I was an international applicant coming from boutique institutions and a public Ivy. I applied to 4 schools with Katharine and she helped me craft really impactful essays and stories for my applications that helped amplify the impact I drove at those lesser-known institutions. Her knowledge of the different interview nuances and the points to highlight for each of the different essays drastically reduced the amount of guessing I had to do and made the process less stressful and much faster. I ended up being admitted to 2 top 5 b-schools in Booth and Wharton with some scholarship money. I attribute that in large part to the help I got from Katy! I couldn't recommend her more.

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I first applied to B-schools back in 2020 to enroll in Fall 2021. However, my biggest mistake was focusing too much on perfecting my GMAT scores that I didn't put as much of an effort into my narrative. As I didn't get into my target school, I decided to reapply again for Fall 2022, while reassessing the strengths of each school.

As I was already familiar with the application process, I chose the hourly services with Gavriella from MBAMission. She was incredibly helpful in sharpening my narrative and ensuring that I get my point across. She is always open to answering my questions about the schools and her experience with her other clients. Overall, my MBA application process is less daunting - would definitely recommend!

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I came into the whole MBA application process a little lost. Not sure how I stacked up or where I would fit in. There were some holes in my application, but Gavriella was amazing in helping show how they were as damaging as I thought and made sure I highlighted my strong points throughout my application. She helped me throughout the entire process, from school selection all the way to interview prep. And now looking back I cant imagine the applications would have gone without her. She was a wonderful person to have worked with during this stressful time. And if anyone is in need of help I cant recommend Gavriella more highly!

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The service and support that Gavriella provided was more than I could’ve ever expected. From our first brainstorming session all the way to interview prep, she was incredibly involved, supportive, thorough, and helpful. Gavi helped me take all elements of my background and mold them into a cohesive and compelling story, which left me confident moving forward with all parts of the admissions process. Especially coming from a non-traditional undergraduate education as well as work experience, it was essential that my story made sense, and Gavriella helped me get there.

Gavriella was very responsive and always willing to hop on a call to talk through things as needed. I truly felt like she had my back and pushed me to put the work in so that I would have the best possible outcome. She is an amazing writer and storyteller and had immense knowledge on what goes into a successful application.

My favorite part about working with Gavriella was her optimism. There were times when I doubted my likelihood of admission due to certain weaknesses in my application and she always kept me moving forward and focusing on everything positive that I have to offer. The admissions process can be long, daunting, and discouraging – but working with Gavi kept me excited and confident about my prospects.

I feel truly thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Gavriella. I was admitted to three schools, all with large scholarships, and am so excited for my future!

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I worked with Katy Lewis for my MBA applications, and I couldn’t have been happier with my decision. I met with many different consultants during my selection process. I decided to work with Katy for her expertise in some of the top schools I was interested in (Harvard and Stanford) and her direct/open communication style, which worked well with me.

I am from the Middle East, and my work history has been a little less traditional than consulting/banking/PE. However, I felt like Katy really understood my background and various nuances in my experiences and helped me better articulate my strengths, accomplishments, and goals without impacting my authenticity and voice.

On the process side, Katy is on top of her stuff. Expectations and ways of working are established early on. Expect to be very busy from April to September if you are going for round 1. My favorite part of working with Katy was her accessibility. Whenever I wanted to jump on a call, she was always available within 24 hours. Having her caring support and expertise on my side throughout this long and challenging process gave me a piece of mind.

Katy and I decided to work on three schools together (Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton); however, she voluntarily shared her wisdom and support for the other two schools I applied to (Booth and Sloan). With Katy’s help, I received interview invitations from all five schools and got into Harvard (my top choice), Sloan (with $$), and Booth, and I am waitlisted at Stanford.

