Full MBA application package for your #1 dream school 🏅
After 6 months on Leland and multiple happy/successfully admitted clients, I can confirm that we don't need to spend dozens of hours together (and you don't need to spend thousands of dollars!) to get your application sorted for your dream school. A lot will depend on your working style and pace of progress between sessions, but the plan is relatively straightforward: Session 1: Brainstorm your story / finalize list of schools / agree recommender strategy [Async 30min to review your resume] Session 2: Review first drafts for the longer essays, + resume Sessions 3-X: Iteratively refine + finalize full application draft (including notes to recommenders, to be sent out as soon as we have your story ~70% nailed)
What's included
Typically 60min sessions, plus ~10-15min reviews of any drafts/docs you send over at least 24hours before each scheduled session (I don't charge extra for that). Alternatively, I can do "full async reviews" (20-40min, charged) where I leave detailed line edits/comments, allowing you to turn around another version between calls. On calls, we'll go through my major feedback points + plan/rephrase sections together as needed. If more time is needed, I'll give you a discount code so we can stick to the same rate.
- A full dream-school application you feel 100% confident in submitting, on time
- A solid "bank" of stories and well-crafted answers for other school applications
- Confidence in what exactly you're asking your recommenders to write, and asking them
- Confidence in your own candidacy and energy for the rest of the process!
Meet your expert
Victoria G.
English @Cambridge + MBA @Stanford = Storytelling Expert | < 10h packages!
Hi there, I'm Vica. I am a double émigrée (age 7: Russia -> UK, age 24: UK -> US -> UK -> US… visa issues 🫠), former Silicon Valley tech exec and startup founder, now loving Mountain Time life in Utah and working at eBay. I grew up poor and watched my mum make some crazy sacrifices to get us out of Russia, then out of UK council (state-provided) housing, & into a privileged life full of amazing opportunities and adventures. I studied English literature at the University of Cambridge, spent 3 years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm in London, then got into Stanford GSB on the day I turned 24 - with an 80% tuition discount / scholarship. I worked at Salesforce, directed sales at a startup, then raised $300K for my own venture from Silicon Valley angels and VCs. I moved from an F1 visa to a H-1B visa, suffered more than my share of mishaps on the US border, and know both the pros and the cons of moving to the US via a degree program intimately well. I was NOT a likely candidate for Stanford - too young, non-MBB, non-STEM, wonky GMAT (99th percentile verbal, 55th non-verbal 😆), state-schooled. Just like college and my first job, I was an underdog with low chances of success. I never used an admissions consultant myself because I could not afford one. The one I spoke to for a free 30-min consultation told me to give up hope on my dream schools... but I got into GSB and INSEAD without professional support, and proved her wrong. Why did I get in? Because I’m a strong, persuasive storyteller, incisive editor, & expert pitch-creator. With my help, it can work out for you too. You CAN do this! The only way to fail is not to try at all.
