{"id":57908,"date":"2023-06-02T09:51:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/why-hire-a-fortuna-mba-coach-why-choose-fortuna\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T09:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:51:27","slug":"why-hire-a-fortuna-mba-coach-why-choose-fortuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/why-hire-a-fortuna-mba-coach-why-choose-fortuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hire a Fortuna MBA Coach? Why Choose Fortuna?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret: the MBA marketplace is crowded and competitive, and getting into a top business school is tough. The details of the application process are complex and can be confusing, and conflicting advice and bad information abounds online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MBA candidates are, more often than not, leading busy lives with demanding jobs and many other competing activities and responsibilities \u2014 and limited time to sort through all this information and determine what is helpful. Experienced admissions coaches can help.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe work with clients to cut through that, so they are able to use their time efficiently, not wading through and filtering all this information. We\u2019ve done that for them,\u201d Fortuna co-founder and director <\/span>Caroline Diarte Edwards<\/span><\/a> told John Byrne of Poets & Quants in a recent video interview that explored the question of why you should hire an MBA coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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What Can A Coach Do for You?<\/b><\/p>\n

Efficiency is one reason for hiring an admissions coach, according to Fortuna\u2019s founding team. Here\u2019s another: you\u2019re giving yourself the gift of self-confidence. Working with an experienced coach gives you the assurance that you\u2019ve put your very best foot forward and your application is as good as it can possibly be.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re targeting your application to the top schools, they are <\/span>extremely<\/span><\/i> selective and drawing students from a lot of well-represented pools \u2014 consulting, finance, the tech industry,\u201d said <\/span>Matt Symonds<\/span><\/a>, Fortuna co-founder and director. Competing with this can be intimidating. No matter how qualified you are or how much you\u2019ve worked for that spot in the class, it can be easy to fall prey to doubt about whether you really belong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Symonds notes that many grateful clients contact their Fortuna coaches after admissions to say, \u201cYou really believed in me; I\u2019m so glad I followed your advice.\u201d He adds, \u201cI think that sense of self-empowerment and the feeling of realizing your full potential is a wonderful gift. To be able to give applicants that sense of self-belief is just unbelievably precious.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Diarte Edwards recalls that in her days as Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid at INSEAD, \u201cI would end up rejecting applicants not because they were not good candidates, but because they hadn\u2019t fully understood what was expected of them in the admissions process and hadn\u2019t presented themselves well. We at Fortuna take that risk out of the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, there are no guarantees, she notes, but \u201cwhen our clients submit their application, when they are going into interviews, they know they have given it their best shot. They have given themselves the best possible chance at the best outcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Judith Silverman Hodara<\/span><\/a>, the third Fortuna founding director, told Byrne that Fortuna coaches advise aspiring MBAs from a vast array of backgrounds. \u201cWe help people from the really deep pools of tech, finance, and consulting\u201d hone and tell their unique story to stand out from the crowd, and also guide the non-traditional candidates: \u201cthe teacher and principal who wants to transform education; the opera singer who sees herself in the fashion industry helping to dress people of her body type.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why Choose Fortuna?<\/b><\/p>\n

A Fortuna coach offers unmatched expertise. Our Dream Team of expert coaches includes 40 former admissions insiders with 175 years of combined experience at the top American and European business schools. Collectively, we have reviewed some 220,000 MBA applications and admitted more than 60,000 students.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than a decade ago, the founding partners noticed that more applicants were working with coaches \u2014 but they often sought advice from alumni of the schools they wanted to attend. \u201cAdmissions is an entirely different world from experiencing the school as a student,\u201d Diarte Edwards said, and candidates who worked with alumni were not always being well-advised. That was the idea behind Fortuna\u2019s founding: \u201cbringing together a team of people who really understood how the admissions process works and what goes on behind the closed door of the admissions committee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOver the years, the success we\u2019ve had shows that resonates with the market. I think candidates really understand the value of working with a coach who has that insider experience,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Symonds, a business education industry expert, offered the \u201cThree S\u2019s\u201d for why applicants should choose Fortuna:<\/span><\/p>\n