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As a first-time MBA applicant from Colombia, Ellin's support and thoughtful feedback were key for me to structure and better communicate all of the stories that I wanted to convey in my application process and ultimately being accepted with a scholarship award at my top business school choice. Right from the start, Ellin focused on fully understanding my profile and suggesting the best ways to help me highlight my best examples and stories using effective communication strategies. As a Round 2 applicant, Ellin's flexibility and responsiveness were essential. She was available and ready to answer questions, even during the busy holiday season, so I always felt supported during my application process. For anyone who's applying to top business schools and want to create a brilliant MBA application, get thoughtful feedback and guidance during the application process, and work with a friendly MBA application expert, look no further: I'd highly recommend working with Ellin, as she delivers incredible value through her unique personalized service. I was blown away by the quality of the service in general and the amount of value that she added to my application with just a few 1:1 sessions and essay revisions. I can confidently say that working with Ellin was one the best choices I made during my application process and it made a huge difference to ultimately getting accepted at Rotman.

I can not stress how important Ellin was to my MBA journey. Not only did she help me with the application essays and interviews, but more importantly, she made sure the schools I was applying to were the best fit for me and my goals. Ellin was great at keeping track of everything I needed to do and being honest with my flaws, not pulling punches, and making sure I could put my best face forward to get into Cornell. She is quick on her responses, wasting no time. Part of my process was online, and it worked just as fine as the in-person sessions. I highly recommend Ellin Lolis to anyone thinking about pursuing an MBA, not only as an application consultant but also as a career coach. I couldn't be happier at Cornell. I feel right at home here.

I worked with Ellin to prepare for my Round 1 interviews for Cornell Johnson, Michigan Ross, and Dartmouth Tuck. I noticed that I improved a lot in my ability to structure my answers and to link my story with the information that I needed to convey to the interviewer. Ellin helped me focus on the unique aspects of each school and understand each one’s culture. I really had personalized support at every step of the process, even after we finished our interview preparation. Ellin helped me to highlight my best experiences in the best way and helped me understand my weaknesses in a way that helped me to be more competitive in the application process. As a result of Ellin’s help, I was admitted to all the schools I interviewed at. I have already recommended to my friends because Ellin knows the profile of each school very well, and she knows how to match a school with the student’s needs and aspirations.

As an applicant in my late 30s, Ellin made all the difference in being accepted into my top choice business school. From the beginning, she helped me define my application strategy and provided me with support throughout the process. She helped me plan and polish my essays, choose and guide my recommenders, and prepare for my interviews. Because of our work together, I was accepted into three business schools, a choice I am not sure I would have had otherwise. I highly recommend Ellin because she offers a truly unique service in the market. She has the expertise to know what the schools want, and she cares a great deal about her clients. She is not interested in steering you toward a mediocre program in order to improve her acceptance numbers, but instead helps you define your goals and challenges you to go after the best possible result. If you are applying to a top business school, you have to work with Ellin!

I had the opportunity to work with Ellin on two different occasions. The first one was to edit my presentation for Chicago Booth, and she really enthralled me with her work. She was able not only to understand my story and my personal and professional achievements in depth, but she also put that in a presentation smoothly linking my story with the school’s fit. The final presentation surprised me a lot. As an American, her English is flawless, and she knows just what the schools want. In addition, her PowerPoint skills enabled her to do an outstanding job in terms of design. The next time we worked together was to prepare for the interview, and she once again proved to be very skillful and accurate. She provided me with the main questions that were asked in that step of the process and was very good in preparing me, as well as in giving me feedback in a very straightforward yet polite way. In a nutshell, I strongly recommend her work, and I believe she is the X factor in preparing for any MBA.

Ellin helped me to prepare for the interview at London Business School. I was really impressed on how much hands on and helpful she is, giving the best she could to provide me with inside, updated and complete information to succeed in the interview. The fact that she closely monitors her students is certainly her great advantage compared to other renowned consultants in the market. I strongly recommend Ellin Lolis to everyone who wants to be accepted into a top business school.

Ellin's work was objective and effective. I think what helped me the most was her work in helping me find the school that “fit” my profile the best. Since the beginning, she helped me express myself in a clearer and more effective way was crucial to my success getting admitted to Darden. I had an excellent experience with Ellin, and her work is unique in the consulting market. The clients she accepts for consulting have a huge advantage.

My experience with Ellin Lolis was exceptional. Ellin knows what the schools want, and she helped me a great deal in preparing my application, helping me highlight certain qualities for each school. What most impressed me was the attention she gives to each of her clients, which makes the application process much easier for applicants. The work schedule and application strategy are prepared individually for each student, which helped me fit applying to business school in with my busy work schedule. I strongly recommend Ellin Lolis to anyone who wants to apply to a top MBA program—she made all the difference for me in preparing my own application and for my interviews. I can say I was accepted to London Business School largely because of her work!

I can’t fully describe what an amazing job Ellin has done with me, but I will try. She had been highly recommended by friends. Ellin understood exactly not just about the schools and which were the best fit for me, but also she knew how to highlight my strengths and balance my weak points. A good admissions consultant can put you in a good school if you have a high GMAT, but an excellent admission consultant can put you with a low score in a top school, and this is what Ellin has done with me. Her job is professional and complete, from the beginning, developing a road map, milestones, TOEFL, GMAT, and essays, to the end, preparing for the school visits for networking, interviews, and scholarships. I highly recommend her as a professional but also as a friend. Thank you very much Ellin for changing my life and making my dream come true.

I had an amazing experience working with Ellin. She is very organised, knows exactly what the school wants, and she was also very good at keeping me confident throughout the process. She helped me out not only with the GMAT but also with the essays and interview preparation, and I found it very good to have the same person supervising me from the start to the end of the process. Ellin was always very responsive and took care of my application as if it were hers. I felt she was really committed to making me succeed. I really believe I could not have done without her.