Admissions consultants for executives
Compare 25 admissions consultants. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are mba admissions, ivy league and top schools, grad school and phd and international students. They most often work with executives, students and professionals. Most charge $69 to $150 per hour or session.
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Bara Sapir
Bara Sapir is a GMAT tutor who also coaches students on mindset and test anxiety. She has worked with hundreds of clients, including students who got into schools like Harvard, Stanford and INSEAD. Her clients also include physicians preparing for medical boards and executives at Fortune 500 companies. She brought mindfulness tools into test prep, using methods like hypnosis, NLP and tapping. She wrote The Full Potential Manual and created the MindFlow speed reading workshop.
Claire Qin
Claire Qin is an MBA admissions consultant and executive coach. She helps applicants shape their story and sharpen their positioning, and she coaches leaders through career moves. She holds a Stanford MBA and spent a decade in senior roles at Amazon, Uber, Sylvera and Morgan Stanley. She has trained in organisational psychology at the NHS Tavistock Clinic. She has also coached senior leaders and MBA students in INSEAD's Personal Leadership Development Programme.
Ginny Park
Ginny Park is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches candidates for job interviews. She has helped 200+ applicants over 14 years. Before coaching, she worked in executive search at Heidrick & Struggles and in HR at Samsung, so she knows how candidates get assessed. She was accepted to Harvard and Stanford, including Stanford for both undergrad and MBA. Her clients have interviewed at firms like Google, Amazon, Meta, KKR and Bain Capital.
Jessica Burlingame
Jessica Burlingame is an MBA and EMBA admissions consultant who also coaches leaders. She has worked with applicants worldwide since 2006. She is a Columbia MBA, an ICF-certified leadership coach, and a three-time Poets & Quants Top Consultant. Before coaching, she was a magazine editor, and she uses that eye for story to shape each client's essays and narrative. She offers her services in English and Italian.
Melanie Espeland
Melanie Espeland is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches executives and professionals on careers, communication and life goals. She is a Columbia MBA alumna and an MBA admissions interviewer. She has helped 200+ applicants get into top schools, including every M7 program. Before coaching, she worked at McKinsey and as a voice actor. She created the Espeland Method for building executive presence and has coached more than 1,000 clients.
Monica Okrah
Monica Okrah is an MBA admissions and career coach who helps high-potential professionals plan their applications and tell their leadership story. She founded Helium Coaching in 2018. Since 2006 she has coached 750+ leaders in 45+ countries on top MBA and Executive MBA programs, including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, INSEAD and London Business School. She also works as an executive search partner, so she knows how boards and C-suite leaders judge leadership potential.
Rohan Barmanray
Rohan Barmanray is an MBA admissions consultant and career coach. He helps undergraduates, MBA students and senior professionals with applications, CVs, and interviews. He holds an MBA from London Business School and a JD from the University of Sydney. He worked in private equity M&A at Kirkland & Ellis and Gilbert + Tobin, and as a strategy consultant at Vodafone. He now works in commercial strategy at Hawk-Eye Innovations. He also interviews prospective MBA candidates for LBS.
Sandy Li
Sandy Li is an MBA admissions consultant and executive coach. Sandy helps students, early-career professionals and senior leaders with application strategy, career strategy, leadership and communication. Sandy is a former CFO of a national consumer brand who helped scale the business across 20+ markets. Earlier roles included investment banking and private equity-backed operating jobs. Sandy holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and has worked with 10+ MBA clients.
Deans of Admissions
Deans of Admissions is an admissions consulting firm that guides students and families into selective universities in the United States and United Kingdom. Dean D. Blackman, a former Dean of Admissions at both Harvard and Columbia, founded it more than three decades ago. Every advisor on the team held a senior decision-making role in a top admissions office. The firm covers boarding schools, undergraduate, master's, PhD, business, law and medical programs.
Ian Kennedy
Ian Kennedy is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches startup founders and executives. He served in the Army Special Forces as a communications sergeant, then earned an MBA and an MS in electrical engineering at Stanford. He later worked in venture capital at Khosla Ventures, where he supported over $1B in new financings and a portfolio of over 60 startups. He now coaches full time and takes on a few comprehensive MBA clients each cycle.
Jim Yannopoulos
Jim Yannopoulos is a college admissions consultant who guides students and parents through the college planning process. He runs Right College for Me, LLC in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Educational Planner with a Harvard MBA. Before starting his practice, he was Director of Talent Management at Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He has also coached CEOs, executives, and boards of directors.
Shelle Leanne
Dr. Shelle Leanne is an MBA and Executive MBA admissions consultant. She helps applicants get into top business schools in the United States, Europe and Britain. She has worked in a Harvard admissions office and in Stanford's Office of the President. She has coached for over 30 years and has helped over 1100 admits. Her clients come from over 83 countries, and many have won scholarships, including full-ride awards.
Brian Crisp
Brian Crisp is an independent educational consultant who helps students with college and graduate school admissions and coaches parents. He founded Crisp Consulting + Coaching in North Carolina in 2009. He has worked in schools, universities and churches in the United States, Italy and Germany for over thirty years. He once served as a curriculum consultant in the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. He also advises nonprofits, churches and companies.
Jo Leonard
Jo Leonard is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She also coaches young professionals and executives through career launches and career changes. Since 2001, she and her small team have guided families on what comes after high school. That includes college, gap years, trades, work, and entrepreneurship. The practice has offices in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and Princeton, New Jersey, and works with clients worldwide by video.
