Grateful for the Clarity Melissa Brought to My Journey

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Melissa knows what INSEAD looks for and she helps you find your best self in the process

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In 2025, I was in the thick of my reapplication journey to my dream school, INSEAD. Coming from an overrepresented candidate pool and without the highest GRE score among peers from my region, the odds felt stacked, but for me, it was INSEAD or nothing. A friend who had gone through a similar journey recommended I work with Melissa Jones.

Working with Melissa was one of the more clarifying experiences of my MBA application journey and I mean that well beyond the essays.
As a reapplicant, I came in with a story. Melissa helped me find the sharper, truer version of it. She identified exactly what the first application was missing and helped me articulate what I genuinely wanted from this MBA with far more precision and conviction. That clarity made everything else easier to write.

She also gave me an honest, grounded read on my post-MBA goals, on what made sense given my profile and where my strongest case actually lived. That perspective led to a much more compelling Why INSEAD essay, because I was writing from a place of real clarity rather than just ambition.

And perhaps most valuably she helped me recognize the strength in parts of my background I had been underselling. She pushed back on my instinct to downplay certain experiences and helped me see my own profile more fully. That shift showed up everywhere in the final essays.
I recently received my INSEAD admit for Jan 2027.

If you're looking for someone who brings both deep INSEAD knowledge and genuine investment in your success Melissa is it. Highly recommend.