Leland+ Content Library

Networking Log

Keep track of all your coffee chats in one place! This tool allows you to record conversation notes, follow-ups, and next steps so you can maintain organized and professional outreach.

Network Your Way

Join this session to learn practical, authentic approaches to networking. You’ll gain tools for preparation, reflection, and activating your network—leaving with ideas and strategies to build stronger, more genuine connections.

Example Wharton Unique Contribution Essay

This essay addresses: "Describe an impactful experience or accomplishment that is not reflected elsewhere in your application. How will you use what you learned through that experience to contribute to the Wharton community?" The author explores how they discovered their passion for youth sports and education.

Blank Page to Clear Outline: Get Unstuck on Your Personal Essay

​Feeling stuck on your personal essay? You're not alone. Trust, you are not the only senior who keeps putting off writing their application essay. You're sure you'll be able to finish once you start. You just need to put something - anything - on the page, but going from 0 to 1 feels harder than going from 1 to 100. And advice like "just start!", "show who you are," "brainstorm some ideas," isn't working, right? ​Join Isamar V., a former Stanford admissions officer and college application coach, in this workshop where she will guide you as you complete 3 exercises to go from a blank page to a clear essay outline in 1 hour. Get your pen and paper (or laptop) ready because this isn't just a lecture. You are going to put in the work in this workshop. ​If you have no idea what you want to write about --> You'll leave with several ideas, topics, and stories to choose from If you have an idea or story but don't know if it's good --> You'll leave with personal reflections to make it good If you have a story that you're excited about, but just haven't sat down to write --> You'll leave with an outline If you already have an outline, but just no written draft --> You'll have a dedicated hour to write ​You'll also get some tips for how to go from outline to a first written draft. Whether you're just starting or need a fresh perspective, the goal for you is to feel unstuck and excited to write your story.

Overwhelmed by Graduate School Applications? Bring All Your Questions: AMA [9/6/2026] (Recording)

Thinking about applying to an Ivy League or other top graduate program, and suddenly realizing you have A MILLION QUESTIONS? Where do I start? Which schools should I even be looking at? Am I competitive? Do I need to take the GRE? Who should write my recommendations? What am I supposed to say in my essays? Am I already behind? Bring all your questions. SERIOUSLY. This Ask Me Anything is for anyone considering graduate school who feels overwhelmed, confused, stuck, or just wants to talk the process through with someone who understands it. You do not need to have your school list figured out, and you do not need to have written a single word of an essay. As a Harvard Kennedy School alumna with admissions committee experience, I will answer your questions, help you make sense of the process, and help you figure out what actually deserves your attention right now. We can talk about: How to figure out which programs are right for you How to position your background (especially if it's unconventional or you're changing careers) Where to start if you haven't done anything yet What matters most in a strong application What admissions committees actually care about Your story: why this degree, why now Essays, recommendations, résumé, testing, and timelines What to prioritize first and what can wait Come as you are, with whatever is swirling around in your head. No polished application required. No perfect question required. Bring the messy questions, the half-formed ideas, the things you've been Googling at midnight, and the decisions you can't seem to make on your own. The goal is simple: leave feeling less overwhelmed, and much clearer about what to do next.

Personal Efficiency Playbook

Getting to Inbox Zero, Time Management, and AI

How to Practice

Efficient drills and pacing strategies to build consistency.

Maximizing Your Campus Visit

This guide emphasizes the importance of campus visits for prospective students, offering advice on when and how to visit, what to observe, key questions to ask, and strategies for managing visit expenses.

Guide to the McKinsey Personal Experience Interview (PEI)

This guide breaks down the McKinsey Personal Experience Interview (PEI) and provides a framework for structuring your stories. Learn how to prepare for the five key leadership dimensions and ace your interview.

Negotiating the Offer: Negotiate the Offer & Close

Learn how to close a job offer negotiation with confidence. This guide gives you the language, strategies, and mindset you need to navigate the final steps and get the offer you deserve.

Managing MBA Application Stress (Deck)

Learn from the slides of a past event designed to help you think through the honest realities of the process and buckling down of it all, how to keep your health and life in the foreground even with a lot going on, and how to not think of your health like firewood in service of a work product.

Summarize Slack Skill

"/slack-digest" summarizes recent Slack activity by searching for action items, decisions, and key updates across project channels and collaborator messages. It outputs a signal-only digest organized into 'Need Your Attention', 'Key Decisions', and 'FYI'. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/slack-digest-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/slack-digest/

LSAT Logical Reasoning: Question Types & Common Pitfalls

This session breaks down the most common LSAT Logical Reasoning question types and the traps that trip up test takers. You’ll learn how to quickly identify what each question is asking, apply the right approach, and avoid predictable pitfalls that cost points. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to improve accuracy, efficiency, and confidence on LSAT Logical Reasoning sections.

Chicago Booth Interview Series

Chicago Booth interviews are your chance to bring your application to life—and strong preparation can make all the difference. This interview series is designed to help you approach Booth interviews with confidence, clarity, and a compelling personal narrative. Whether you’re preparing for your first interview or refining your approach, you’ll leave with practical strategies and greater confidence.

Wrap Up Your MBA Prep Before R2 Deadlines

Get ready to submit your strongest Round 2 MBA application with guidance from top Leland coaches. This session will cover final essay tweaks, resume polish, recommendation strategies, and interview prep to ensure every component of your application is aligned and compelling. You’ll leave with a clear plan and actionable next steps to approach Round 2 deadlines with confidence.

The MBA Story Bank Worksheet

Build your core story library before writing a single essay or preparing for a single interview. This fillable worksheet walks you through cataloging your 8–10 strongest career stories with the specificity MBA admissions committees and interviewers actually require — including a story card template for each experience, a theme matrix to map your stories to essay and interview categories, a coverage checker to identify gaps, and a goals and narrative prep section to build the spine of your entire application.

Building a Dental School Personal Statement That Stands Out

A compelling dental school personal statement goes beyond listing shadowing hours and coursework, it clearly conveys your motivation for dentistry, your readiness for clinical training, and the experiences that shaped your commitment to patient care. In this session, you’ll learn how to structure a focused narrative, highlight meaningful experiences, and avoid common pitfalls that make essays blend together. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining a draft, you’ll leave with practical strategies to craft a personal statement that feels authentic, polished, and memorable.