Business school applicants

MBA Admissions
Blueprint

Business school admissions run on a different logic than undergraduate. Committees are reading for trajectory, judgment, and a reason this degree at this school right now. We build that case, then make every component argue it.

Begin Your Blueprint
Best StartedSummer Before Round 1
RoundsR1 And R2
ResultAdmission To A Top Program

How the case gets built

An honest read first

Where you actually stand against the class profile, and which schools are realistic in which round. No flattery.

Round strategy

Where to apply, and whether Round 1 or Round 2 serves your profile better. The timing decision is not a coin flip.

The page they read first

Resume and short-answer work rebuilt for a business school reader, not recycled from your last job search.

Interviews in the real format

Mock interviews in the format your schools actually use, with consultants who have sat on the other side of them.

Who it is for

applicants to top business schools who need the whole case built, not just the essays cleaned up.

What the program covers

  • →Candidacy assessment. An honest read of where you stand against the class profile, and which schools are realistic in which round.
  • →Positioning. The single throughline connecting what you have done, why you need the degree, and what you intend to do with it.
  • →School selection and round strategy. Where to apply, and whether Round 1 or Round 2 serves you better given your profile.
  • →Essays. Every school on the list, written to that school’s actual question rather than recycled from a template.
  • →Resume and short-answer work. The one page an adcom reads first, rebuilt for a business school reader.
  • →Recommender strategy. Who to ask, how to brief them, and what a strong letter needs to say that yours currently does not.
  • →Interview preparation. Mock interviews in the format your schools actually use, with consultants who have sat on the other side of them.

Will your student be next?

Twenty minutes, free: grades, list, activities, drafts. We read the whole picture against the Blueprint and tell you honestly where the application stands.

Begin Your Blueprint