026. I'm a Stanford MBA and was also accepted at Booth, Columbia, and Haas, all with scholarships. I've helped people get into every M7 school. My Ethos: I believe the MBA admissions process should be more than a series of essays and tests. It's an opportunity to look inward and reflect on: - What you actually want to do with your life - How you are going to get there - What makes you special? Were it not for the self-reflection and growth I had during my application process, I wouldn't have even thought to apply for the role that ended up being my dream job. And even if I hadn't gotten into business school, I still had a list of well thought out goals to work towards. I want to help guide you through this process in a way that will give you this growth, while also putting together applications you are proud of that will resonate with any admissions committee! Between my own applications and those of my coachees, I've spent hundreds of hours successfully navigating the admissions process. Wherever you are in your MBA journey, please feel free to directly schedule a free, no-strings attached consultation or message me with questions. I would love to work with you! Here are some of the things I've helped clients with: - Personal reflection and career goalsetting/discovery - Telling your "story" in an authentic, compelling, and coherent way - Is an MBA even right for you? - School selection - Resume prep (ideation and review) - Essays (ideation and review) - Recommender coaching (how to make sure you get stellar recs that will support the rest of your application) - Interview prep (strategy, response preparation, mock interviews with detailed feedback) - Waitlist strategy - Insights from other MBAs My Story: That said, my MBA application process was far from easy. In fact, I almost didn't apply. I had no MBB background, a below-average GPA, and even had a mentor decline to recommend me because they didn’t believe I’d get in anywhere good. I was intimidated by the profiles I found online of people who attended these schools and became full of impostor syndrome. Luckily a friend convinced me to apply anyway. I ended up being the only person at my company (200k+ employees globally) who was accepted to Stanford that year. How did I do it? By crafting a compelling and cohesive narrative that tied together every part of my application (essays, extracurriculars, recommendations, resume, etc.). I want to help you do the same and make your MBA applications the best they can be! I have extensive experience in marketing, writing, and storytelling. I want to use these skills to help you. For example: - I coached Stanford classmates for Talk and TalkX to help them reflect and authentically share their stories - I was a guest lecturer for a Stanford undergrad marketing course - In consulting, I wrote and edited several whitepapers on industry/market trends - I interned at the National Audubon Society's magazine, writing articles about environmental conservation - I was an editor for Brown's course review site - I interviewed candidates applying to Brown University (undergrad)

Is a full-time MBA right for you? Which schools should you target? What career path fits your goals? I can help you answer these questions with clarity and confidence. With an MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and admissions offers from other top programs, I’ve guided many applicants through the process, helping them refine their stories, strengthen their materials, and reach their target schools. I know firsthand how challenging MBA applications and post-MBA recruiting can be and how to avoid common pitfalls. I specialize in supporting applicants interested in general management, consulting, and Leadership Development Program (LDP) roles, with particular expertise in Chicago Booth, Duke Fuqua, and BYU Marriott. Let’s work together to craft a strategy that helps you stand out, get admitted, and launch the next chapter of your career!

I help candidates turn strong resumes and complex life stories into clear, compelling MBA applications that stand out. My strength is storytelling with structure. I know how to identify what admissions committees actually care about, frame experiences with intention, and build cohesive applications where every essay reinforces a clear narrative arc. I was awarded a full ride scholarship to Wharton and received the Dean’s Scholarship from MIT Sloan, giving me firsthand insight into what top programs reward. I work closely with clients to refine positioning, sharpen voice, and translate ambition into authenticity so their applications feel confident, differentiated, and true to who they are.

