Holistic MBA Profile Evaluation
The central aim of this package is to help you gain a clearer view into how admissions will evaluate you as a candidate. You’ll gain insight into how your personal story and professional track record position you for admission into top MBA programs. From there, we can talk through your options for applying, timelines, and recommendations for elevating your application. In our first session, we can take 60 minutes together, beginning with hearing a bit about your background to date. We can then talk through how you're thinking about all the major components of your application and where things stand (this would include reviewing any materials you have on-hand, like a resume). We can discuss programs that would make a strong fit for you as an individual, as well as where you'd be most competitive. Some programs may turn out to be both. Once we've reviewed materials (e.g., resume) and discussed each major element of your candidacy together (e.g., GMAT/GRE, GPA, recommender options, etc.), we can then spend time talking through options for enhancing your application, and what would need to be true for you to apply with even greater confidence to programs that might otherwise be considered "reach schools". If helpful, I can also help you think over a first-draft timeline for executing everything you need to do to get your application to the finish line--all while keeping stress to a minimum. Our time together can include a range of things, including reviewing your resume live, talking application strategy for a specific area where you have questions, school and round selection, and more. The main goal is that you have a straight-line view into how admissions will see you at your top-choice programs, and a better understanding of the work you'll need to put forward to get there.
What's included
- Clarity into how admissions will view your candidacy as it stands today
- Recommendations for elevating your application and suggested timelines for getting each piece of your application done
- Understanding of what it takes to get into your top-choice programs
- Suggested programs, based on fit, competitiveness, or both
- Next steps to start putting your application strategy into practice
Meet your expert
Ben L.
• Stanford GSB Alum, Class of 2021 -- see relevant background & experience below: • Coaching | Advised 400+ admits into Stanford GSB, HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, INSEAD, Haas, and more (see ~100 Leland reviews), while teaching multiple courses through Leland • What I'm Doing Now | Based in NYC, building a publication 'Staying Human', working on a stealth, marketplace startup, coaching and playing chess profssionally, and advising a slate of Seed to Series C startups through Elevate LLC • Public Policy | Prior to Stanford, worked on the Policy Team for the Chicago Mayor's Office under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, focusing on 5G infrastructure policy, criminal justice policy, and citywide corporate/economic development deals • McKinsey | Before policy, worked at McKinsey & Co , with casework focused on job training for the formerly incarcerated and workforce development for at-risk youth • PE / VC / Startup Advising | After Stanford, worked in Bain's Private Equity Group on various due diliegences, managed deals with several venture capital firms, and advised multiple startups on growth and go-to-market strategy • Professional Writing | Speechwriting in public policy & political environments, Lead Editor for Nondisclosure (Stanford GSB's magazine) and Managing Editor for the Stanford International Policy Review • Additional Writing | Crafting op-eds, ghostwriting for major publications, developing a fictional short story collection, policy deep dives, a book on chess applications to life, and application essays of all sorts • GMAT / Test-Taking | Scored in the highest percentile of GMAT test-takers, but more importantly I've honed my ability to help others extrapolate top test-testing strategies in the areas they're weakest • Additional Coaching Details | 5+ years experience working with >750 individuals on essay writing and resume professionalization for top consulting firms, MBA programs, execs, and the broader job market • Interview Training | I was interview-trained with McKinsey, helping me give high-quality mock interviews for MBBs and any MBA program; I've also held 10+ events through Leland on interview prep for McKinsey's PEI and GSB's interview process in particular