Hourly MBA Application Support - Tailored MBA Coaching

Choose just the help you need to ensure you deliver a winning application. I can get you started... bring your application from 'good' to 'outstanding' with a final review... help you to craft your narrative in light of some unusual choices you've made... or just brainstorm essay topics! Below is a list of the entire array of support options available in the comprehensive package, which was designed to ensure total support throughout every aspect of the application process - from finding out what makes you unique, all the way through to deciding which school's offer to accept. As an hourly client, you can select the elements you want from the options below, and we'll tailor your coaching accordingly: 1. Initial Kickoff and Planning Sessions: Here will dive deep into your background, getting to know the stories, achievements, development opportunities and milestones that have made you the unique individual you are today. 2. Resume Creation: You may already have a professional resume, but we'll be tailoring it to fit the needs of an MBA application. Working on the resume together also provides an opportunity for me to get to know you on a professional level, which will help me to help you to better craft your essays and recommendation briefings. The resume process continues on for the duration of our time together, as experience shows it to be a dynamic document, changing as your career and life progress. 3) Career Strategy: We'll spend time determining what your short-, mid-, and long-term goals are, and then seeing how they align to your past experience and the MBA programs you have chosen. 4) Recommender Selection and Support: We'll determine who will be the strongest candidates, and I'll coach you on how to approach them. We'll then create together a briefing to help the recommenders draft the strongest possible support letters. For recommenders who would prefer, I can work directly with them to help craft personal recommendations that help you to shine. 5. School Selection: Together, we'll put together a list of best-fit schools based on your profile, goals, and preferences. 6. Essay Brainstorming: Here we put to use all the material we came up with in the initial personal history sessions. We'll put all the jigsaw puzzle pieces out on the table and move them around until the picture of you is clear. We do this for each school, to ensure that the overall narrative fits and that the most significant moments, achievements, and stories of your life are told, and in the most meaningful way. 7. Essay Editing: We'll outline it together, enabling you to easily put together your first draft. Then, we'll have unlimited iterations until we both believe the document is ready for submission. 8. Activities & Interests, Awards & Honors, Employment details: You may be surprised to learn that there are many hidden essay questions and text boxes that need to be filled with content, on the online application forms of each school. From clubs you joined at college, through your current weekend warrior hobby, to time you have spent abroad, these are areas that need thought, attention, and he right kind of crafting. We'll do it all together, for all of your schools. 9. Final Review: l go over the final product with a fine tooth comb, and make sure another set of eyes sees your main documents, to ensure there are no typos, errors or other small mistakes that can take focus away from your brilliant content. 10. Interview Preparation: The moment your applications are off, we can start on preparing you for interviews! (Well, I'll let you have the weekend to rest, but that's it!) Much can be done to ensure that when you finally get that invite and go to meet your interviewer, you feel absolutely confident, in control, and at your best. 11. Waitlist Strategy (if applicable): If you're waitlisted, don't despair! It's a strong vote of confidence in you by the program, and usually means that there is some weakness in your profile that they hope the next candidate will have overcome. We'll work together to create a targeted action plan to improve your chances of admission, including new materials for the programs that accept them. 12. Scholarship applications and negotiation: If you are applying to scholarships from your programs or outside funders, I'll be happy to discuss essay content and review your scholarship strategy and essay drafts. Upon being accepted to your programs, we will also look at the issue of scholarships, and I'll guide you if I see the possibility of getting additional funding from your desired programs.