Shruti Parashar
Shruti Parashar runs GOALisB, an MBA admissions consulting practice in India. She helps applicants get into ISB, the IIM one-year programmes and global MBA schools. Clients work with one senior mentor from profile review to the final interview. The practice reports 120+ admit offers in the 2025 to 26 cycle, at schools like INSEAD, HEC Paris, NYU Stern and Cambridge. It also helps clients win scholarships.
Fletcher Poret
Fletcher Poret is a GRE tutor and learning coach who helps students and executive candidates get past score plateaus. He has over twenty years of practice. He runs 1st Principles Learning and works as a Master Tutor at Sentia Education. His focus is pacing, cognitive load, and executive function skills under time pressure. He also teaches GMAT, ACT and SAT prep.
Melinda Kelly
Melinda Kelly is an independent educational consultant in Cincinnati, Ohio. She helps students and parents with college admissions. She also co-leads Right Path Enterprises with Mike Kelly. The firm offers leadership development, executive coaching, strategic planning, life planning, workshops, and training for organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area. She is a professional member of the IECA.
Ash Cross
Ash Cross is a career coach and master's programs admissions consultant. Ash helps grad students, career changers, and senior professionals with resumes, mock interviews, and job searches. Ash spent time at Carnegie Mellon University, where they worked with the MSCF finance program and 16 Master's Engineering programs. There, Ash coached 300+ MSCF students, and all of them landed internships. Ash went full-time with their practice this year and booked 20 clients in the first month.
Brian Holzer
Brian Holzer is an executive and career coach who works with MBA applicants, recent grads, physician executives and other professionals. He is a physician with a Wharton MBA and has been CEO twice at private equity-backed companies. He has 20+ years in healthcare, across biotech, health insurance, health systems, behavioral health and post-acute care. He moved from clinical medicine to the C-suite and now helps others make career moves and reach executive roles.
Carla Vaccarezza Bass
Carla Vaccarezza Bass is a career and executive coach who helps students, alumni, mid-career leaders and physicians moving into industry. She is Associate Director of Career Services and Executive MBA Career Coach at Kellogg School of Management. She has nearly twenty years of experience at Stanford, UC Berkeley and Northwestern. She has also served on admissions committees and led employer relations. She has worked with more than 100 career coaching clients.
Christina Ferrari
Christina Ferrari is a career coach who helps high-achieving professionals with career pivots, MBA applications to top programs, and senior-level job searches. She works at Amazon as Head of Partner Strategy and Operations. Her past work includes Udemy, Coursera and Columbia, and she studied at Columbia Business School. She moved from higher ed leadership to global tech, and from individual contributor to executive. Her coaching focuses on building a clear career story.
Ian Kahng
Ian Kahng is an executive coach and consulting recruiting coach. He works with CEOs, founders, senior leaders, and candidates aiming for consulting offers. He worked at McKinsey and later managed profitability across 80+ companies at Teamshares. There he coached first-time CEOs who took over acquired businesses. He holds a Georgetown leadership coaching certificate from an ICF Level 2 program. He has also tutored ACT prep since 2012.
Logan Thompson
Logan Thompson is an executive coach and test prep tutor who helps senior leaders and students. He founded LT3D, which coaches leaders on clarity, decision-making, resilience and trust. He began in leadership development at McKinsey and has coached over 1,000 people on test prep, case prep, interview prep and leadership. His clients come from Google, World Bank, NIH, McKinsey and Guardant Health. His work joins business, psychology and contemplative practice.
Akonkwa Mubagwa
Akonkwa Mubagwa is an MBA admissions consultant and leadership coach. He works with people and teams who are changing roles, scaling organizations, or leading across cultures. He is an engineer and the CEO of Winko Solar, a company that brings clean power to hospitals and health systems in emerging markets. He has led teams in Africa, Europe, and the United States, and his career links technology, business, and public policy.
Rebecca Eckstein
Rebecca Eckstein is an executive and business coach who works with C-Suite executives, emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. She holds an ICF PCC credential and has logged over 1,200 coaching hours over 6 years. She also completed a Neuroscience for Business certification at MIT in 2021. She coaches by phone, works with clients in the US and abroad, and serves all industries. She coaches English speakers only. Her clients in 2022 reported promotions, new roles, raises and bonuses.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Bara Sapir | MBA admissions and Grad school and PhD | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Claire Qin | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Ginny Park | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $80 to $230 an hour |
| Jessica Burlingame | College essays and Grad school and PhD | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Melanie Espeland | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Monica Okrah | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $80 to $230 an hour |
| Rohan Barmanray | MBA admissions and Law school admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Sandy Li | MBA admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Deans of Admissions | College admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Ian Kennedy | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Jim Yannopoulos | College admissions | $150 to $240 an hour |
| Shelle Leanne | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $80 to $230 an hour |
| Brian Crisp | College admissions and College essays | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Jo Leonard | College admissions | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Shruti Parashar | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $80 to $230 an hour |
Common questions
How much does an admissions consultant cost?
Most admissions consultants charge $69 to $150 per hour or session.
What else do these admissions consultants help with?
Common focus areas include mba admissions, ivy league and top schools, grad school and phd and international students.
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Last updated September 2026.