Testimonials

A few of our success stories in their own words.

Fashion Planner with Media Aspirations

Client Goals

  • Schools: Harvard, Wharton or Stanford
  • Short-term Goal: Become an expert in media strategy and marketing
  • Long-term Goal: Entrepreneurship – build a digital media company

The Challenges

  • Difficulty articulating the rationale for business school
  • Unclear short-term and long-term goals
  • Limited demonstrated analytical prowess and weak GMAT quantitative score

What Happened?

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Latin American Executive Expanding Family Business

Client Goals

  • Schools: Harvard, Wharton or MIT
  • Short-term Goal: Build the family business managing companies in Latin America
  • Long-term Goal: Build additional companies and engage in full-time public service

The Challenges

  • English as a second language
  • Recommender questions given family business
  • Varied background in successful family business made for an unclear “story” and MBA rationale.

What Happened?

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Multi-lingual Former Finance Professional Seeking Industry Re-entry

Client Goals

  • School: Kellogg
  • Short-term Goal: Re-enter financial services
  • Long-term Goal: Run an investment management fund

The Challenges

  • GMAT below the mean for target MBA programs
  • A few work gaps in employment history
  • Lack of extracurricular activity since college

What Happened?

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Bank Technologist Interested in International Development

Client Goals

  • Schools: Wharton or Columbia
  • Short-term Goal: Become an international strategy consultant
  • Long-term Goal: Build a company that encourages Middle Eastern investment and development

The Challenges

  • Low undergraduate GPA at a non-premier university
  • Non-traditional work experience with no managerial experience
  • Poor recommenders

What Happened?

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Finance Professional Interested in Asian Venture Capital

Client Goals

  • School: Wharton
  • Short-term Goal: Work in venture capital
  • Long-term Goal: Start a venture capital company in Asia

The Challenges

  • Restricted time due to multiple commitments
  • Writing capabilities are not strong
  • Difficulty articulating rationale for MBA

What Happened?

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Project Manager Seeking Foreign Private Equity Career

Client Goals

  • School: NYU Stern
  • Short-term Goal: Enter financial services in banking or corporate finance
  • Long-term Goal: Run a private equity fund in Latin America focused on technology

The Challenges

  • GMAT and GPA well below the mean for the target MBA programs
  • Multiple commitments sapping time and focus from completing application
  • Unsure how to articulate transferrable skills from project management to finance

What Happened?

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Banker/Entrepreneur Seeking to Run Large Middle-Eastern Bank

Client Goals

  • Schools: Stanford and Harvard
  • Short-term Goal: Return to banking role and expand entrepreneurial reach
  • Long-term Goal: Serve as CEO of global investment bank

The Challenges

  • GMAT score was several deviations below the mean.
  • Client engagement started one week prior to application submission
  • Underdeveloped English writing capabilities

What Happened?

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Non-Profit Candidate Switching to Social Investing

Client Goals

  • Schools: Wharton, HBS
  • Short-term Goal: Work in a non-profit microfinance company
  • Long-term Goal: Run social venture fund focused on emerging markets

The Challenges

  • Second-tier undergraduate program
  • Non-traditional background
  • Limited work experience

What Happened?

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Public Policy Expert Returning to Technology Advocacy

Client Goals

  • School: INSEAD
  • Short-term Goal: Consulting in government and economics realm
  • Long-term Goal: Serve as a political leader in Europe

The Challenges

  • Articulating the value of the MBA vs. public policy given aspirations
  • Determining which aspects of the background to highlight in the MBA brand
  • Lacking depth of extra-curricular activities

What Happened?

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Global IT Consultant with Aspirations of VC Investing

Client Goals

  • Schools: NYU Stern
  • Short-term Goal: Strategy consulting in Asia Pacific
  • Long-term Goal: Venture capital investing or family business

The Challenges

  • Low undergraduate GPA from a second-tier school
  • Concerned about interviewing skills
  • Divergent long-term goals: VC or family business

What Happened?

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Environmentalist Seeking Career in Sustainability

Client Goals

  • School: Cornell
  • Short-term Goal: Small environmental consulting firm
  • Long-term Goal: Run a sustainable energy company

The Challenges

  • Looking for a scholarship/fellowship to help pay for school
  • Needed help choosing schools that would be a good fit
  • Trouble articulating key leadership traits for business school

What Happened?

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Banker interested in Latin American Microfinance

Client Goals

  • School: Cornell
  • Short-term Goal: Work in an NGO
  • Long-term Goal: Entrepreneurship – microfinance institution covering Latin America and Asia

The Challenges

  • No demonstrated management experience
  • Low GMAT score
  • Somewhat shy; not very engaging for the interview

What Happened?

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Food Company Operator Seeking Entrepreneurship

Client Goals

  • School: Kellogg
  • Short-term Goal: Start a restaurant out of school
  • Long-term Goal: Own a portfolio of restaurants

The Challenges

  • Non-traditional recommenders not used to writing b-school recommendations
  • Limited quantitative experience
  • Hospitality industry not typical for MBAs

What Happened?

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Finance Professional at a Crossroads

Client Goals

  • Schools: Harvard, NYU, Ross
  • Short-term Goal: Consulting or back to financial services
  • Long-term Goal: Entrepreneurship or career in finance

The Challenges

  • Trouble demonstrating short-term and long-term goals
  • Low undergraduate GPA and low GMAT
  • Unsure about candidacy for top 10 schools

What Happened?

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Consultant with dream of global retail management

Client Goals

  • School: Duke
  • Short-term Goal: Global management consulting firm
  • Long-term Goal: C-suite marketing executive (international)

The Challenges

  • Underdeveloped and unclear essays with no definitive MBA brand
  • Reserved personality a concern for interviewing
  • Lower tier undergraduate program with average GPA

What Happened?

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