🎓MBA Admissions | Comprehensive Unlimited Package
✨SEPTEMBER SPECIAL: I’m currently offering special limited time pricing for my MBA and Masters Application Packages (including unlimited hours)! My Comprehensive Unlimited Package includes UNLIMITED HOURS to ensure white glove service and your best possible application. ✨INCLUDED: • School selection • Analysis of your candidacy including strengths and weaknesses • Ding Analysis (if you are a re-applicant) • Branding, positioning, and story curation • Resume • Cover Letter (as needed) • LinkedIn and Google search results • Letters of Recommendation • Short Answer Questions • Essays • Optional/Supplemental essays • Application Form (including all application sections such as activities, professional background, etc.) • Networking strategy • Interview Preparation • Waitlist Strategy (as needed) • Scholarship Negotiation ✨HOW IT WORKS: You will choose the number of schools you would like to include in your package, and then choose which schools you will apply to. Then, you will receive all the support you need for those specific schools (based upon the "Included" section above). For example, if you purchase a 3 school package and choose Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia, we will work on those three schools together. Additional programs, such as Wharton, would be covered by adding a 4th school to your comprehensive package, or, by supplemental Hourly Coaching services. ✨COACHING RELATIONSHIP: • I strive to respond to all messages within 48 hours. Any longer response times or vacations are communicated well in advance so that it does not affect our timeline. • I provide my personal number to candidates so that you can easily reach me anytime. • We will work asynchronously (such as editing documents over email) and synchronously (such as live zoom calls).
What's included
• I strive to respond to all messages within 48 hours. Any longer response times or vacations are communicated well in advance so that it does not affect our timeline. • I provide my personal number to candidates so that you can easily reach me anytime. • We will work asynchronously (such as editing documents over email) and synchronously (such as live zoom calls). • Overall, I strive to flexible and encourage two-way feedback in our coaching partnership.
- School Selection
- Branding, Story Curation, & Analysis of your candidacy including strengths and weaknesses (including ding analysis of you're a re-applicant)
- Resume
- LinkedIn and Google search results
- Letters of Recommendation
- Essays & Optional Essays
- Application Form
- Networking strategy & Interview Preparation
- Waitlist Strategy (as needed)
- Scholarship Negotiation
Meet your expert
Melanie E.
🏆 Top Coach🎯 200+ M7 Admits 🎓 Ex-Columbia Interviewer ✍️ Essay Concierge
🏆 RECIPIENT OF LELAND TOP COACH AWARD 2026 🏆 🚀I’ve coached 1,000+ applicants and professionals to achieve standout results across their academic, professional, and personal lives. My work has been featured in Forbes, NBC, TEDx, and more. Whether you’re looking to navigate the competitive MBA admissions process, enhance your leadership capabilities, or discover your life’s purpose, I'll empower you to unlock your full potential across all areas of your life. With over 19 years of experience (as of 2026), I bring a powerful and unique blend of strategic business insight, coaching, and holistic healing arts to help you achieve your most ambitious goals. On Leland, I'm best known for my MBA admissions results, and I also work across executive coaching, life coaching, and healing arts. My Leland services include: 🎓 MBA & Masters Admissions: As a Columbia MBA alumna and former MBA Admissions Interviewer, I have successfully helped 200+ applicants gain spots at top-tier schools like Columbia, Stanford, Harvard, and more. I have proven results at every MBA M7 school and multiple Top 25 programs. Additionally, I've helped many achieve admissions to joint-degree programs (such a JD/MBA, MPP/MBA) and other business, technology, or finance-adjacent programs (such as Masters in Computer Science). Let me show you the path to unlocking your best application. 🌿Mental Health & Wellness: As an ICF certified Coach and Healer trained in Somatics, Reiki/Energy, Tarot, and more, I've helped hundreds of clients achieve more happiness, passion, and peace. Let's find your flow. 🌱 Life Coaching: I'll help you to create meaningful change in your personal life by helping you overcome mental blocks, build confidence, and align with your true potential. Together, we will focus on self-discovery, mindset transformation, and purpose-driven living. 💼 Executive & Career Coaching: I harness my McKinsey toolkit and coaching methodologies to enable you to make powerful decisions, achieve your next career move, enhance your executive presence, and drive success. I've helped clients gain jobs at places like BCG, Amazon, Google, LVMH, and more. 🎤Communication & Public Speaking: As a former Voice Actor with CESD Talent Agency and McKinsey consultant, I know all the do's and don'ts of communication. I even have a TEDx Talk on Executive Presence. Additionally, I'm the creator of the proprietary Espeland Method™ for building executive presence. ****** 💵PRICING: $299/hour is my introductory rate for new clients, typically available for a limited number of hours. From there, most clients transition to one of my packages or a custom scope built around their situation. Reach out and we can figure out the right fit. ****** 📺RECOGNITION I have been featured in Forbes, NBC, ABC, CBS, Business Insider, TEDx, and more. I've worked with prominent corporate clients including Google, Meta, IBM, and Morgan Stanley; as well as individuals such as business leaders, influencers, and Olympic athletes.
