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Kimberly Hoey Reviews

Company: mbaMission

MBA from: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Working style: Collaborative, empowering, supportive, invested

What I love about my job: The opportunity to leverage my brand experience to make a difference in a way that truly matters most—helping an individual tell their unique story in a compelling, relevant way on their journey to achieving their dreams.

More than 16 years of experience building brands and developing their underlying strategy have provided Kim ample opportunity to hone her positioning and storytelling skills. Through mbaMission, she uses this experience to help MBA applicants craft their personal brand along with a supporting narrative in pursuit of their dreams.

Kim earned her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, with a focus on marketing and strategy. She enjoyed the highly collaborative and student-run nature of Kellogg, where she served as VP of marketing and on the Executive Steering Committee for the Business Leadership Club.

Kellogg’s program enabled Kim to make a career switch from investment banking into brand management. She began her post-MBA career at Procter & Gamble and Mars Wrigley, where she was deeply involved in MBA internship programs, and then she moved from consumer packaged goods to sporting goods and apparel, following a personal passion. Roles at Mizuno and Descente provided Kim the opportunity to work closely with her Asian colleagues and develop a strong appreciation for their cultures, which tapped into her desire to understand people, their motivations, and their aspirations.

Kim believes strongly in the power of education and has focused much of her volunteer work on tutoring and mentoring disadvantaged children.

A Duke University graduate, Kim holds a BA in economics and a minor in French. She graduated magna cum laude, was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and was named captain of the varsity cross-country and track teams.

For Kim, there really is no better feeling than helping others realize their dreams. Business school was an incredible and transformative experience for her, fueling her desire to serve others as they work to manifest their life vision and showcase their unique, authentic selves.

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February 02, 2024
symba444

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Kim is Amazing!

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I can't recommend Kim enough! Her help throughout the entire application process was invaluable. She helped with each aspect of the application from school selection, the application itself, and interview preparation.

She really took the time to understand me, my background, and my story and helped me showcase it in throughout my application. Her suggestions were incredibly thoughtful and you can tell she genuinely cares about her clients success and goes above and beyond to help them get into their dream program!

I am so thankful I had the opportunity to work with Kim and could not recommend her more!

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July 17, 2023
tennis515

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Kim is the best MBA Consultant out there!

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Having completed the MBA process a few months ago, I can very confidently say that I wouldn’t have had the success that I had in the MBA process (getting into 5 full-time MBA programs with scholarships at each of them, receiving interviews from each school I applied to, and eventually committing to go to an M7 MBA program) without Kim. When I started working with Kim, I told her that I was working on a tighter timeline during Round 2 (I had started the MBA process in the fall of last year) and she constantly exceeded my expectations in helping me achieve all of my goals in this shorter timeline. It is because of Kim that I am going to my dream school. 

The combination of Kim’s many years of experience in MBA admissions consulting, her expertise in English, kindness, patience and personable nature made our time working together such a success. I enjoyed working with her so much! She worked tirelessly to help me during this process and was always so responsive as well as deeply committed to her craft of helping her clients achieve their goals. 

I worked with Kim during the resume/essay editing, mock interview preparation, and scholarship negotiation phases of the MBA process. Her suggestions to improve the quality of my essays and my resume were invaluable. I could tell that she took a lot of time to critically think about how my essays/resume could be refined where needed. Outside of her support in essay/resume review, Kim also conducted several mock interviews with me. She asked thoughtful questions and she thoroughly prepared me for my interviews. After each of my interviews, Kim would check in to see how I felt after completing them. Her thoughtful nature and the personal touch she adds to everything she does truly differentiates Kim from other MBA consultants. Even after I had completed my interviews at each school, Kim would frequently check in to see how I was feeling during the process and provide encouragement. Kim also supported and guided me through the scholarship negotiation phase of the MBA application process, providing me with highly beneficial advice and edits for any emails or documentation that I needed to send out. With the school that I decided to commit to, I received a sizable scholarship from them, which is largely due to the advice and guidance that I received from Kim. 

I highly recommend anyone looking for a highly experienced, wise, friendly and personable MBA consultant to work with Kim. Kim is the best out there! It was highly apparent throughout the entirety of the process that she was so genuinely invested in my success and cared so much about me getting into one of my dream schools. Thanks to her, I did it and am going to my dream school. Thank you SO much, Kim!!! 

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April 23, 2023
Aziztala2

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680 Q44 V39 (Online)

Great experience and delivered on a super tight timeline

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After getting the GMAT score I wanted just about a month before the Round two deadline for the two schools I wanted to apply to and with absolutely no progress in my applications, I got in contact with Kim and she took the challenge of helping me with my application despite the tight timeline.

She was totally invested with my applications. She designed a delivery plan for me to work on and gave me faster than the standard reviews on my work.

