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I came to Jacob two months prior to submitting my application. He helped guide me through the entire process and helped me find exactly how to express my unique background for top business schools and now my resume, essay, interview skills, and overall application theme are worth their weight in gold. I cannot recommend him enough to any applicants trying to figure out exactly how to tell their story and really make their achievements known to an admissions committee. Additionally, for any veterans looking to apply to business school, Jacob is absolutely your best tool to creating an application that will resonate with any admissions committee. Thank you so much for your time, effort, and professionalism!

I remember expressing just how badly I wanted to go to Booth when I had my first call with Ryan. I was at the point where I was working so hard for it and felt like I'd give my left leg if I had to - luckily Ryan made the admission possible and I got to keep my left leg. We went through every single itsy bitsy detail and he helped me tailor my application for Booth and leave absolutely no stone unturned (believe me there are a lot of 'stones' I would not have known about if I hadn't worked with Ryan). The greatest feeling came after turning my application in and finishing interviews - I knew that regardless of the outcome I had done literally everything possible to make a case for myself to the admin including an exhaustive list of extra steps that aren't necessarily apart of the application process. I felt at peace with whatever the result was, and eventually ecstatic when I got into Booth. I felt like Ryan was my Sherpa helping me hike my own small Everest as an underdog in the MBA world. I think every element of my application was crucial to getting into all the schools I applied to, and I know that Ryan helped me leverage every facet so I could get the most out of them.

I will always be grateful to Emily for the guidance and feedback she gave me through so many essay drafts, resume bullet points, interview questions, and on and on and on! At first I was really hesitant to pay a premium for a coach where there aren't any guaranteed results, however I gained crucial information and perspectives from Emily that really made the difference in my multi-faceted approach. I approached her hoping that I could get accepted to just one of the schools on my list but ended up with the blessing/curse of options due to her input.

Chas conducted a great hour-long dissection of what makes a successful “Why GSB?” essay. He covered methods of approaching this question, a game plan for structuring the essay, specific examples of past essays, and even a creative portion. Would recommend to other prospective applicants.

Camden's class on HBS essays was super helpful. Introduced great frameworks and lens to think about writing your essay.

Choosing to work with Dawn was the best decision I made in my deferred MBA application process. She understands what each school is looking for and crafted the best strategies to make me stand out as a candidate. Dawn’s approach is very unique among consultants (I met with several before choosing to work with her) because she does not use pre-constructed templates, but instead gets to know you and brainstorms a strategy for your entire application that is compelling and authentic. Her experience allows her to view the application as a total package in a way that I couldn’t. There was a not a part of my application that Dawn didn’t help me with. After all of our hard work, I was admitted to my dream program, Harvard Business School 2+2! Dawn’s understanding of the MBA application process is next to none and working with her was 100% worth the investment. I have already recommended her to several people in my personal life; she is the best of the best!

The best of any consultant I've ever worked with, and much more affordable. Tanner is excellent.

Tanner is a great coach! Highly recommend him, especially if you are coming from a non-traditional industry. Coming from the sports world, he has first-hand experience at navigating the ins and outs and translating non-traditional experiences into the language used by the consultants and finance people that dominate HBS.

I booked a mock interview with Brennen while I was preparing for my HBS 2+2 interview, and he was so helpful! We ran through dozens of questions and he provided very specific and actionable feedback, while also making me feel confident heading into the interview. It is clear that Brennen is an expert on the HBS interview. I even got questions in my real interview that were super similar to the one’s he asked! 1000% would recommend

Brennen was highly efficient with our time, and provided great feedback for clarifying my resume and helping it to (hopefully) stand out. He is a terrific communicator and coach.