27,999Leland Reviews

Dawn is patient, highly intelligent, and works tirelessly to ensure nothing but the strongest application from her clients. As a foreign applicant, I benefited significantly from Dawn's ability to phrase things in a truly American way. She helped tease out the most important messages and stories from my past that formed the basis of my admissions essays, and provided crucial support at all stages of the admissions process. Without a doubt, I would not have been accepted to several of the world's top business schools were it not for the work of Dawn.

Coming from a financial background, my overall profile and stats made me a competitive, but not necessarily winning, candidate. Dawn devoted considerable time getting to understand my story and was instrumental in helping me strategize and craft compelling stories tailored to each school without compromising my personal voice. She showed me how to mitigate the weaknesses in my story and made time to review every aspect of my application, including the post-interview reflection for HBS. I will be attending HBS in the fall thanks to Dawn. I could not have done it without her!

A quick summary of my profile - liberal arts undergraduate university, double major in business/econ, IB then PE, white, male. After evaluating a number of consulting firms (MBA Mission, Paul Bodine, Critical Square, Square One Prep, Personal MBA Coach), I chose to work with Dawn. As an HBS graduate, I felt Dawn was most comfortable with HBS but had a good handle on Wharton and Columbia as well. Dawn's strength was helping me evaluate my profile and craft a story. She then worked with me to develop the high level structure / flow of the document. Thereafter, the heavy lifting was on me to develop a detailed outline of each essay and ultimately write the essay. Dawn explained that I was a strong writer so she essentially provided zero edits on most essays after I wrote the essays (this is in part because we got so detailed on the outlines). Overall, I enjoyed working with Dawn. She is extremely positive and supportive. She is great at helping you craft stories and I am sure she can dig into the language / grammar if need be. I used worked with Dawn end to end for 3 schools. I was accepted to my top choice.

I worked with Emily over the course of several months and could not have been happier. From the get-go, Emily was very responsive and well organized. She prompted me with thought-provoking questions that enabled me to craft my unique story. Having come from a non-traditional background, Emily helped me highlight my strengths while skillfully mitigating my weaknesses. Emily also provided thoughtful critiques while conducing my mock interview which ultimately better positioned me going into my interviews. I always felt very supported by Emily and am so grateful for her guidance throughout the stressful process. Thank you, Emily!!

I had a great experience working with Dawn. When looking for an admissions consultant, I wanted someone who was ethical and who could best help craft my story and position me for each school's unique criteria. I selected Dawn because it was clear she was a very intelligent, strategic thinker who would give me honest feedback. While working together Dawn developed a very helpful strategic plan/assessment for my candidacy - a roadmap for mitigating my weaknesses and highlighting my strengths. As someone who is not naturally and consistently introspective, this feedback was very helpful! I flipped back to this plan often while writing my essays. In addition, Dawn's honesty and willingness to hold me accountable were important throughout the application process. During one stretch, I was so jammed at work that I was not able to write a quality essay, and instead sent Dawn a half-baked draft. Dawn held me accountable and told me to completely re-do the draft, which was definitely the honest feedback that I needed to submit the best application possible. All in all, I had a very good experience and it led to a great outcome - I will be going to Wharton next year! Thanks Dawn!

Mary was very helpful in thinking through essay themes!

I reached out to Jeremy in need of help for my eMBA application and I'm really glad that I did. It's been a while since I applied for something as involved as entry to business school, and I didn't really know where to start. Jeremy was the coach that I so desperately needed to get the rust off and make the most of the application. Not only did he share great ideas and knowledge, he was extremely well organized, honest, and courteous to my needs. Above all else, he's also a great guy and I looked forward to our sessions together. My application's submitted, and as I wait to hear back from the admissions board, I wait with confidence thanks to the help I got from Jeremy. I have absolutely no regrets.

I was referred to Emily by a close friend (and now I know why!). I still remember our first call - Emily was inquisitive about my story and really wanted to thoroughly understand who I am as a person before we got to work. She got to work immediately and started painting a detailed picture of my life's story - I was impressed by her ability to highlight and draw key insights from what I thought were just ordinary life experiences. Emily has an exceptional understanding of each of the top business schools and was able to give me high-quality insights into what each of them is looking for in a candidate while also providing the framework and direction for me to craft authentic application essays. There is no way I would have been able to produce such outstanding applications without her help! I also started working with Emily before I got a GMAT score I was happy about - Emily was not only an all-star admissions consultant but a great cheerleader (and quasi-therapist) as I went up to bat for yet another GMAT attempt. Emily is a rockstar and just a great all-around human being. I highly recommend her if you are feeling overwhelmed and intimidated by the prospect of applying for business school!

I was extremely hesitant to hire a consultant given the financial investment, but I'm so glad I did. Emily is friendly, warm, and approachable but also provided extremely clear, constructive feedback on what I should elaborate on and why in my essays/resume. A lot of the business school application process can be very nebulous but Emily was there to help provide guidance/knowledge. I was worried about specific parts of my application and Emily provided very blunt advice. I finished the GMAT late so I really appreciated how responsive Emily was about providing feedback, given my time crunch for the essays. I was waitlisted for my top two choices and Emily was there to help guide me through the next steps. I was ultimately accepted into my top choice!

I worked with Lindsay for one MBA application using her comprehensive support package and I couldn't recommend her enough. She was extremely responsive, patient, and kind throughout the process. She was such a pleasure to work with because it was evident that she genuinely cared - she really took the time to learn about me in detail which enabled me to refine my goals and craft the best essays possible. She also provided useful insights regarding waitlist strategy and interview prep. Lastly, she was an invaluable support system as I anxiously awaited a decision. I definitely wouldn't have been admitted to my top choice school without her guidance.