After the application, she prepared me for the interviews and gave me tips that definitely made a difference in getting accepted into both schools I applied to.

I really enjoyed working with Kim and I'm 100% sure she will be of great help to anyone working with her (even if it means working on a tight timeline!!)

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March 21, 2023
N9314

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Kim help me achieve more than I ever imagined!

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I cannot recommend Kim enough. She truly cares about her clients and she goes above and beyond to help them achieve their goals. Kim has a breadth of knowledge about top programs and can help candidates understand their strengths and opportunities. Kim helped me asses my profile and identified areas of opportunity for me. She also reviewed my essays for one of my top programs, and helped me with interview preparation. Kim's feedback and direction helped me improve significantly and she was always cheering me on and rooting for me. I am fortunate to have gotten into all of the schools I applied to and I could not have done it without Kim's help!

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December 15, 2022
eja23

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740 Q47 V45

Phenomenal experience with Kimberly

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Kim was the absolute best. From the very first call I knew Kim was the right fit for me. She takes a personalized approach to the application process and really cares about her clients and their goals. I took a non-traditional approach and applied to JD/MBA programs and Kim did an outstanding job helping me navigate the complex, unique application to the dual programs. I was incredibly stressed when starting the process and Kim quickly extinguished my stresses and helped me take a level headed approach on my journey. I got into my dream program and a large portion of that has to do with Kim's help and guidance. She really is the best, and clearly loves what she does and loves helping her candidates.

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September 19, 2022
Sun1234

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Great Experience!

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I had a fantastic experience working with Kim. She was super knowledgeable about all of the schools I was interested in and did an amazing job helping me navigating the process. No one in my close circle had gone through the process before, so having someone who was there to help guide me was really helpful. Would highly recommend working with her!

I started working with MBA Mission a bit later in the game, only about a month before my application. I would recommend earlier for a less hectic month, but either way Kim was patient and super helpful throughout the process.

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July 04, 2022
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Amazing Experience with Kimberly

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I cannot recommend Kimberly Hoey highly enough as a MBA Admissions consultant. It was evident from our first call that Kimberly cared deeply about my application. She was patient, thorough, organized, thoughtful, and incredibly helpful to talk to. From the short to long essays to my resume, Kimberly helped me submit an application that I was truly proud of and reflected my work and personal experiences and passions. Kimberly was relentless in her pursuit of helping me put my best foot forward during what otherwise would have been an incredibly stressful process. I truly am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Kimberly!

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May 18, 2022
loken

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Great service, Kimberly made me feel at ease with the entire process.

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I was lucky to find mbaMission and Kim for my business school journey - even when I wasn't sure I was going to apply yet, Kim clearly laid out the timeline and next steps so that I could have a better idea of what I needed to do next and what I should consider doing to set myself up for success. When I began the process in earnest, I was on a very accelerated timeline for R2, but with Kim's help I was able to take the GMAT & GRE, find the right recommenders, and submit my applications all within a span of about 4 months. I got into both the T15 school and the M7 school that I applied to. I'm excited to matriculate at the M7 this fall and I couldn't be happier that I choose mbaMission and Kim to help me through the process. I was able to craft a compelling story and had so much more confidence in my applications than I would going at it alone. Kim's knowledge and perspective on my career will serve me in business school and beyond.

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February 21, 2022
Joe22

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The prospect of applying to business school can be very stressful (at least, it was for me) and that stress can be compounded when faced with the challenge of applying to multiple schools in any one round.

However, having Kim as a partner and guide throughout this journey made the entire process manageable, exciting, and ultimately very rewarding.

From our very first call, Kim made a genuine effort to understand who I was as a person, and what made me unique to the thousands of other applicants applying to top schools. Kim guided me through all phases of the application process (researching schools, recommendation letters, writing essays, interview prep, etc.) organizing our work on multiple schools together so that I never felt overwhelmed with managing the multiple applications. She was always very thoughtful and quick to respond to any of my questions/revisions (sometimes even working on the weekends to provide feedback in order to meet a tight deadline).

While a very knowledgeable partner, what made working with Kim so special was how genuinely invested she was in my success. I'm so glad that I got the opportunity to work with Kim, and highly recommend her to anyone applying to B-school!

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January 28, 2022
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Excellent Investment

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I can't imagine going through the application without Kim at MBA Mission. From day one she was one of the most organized and efficient professionals I have ever worked with in any capacity. She was as invested in the process of my applications as I was, and paid considerable attention to every single detail of my application. I'm also not a very strong writer, and her guidance for preparing my essays from outlines to the final drafts and many revisions gave me so much more confidence than I ever would have had on my own. I cannot recommend her enough and would absolutely user her services again if I were to repeat the process.

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