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Template: How to Guide your Recommenders
A comprehensive guide for recommenders to craft impactful MBA letters, focusing on key attributes and application requirements for top business schools.
Essay Writing Best Practices
Learn the best practices for writing a compelling application essay, from brainstorming to drafting to polishing your final submission.
Time Management 101
A beginner's guide to mastering time management, with proven strategies for prioritizing tasks, setting goals, and avoiding procrastination to boost your productivity and reduce stress.
How to Choose an Essay Topic
A step-by-step guide to choosing a compelling and unique essay topic that highlights your strengths and personal story for college applications.
GRE Text Completion
Boost your GRE score with these Text Completion strategies! Learn how to analyze context clues and pick the perfect words to fill the blanks.
GRE Geometry: Master the Essential Concepts
Conquer the geometry section of the GRE! Learn the key formulas and strategies you need to solve every problem with confidence.
Private Equity Resume Example - IB Background
See a resume that landed an offer at Onex Partners. Learn to craft a resume that gets you noticed for top private equity roles.
Product Manager Take-Home: Pocket Gems (Gaming Company)
Get a Product Manager role at Pocket Gems! We break down a real take-home project to show you how to analyze and succeed in mobile game design.
(Jun. 2025) GMAT Verbal: Expert Strategies for Success
Verbal expert Nick V. is excited to walk you through the GMAT Focus Verbal section and share expert strategies to help you improve your score. As an expert coach on the platform, Nick specializes in Verbal Reasoning & Analytical Writing - he also scored a 790 on the old GMAT.
Veterans MBA Admissions Fireside Chat + Panel Discussion
This exclusive event is designed specifically for veterans or those currently in the military interested in pursuing MBA programs. Led by a distinguished panel of veterans who have successfully navigated their own MBA application journeys, this fireside chat offers a unique opportunity to hear firsthand experiences, learn proven strategies, and gain insider knowledge on how to showcase your military background and skills effectively. From translating your military service into a compelling story to leveraging your leadership experience, paying for your MBA, and more, the panelists will share actionable advice to help you stand out amongst fellow applicants. Leland is cohosting this event with Sitreps2Steercos, an incredible organization that was founded to help those in the military transition into top graduate programs and competitive career paths. Meet our panelists: Wyatt F, United States Military Academy, Warton MBA, US Army, helps clients write their "hero's journey" story for admissions committees, craft their resumes to make sure civilians understand their roles and impact, and nail the GMAT. Kelsey K, former M7 Admissions Director, partners with applicants to help them clarify who they are, what they want, and why they belong at the world’s best business schools. Alex S., Marine Academy, Ross MBA, US Army, alumni interviewer for Ross, expert MBA admissions coach for veterans and non-traditional backgrounds, has coached and prepped over 100+ people on MBA applications with a high rate of success.
MBA Application Fundamentals for Non-Traditional Candidates
Are you applying to business school with a non-traditional or non-business background? Are you intimidated by the application process, unsure on where to start, or just a little stuck on ways to communicate your experience? If so, this session is for you! During this event, we'll discuss some of the commonly-held assumptions among MBA class profiles, cover the ways non-traditional candidates can manage the expectations of admissions committees, and describe how differentiated experience can help your application shine! This course is taught by Laura N., a former MBA admissions committee member, pro admissions coach, and accredited member of AIGAC (Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants). Laura has been an MBA admissions consultant for 16 years and has guided more than 500 clients towards admission to elite MBA programs, including HBS, Stanford, Wharton, and more.
PM Coffee Chats: How to Network Like a Pro
Whether you're breaking into product or leveling up, networking can open doors that resumes alone can't. But not all coffee chats are created equal. In this practical session, join Julia P. (PM at MongoDB) to learn how to approach PM networking with intention, so you’re not just asking for advice, but building real relationships. She will walk through how to reach out cold, structure a conversation, and leave a lasting impression - plus how to follow up without it feeling awkward or transactional. If you want to make the most of PM networking and turn chats into opportunities, this session is for you.
Figjam
Learn how to use FigJam for brainstorming, collaboration, and planning. Take your team's creative process to the next level.
Internship Application Strategies
Ready to land your dream internship? Learn proven strategies to craft a standout application that gets noticed by top companies.
GMAT Official Practice Test 1 Walkthrough - Data Insights Section
A complete walkthrough of the Data Insights section from GMAT Focus Official Practice Test 1. Learn the strategies and mental shortcuts to ace every question type.
Understanding Job Offers (Including Compensation and Benefits)
A practical guide to understanding the full value of a job offer—from salary to stock options to hidden perks.
(May 2024) Efficient Study for Quant
Master quantitative subjects with less effort. Learn proven study techniques to ace your exams in math, finance, and other quant-heavy classes.
Digital Accessibility Slides
Learn the key principles of digital accessibility and how to create inclusive designs that can be used and understood by all people.
Medical School Decider Tool
Unsure which medical schools to apply to? Use our tool to compare different programs based on your top priorities for medical school.
Cool, Calm, and Laser-Focused: Tame GMAT Test Anxiety
Join Leland coach Jennifer P. D. for a session packed with actionable tips and strategies for developing the calm, confident, laser-focused mindset that powers your best performance. If you've ever been frustrated at the way you lose your cool when the clock starts ticking, you're not alone! In Jennifer's 12 years of GMAT, GRE, and SAT coaching experience, she's encountered dozens of smart, utterly competent individuals who struggled to demonstrate their capabilities during these high-stakes exams. This fueled her drive to read research in neuroscience and performance psychology, to train in mindfulness meditation techniques, and to speak with candidates directly about what's playing out in their minds. Now she incorporates these concepts into all of her group classes and coaching - and it makes a difference! What's going on in your mind? Why is that normal? How can you shape it to work for you? Let's discuss. One of Jennifer's recent students wrote, "Working with Jennifer has been nothing but amazing and did wonders not only for my GMAT Focus score but also my general 'mindset' when it comes to high-pressure situations (as you experience during the exam). My GMAT Focus score jumped 110 points."
