Your story, your voice. Unique differentiated applications| MIT Sloan/UPenn
I have spent over a decade coaching students through undergraduate admissions — five years at Crimson Education focused on admissions strategy and extracurricular development, before that at Princeton Review, and more recently through my own practice, Edgewise Prep. My recent placements include Harvard College, Cornell, NYU, Columbia, and Yale, among others. My approach is built around a simple idea: original personalities produce original applications. I am not an essay factory, and I do not ghostwrite. Students write their own words — I coach the strategy, structure, and voice behind them. What I focus on is finding the thread that makes a candidacy coherent and memorable: the theme that runs through your activities, your essays, your recommenders, and your school list, so that admissions sees one consistent, compelling person rather than a list of credentials. Where I am particularly strong is extracurricular development — what I call the long game. Most consultants show up in senior year to polish essays. I work with students earlier, helping them identify what they genuinely care about, build real activities around those interests, and develop the kind of depth and recognition that admissions committees actually respond to. The goal is a T-shaped profile: one or two areas of clear excellence, surrounded by a complementary range of activities that show who you are as a full person. We build, not buy — no pay-for-play research programs, no voluntourism, no manufactured credentials. I also believe in honest feedback. When an essay is weak, I say so. When an activity is fluff, we cut it. My job is to help you put forward the strongest, most authentic version of yourself — not to tell you what you want to hear. I studied at the University of Pennsylvania (M&T Program) and earned my MBA at MIT Sloan, so I have walked through the doors you are trying to walk through. I know what strong applications look like from the inside, and I know what makes them stand out.
What's included
- Free introductory session — profile assessment, timing, positioning, and gap analysis
- Narrative and positioning strategy — the single theme that runs through everything
- School list strategy — reach, target, and safety schools tailored to your profile, with early decision guidance
- Common App personal essay — strategy, structure, and iterative coaching through every draft
- School-specific supplement essays for all 6 schools
- Recommendation strategy — who to ask, what angle each recommender should take, and how to align their narrative with yours
- Interview preparation — mock sessions, behavioral coaching, and story alignment with your written application
- Unlimited time, soup to nuts.
- One-on-one coaching with me directly — no handoffs, no junior staff, no time limit, no session caps
- Ongoing support through the full application cycle — we are done when every application is submitted and you feel confident in every word
Meet your expert
Bryan C.
End-to-end App consulting | Crimson Education Veteran | Wharton/ UPenn +MIT
Good advice should not break your bank. And good advice should be unique. I teach two things: how to tell your story, and how to think for yourself. On the admissions side, I help applicants find the narrative that connects everything — career decisions, personal experiences, goals — into one coherent, compelling story that is unmistakably yours. No templates, no cookie-cutter essays, no agency writing it for you. I help you uncover what makes your candidacy not just impressive, but inevitable. If your background has a lot of moving pieces — international experience, career pivots, technical roles, startups, non-obvious transitions — that is exactly where I do my best work. On the test prep side, I teach you how to reason through problems, not memorize answers. Every student gets a personalized plan built around their specific strengths and weaknesses. No busywork, no generic problem sets, no hours wasted on things you already know. Most of my students are test-ready in about two months. Efficiency matters to me. Your time is valuable, and I respect it. Whether we are working on essays or exam prep, every session is designed to move you forward with zero wasted effort. My background shaped how I coach. I studied at the University of Pennsylvania (M&T Program) and earned my MBA at MIT Sloan. My career has spanned M&A, venture capital, startup operations, and corporate development across the U.S. and China. I have spent years helping companies and people make sense of complexity — how to position themselves, how to tell a credible story, and how to turn scattered experience into a clear direction. That is exactly what I now do for my clients. I have coached 50 MBA applicants targeting top 10 programs over the past 12 years. I scored a 770 on the GMAT x2 , 337 and 338 on the GRE, 1600 on the SAT, and 35 on the ACT. I know these tests, and I know how to get you where you need to be. Quickly.
