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Chip provided me with advice throughout my MBA application process. He helped me identify my strengths, career goals, and application strategy for the three schools I was applying to. Looking back on the process, I found his advice critical in developing a clear and compelling story on my applications.

Chas had an incredible workshop for the "Why Stanford" essay that immediately provided clarity, focus, and direction during the writing process. It doesn't matter if you are starting the writing process or far into the drafting/editing process - Chas can help provide purpose to each sentence and ensure the authentic you is telling the right story. He went above and beyond to help me after some technical issues and I would highly recommend reaching out to get started!

Brent is the best! I could not recommend working with him more. He took the time to really understand my story and remembered tiny tidbits of what I had told him later that helped weave the whole essay together. He was very thoughtful in making sure my personality continued to shine through the essay so that I stood out in my application. He is kind and patient (and very smart!) and took all the time/iterations I needed to get my essay right. Thank you Brent!!!

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Grace has been an instrumental mentor for multiple career choices as well as being hugely helpful during my application process to Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. She gave me advice, helped me structure my essays, and read the drafts. I cannot recommend her enough and I've been lucky enough on multiple occasions to see her intelligence and guidance help me as well as other people. I'm incredibly grateful for her help and genuinely don't think I'd be where I am today without her help.

I really enjoyed Ben's class and found it super helpful. He was engaging and invested in all the classmates. He did a good job of balancing examples and formulas for success with on the spot introspection, brainstorming, and feedback. I feel much better about my approach to the What Matters Most essay now-- would definitely recommend to anyone looking to apply to GSB!

Chas gave a great class, and I feel infinitely better going into the process of writing my Why Stanford essay. He gave a winning template, reviewed example essays, and let the group through a brainstorming session. Definitely time well spent!

Getting Sarah involved in my Tepper master’s application was one of the best decisions I made ! I reached out to Sarah for help regarding my MS application under strict timelines along with money being a constraint considering that I am an international student. I still remember my first call with her, where I had no certain plan on how I plan to approach my application, the only thing I was certain of was that the application is crucial to me and I want to do it. Sarah understood my case and took charge of the whole application. She helped me draft a plan to meet a strict timeline of ~14 days in hand and roughly 7 Essays along with 2 Recommendations to complete. For each of the essays, there were roughly 3 versions of work done to get it to final form so a total of ~27 pieces of essays to work on. Sarah has very strong judgement of what exactly needs to go in an essay. She does thorough research on school and program you are applying for and ensures that the final form of your work includes details of what school is looking for. For each Essay , she would ask me to write my version first and then review it thoroughly to provide pointers on what can be done in order to make content more meaningful. In the entire process, Sarah ensured that I stick to my authentic self and she would not compromise with my original idea; and patiently iterated until I attain the best version of the essay for the application. She is a flexible, resourceful & team player. With a strict timeline and several versions of essays to finish, she was flexible in taking up essay reviews at my convenience and made sure that they were done on time. Even though she was working from Kenya at that time, she never let time zone difference be an issue to connect . She has been quick in responding to my email and resourceful to arrange needful. She is a team player and has a good understanding of the mindset of the applicant and therefore is your buddy over being a ‘coach’ or a consultant. Sarah helped me realize my true potential and gave me confidence to approach other potential applications. Had she not motivated me throughout the process, considering the circumstance I was in, I might have given up. I recommend Sarah for all admission related needs. And specially to international students, she is passionately driven towards helping student out and therefore do not hesitate to ask.

I recently attended Ben's workshop on the Stanford GSB "What Matters Most" essay, and left feeling much better prepared and genuinely inspired to write. Ben provided a lot of helpful writing tips & practical advice, but I think the best takeaway for me was feeling more empowered to tell my story. I've struggled in the past to write openly about difficult life experiences/adversity, so going into the session, I was unsure about how to approach this, but reading Ben's essay (and other examples) was really, really moving and gives me the courage to write more openly about my own story. Ben is such an enthusiastic and skilled instructor, you can tell how passionate he genuinely is about writing and helping others tell their stories. The class was by far one of the most engaging Zoom things I've done in a long time! You will not regret it!

I would recommend to anyone who is interested in Stanford MSx program to talk with Satoko because she can guide you in so many things from the application process to the experiences in the program. Her session is super helpful. Thanks again Sakato-san.