Hi! I'm a Harvard MBA graduate and received admission through the deferred admit / 2+2 program (with a GMAT of 760). I've had a diverse set of work experiences both before HBS (venture capital, social activism, government) and since (Goldman Sachs, The Economist, and now transitioning into creative work / poetry). I love coaching people and particularly enjoy helping international students, and students from unconventional or underrepresented backgrounds. Funnily I've also had a lot of experience getting rejected from places (across sectors and regions!) - which has taught me a lot about what works, and what doesn't -- and how to stay sane through it all :)

Coaching has always been a big passion of mine - while in business school, I was the VP of Prospective Students for the Armed Forces Association as well as a member of Service2School, a non-profit that provides guidance and mentorship for transitioning service members looking to pursue advanced degrees. I'm also a alumni interviewer for Ross. Over the past 5 years, I've coached and prepped over 100+ people on MBA applications with a high rate of success. I know what adcoms are looking for, so let me help you get there!

I’m a Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA and former admissions committee member at Tufts University. I help nontraditional MBA applicants get into top programs without prior work experiences in consulting, banking, or tech. I’ve been on both sides of the table. I know how applications are actually evaluated, where nontraditional candidates lose signal, and how to translate unconventional experience into a narrative admissions committees respect. My work focuses on strategy, positioning, and storytelling to turn your experiences into clear admissions leverage. If you don’t fit the "traditional" MBA mold, I will help you find a way to win anyway.

If you're looking for "nice", look elsewhere. With me, you'll get the hard truth. About your chances, about ways to improve those chances and, above all, the changes we need to make in order to maximize your chances at the top schools. My edits will be ruthless. I will insist you dive deeper and deeper into the narrative until we get it right. And I know "right". With over 15 years of working with Top 20 MBA applicants, I am an expert in identifying the areas where everyone needs help: telling their story in way that makes them stand out. When you're up against other Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Yale applicants, there is more to personal statements and supplemental essays than merely being outstanding. Your story has to stop the jaded admissions folks in their tracks and make them say, 'Wow! That's who we're looking for!" That's where I come in. I take a deep dive into getting to you know, your story, what makes you tick and what motivates you. With the help of our curated conversations, custom guides and 90-minute brainstorming sessions, I will help you squeeze out every last ounce of your potential and make it sing on the page. Working in this way is painstaking and time consuming, but my results speak for themselves. Each year, I get 90+% of my clients into at least one of their top 3 dream schools. This also means that I cannot take on many clients (usually 25-28 per application cycle). With so much personal attention given to each applicant and their multiple applications, it is impossible for me to maintain my high level of success if I take on more than 25-28 clients per year. This means three things: 1.) My schedule fills up quick 2.) I am by no means the cheapest consultant out there (in fact, I am on the more pricey side) 3.) The experience--and results--you have with me (yes, me, Avi...not some junior consultant) will be second to none. It's also worth noting that roughly half of my clients each year are those that had disappointing experiences working with other consultants. The most common complaint I hear from these disgruntled applicants is that they didn't feel like the consultant took a vested interest in their success, limiting their face to face time while discouraging them them from applying to top-tier schools. This way, the consultant looks like a big hero when you get admitted to schools you would have likely got admitted to without their "help". My specialty is M7 MBA programs and Top 20 Business Schools. In both cases, my job is to get you interviews at, and admitted to, schools that in some cases you have no business'' getting accepted to, and in other cases getting you scholarship money for your No. 1 school. Otherwise, what's the point, right? If I can't raise the stakes for you, what am I getting paid for? Background: Born and raised in New York City, I take a non-nonsense approach to consulting. We are going to work together for months, sometimes a full year, together, so I like to set the tone for an honest, direct style of communication that leads to winning applications, not inflated egos. To do this successfully, I have to part coach, part mentor, part drill sergeant and part therapist. But mostly your fearless leader in navigating the tricky terrain of college apps. I will hound you for draft deadlines, insist on better revisions and deeper reflection even when you feel it's "good enough". And I will keep you on a structured schedule so you don't feel overwhelmed. Lastly, in certain cases I won't be "nice". If I feel you're capable of better, I'll let you know. If something could work better in an application, I will point it out. I will not spare your feelings, we're here to win this admissions game. I have coached this game for going on 20 years. I am a former Admissions reader at Berkeley and writer for the LA Times. I have a receding hairline and a mean left hook (former boxer). I value honesty over flattery and ambition over modesty. Let's make this happen. Together. .