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I was working on a tight deadline. With a month and a half for submission date for my application, I got cold feet about my essay. I was applying to a top 7 MBA college and needed help with my essays.
I was directed to Melissa by a college alum, and I am glad I trusted her. She was the only consultant I contacted and by the end of initial consultation I knew there was no one else I would have wanted to work with.
Melissa is super popular, and she books up really fast and my application timeline wasn’t working with her schedule and so I came here to look for another consultant based on the reviews here. I literally went through every single review tallying the number of positive reviews a consultant had and guess who won that tally. Melissa!!
She was super nice in accommodating me and loved the process she had established. Her feedback was direct and poignant. The best part about her was that she made you think for yourself, which made you feel you owned the final product. She encouraged to dig deep within myself and my past experiences to really understand myself in a deeper way.
Working with her is perfect for driven people as she sets high standards for herself and for you. I loved working with her and would go as far as to say that I wouldn’t have received an admit into my dream college without her guidance.

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I was so fortunate to work with Nisha Trivedi on my MBA application to Michigan Ross and MIT Sloan. As an international student looking to get into a top B-school, she helped bring out the best of me in the clearest and most concise manner. Her turnaround time was impressive - I could get all my reviews within 24 hours. She efficiently managed my time despite having only a month to work on both applications.

Fast forward, I got admitted to Michigan Ross with a full-tuition scholarship. I can not overemphasize how supportive and amazing Nisha was. I highly recommend her for anyone considering getting into Top MBA programs.

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At first, I was hesitant about hiring an admissions consultant, given that I had already done quite a bit of brainstorming on my story and essay topics. For that reason, I opted for hourly services and had an absolutely wonderful experience with Melissa!

It was super helpful to talk through my thoughts with Melissa as an objective sounding board. I initially purchased the 5-hour package and ended up adding one additional hour for interview prep. We met once at the start to strategize major themes across both of my applications (I was applying to two M7s in R1). From there, Melissa provided timely feedback on my essay drafts and answered all of my questions in thorough detail via email so I could best position myself in my applications. In our final hour, Melissa helped me with a mock interview to prepare for my interview with Sloan - giving me feedback on each response and making me dig deeper into areas I could explore.

As an hourly client, I 10000% appreciated the time Melissa spent above and beyond what I had signed up for, to help me tie up the loose ends even after my time "ran out".

Ultimately, I was ELATED when I received my admission to Sloan, and CANNOT WAIT to attend next fall!!!

Melissa is an absolute JOY to work with - super responsive, transparent, friendly, warm, genuine, strategic, ALL the best qualities you'd want in a consultant! It is clear that she cares deeply about her clients - I can't recommend her enough!

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I started my MBA application journey quite lost as I had no idea about the strengths, weeknesses in my profile and how to go about the whole thing. And then Gavriella came into the picture and made me introspect, do some major soul searching and helped me identify points for my essays for different colleges I was going to apply to. She would try to dig deep into events in my life that I probably considered inconseuential. This was a massive job to begin with. Then came the job of actually going about each application, which Gavriella did in the most structured way. We would often have brainstorming sessions before putting things to paper. We used to exchange our ideas on what was good and what was going wrong and hence made the experience quite interactive.

The best thing I liked about Gavriella was that she was always very positive about my application and profile and the fact that I would get in somewhere really good, even though I was a little worried about the weeknesses in some aspects of my profile. She kept my moral up at times when I felt dejected during some of the initial rejections, which is very important for any MBA aspirant to not get bogged down in this marathon of a run.

All in all it was an exceptional experience working with Gavriella and she is a big reason behind my convert and that too with a scholarship.

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I worked with Jen on my application for LBS and could not recommend her more! She was key in my acceptance to LBS and was able to help me tailor my narrative perfectly. From the start, she was very responsive and took the time to understand my story. She was instrumental in my essay development and helped me successfully communicate my goals! After receiving an interview offer, she spent the time to review potential questions, and her mock exam and feedback from it definitely made my real interview a better experience. I would 100% recommend Jen to anyone looking to apply to a top MBA program! You won't another consultant like Jen!

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