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Compare 248 admissions consultants. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are MBA admissions, ivy league and top schools, college admissions and college essays. They most often work with professionals, students and parents. Most charge $69 to $150 per hour or session.
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Grad School Road Map
Grad School Road Map is a graduate school admissions coaching practice. It helps applicants to MBA, law, medical, master's and doctoral programs across all fields. The team includes former deans and directors of admissions at Columbia, Northwestern and University of Chicago. In 18 years, it has worked with just over 1150 applicants. It also speaks on campuses and has written a book on the application process from start to finish.
Sabrina Fathi
Sabrina Fathi is an MBA admissions consultant. She helps applicants with non-linear paths, global backgrounds, or careers in transition. She earned her MBA at Wharton and served as an Admissions Fellow, so she has reviewed candidates from the evaluation side. Before business school she moved from investment management into tech startups, and she worked at Nike. She takes a small number of clients each cycle and has 40+ M7 admits.
Abigail Hagan
Abigail Hagan is an admissions consultant who helps students get into PhD, MBA, master's and undergraduate programs. She has coached 100+ clients into top STEM PhD, master's and undergraduate programs, including MD/PhD and dual-degree paths. She also helps early-career professionals land roles at firms like Amazon, BCG and Morgan Stanley. She works on PwC's AI Strategy team under the Chief AI Officer and scored 331 on the GRE.
Albert Choi
Albert Choi is an admissions consultant who helps students and professionals apply to MBA programs, colleges and other graduate schools. He has coached for nearly two decades, starting with tutoring at age 15. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and worked in strategy consulting at Deloitte. His clients have been admitted to schools such as Harvard, Stanford GSB, Yale Law and Princeton. He keeps his client roster small.
Alec Emmert
Alec Emmert coaches people who want into top MBA programs and elite consulting firms. He works with applicants from non-traditional backgrounds. He was admitted to Wharton at age 35 with a 2.85 undergraduate GPA. He then joined McKinsey & Company as an Associate and worked in its Private Equity practice. He also led Service to School, a nonprofit that helps veterans get into top universities, and wrote a book on MBA success for veterans.
Alex L
Alex L is a college admissions counselor who also coaches professionals on resumes and interviews. He has been an alumni undergraduate candidate interviewer for Stanford. He advises students on choosing top programs, building an admission strategy and writing essays. Before coaching, he worked in hi-tech in product management, marketing and business development. He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School. He also co-founded a STEM tutoring startup for high school students.
Alexander Cheng
Alexander Cheng is a scholarships and fellowships advisor who helps candidates from non-traditional backgrounds build strong applications. He is a social impact consultant and a former consultant at L.E.K. Consulting. He was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar from a pool of more than 5,800 applicants. He also founded a not-for-profit that supports diverse professionals in Australia. His coaching focuses on turning lived experience into clear, honest stories that selection committees trust.
Allie Kronthal
Allie Kronthal is an MBA admissions consultant who helps candidates build strong applications to top business schools. She has coached people from finance, private equity, consulting, healthcare, technology, real estate and impact investing. She also works as a writing coach and alumni interviewer for Penn. Her clients have gained admission to schools such as Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Chicago Booth, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Columbia and Yale SOM.
Ambar Sinha
Ambar Sinha is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches career pivots. He helps MBA applicants choose between schools and regions. He also works with post-MBA professionals and big tech operators who want a new path. Ambar built a smart cities practice in engineering consulting and won $5.9M in contracts in its first year. He later earned an MBA at IESE Business School and joined Amazon's Operations Leadership program in the UK.
Angela Winegar
Angela Winegar is an MBA admissions and career consultant. She helps candidates get into top business schools and land roles in consulting, tech and venture capital. She is a Harvard MBA and MPP graduate and a former Bain consultant. She also worked as a VC and PE associate. Today she leads marketing and growth at Invisible Technologies. She has sat on hiring committees across consulting and tech, and she has placed clients in top consulting firms, tech companies and Top 7 business schools.
Anna Lasko
Anna Lasko is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong stories for top business schools. She is a Harvard Business School alum from the Class of 2018 and spent several years at McKinsey. She now leads operations at a healthcare startup. She has hired many people and sat in rooms where MBA applications get discussed. She gives direct feedback and says so when something is not working.
Antoine Gamberini
Antoine Gamberini is an admissions consultant who helps people apply to master's programs and MBAs. He earned a place in the Stanford GSB MSx program, Class of 2025. Before that, he spent twelve years in telecom in Europe. He led large teams and turned around multimillion-euro businesses. He has coached dozens of applicants, first informally and then more intentionally. He now works in strategy and operations at Google. He also offers coaching in communication and public speaking.
Arthur Balagula
Arthur Balagula is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications and prepare for interviews. He was admitted to MIT Sloan and earned his MBA there in 2018. He has coached people who got into MIT Sloan and other top MBA programs. His own career runs through Deloitte consulting, Facebook, TikTok and Adobe. He now works in product marketing on the AI demand gen team for Google Cloud.
Atharva Abhyankar
Atharva Abhyankar is an LSAT tutor who also helps students with law school admissions. He works one-on-one and online with college students and working professionals. Every student starts with a diagnostic test, and he looks for patterns in their mistakes. He wrote a successful application to Harvard Law as a junior, and he uses that experience to help students shape personal statements and other application essays.
Austin Lam
Austin Lam is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong applications and plan for careers in management consulting and private equity. He is an MBA student and Admissions Fellow at Chicago Booth. Before business school, he worked in management consulting at BCG and in software growth equity investing at Pacific Lake. He also applied to business school while working full time in private equity.
Begum Cital
Begum Cital is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, interviews and overall application strategy. She is a Harvard Business School Class of 2025 graduate. She was admitted to both HBS and MIT Sloan, and she won a scholarship at Sloan. She moved from Turkey to the U.S. for college. She focuses on nontraditional and international candidates, and she coaches Turkish applicants in Turkish. She has logged 1,530 minutes of coaching.
Ben Hackner
Ben Hackner coaches aspiring MBAs and consulting candidates on case interviews and MBA admissions. He worked at Boston Consulting Group and in sales strategy at Salesforce. He later joined the corporate strategy team at SSA Marine, a Blackstone portfolio company. He has run hundreds of case prep sessions with students at top programs like Kellogg and with private clients. He also supports candidates from diverse and Latino recruiting pipelines through MLT programs.
Bill Chionis
Bill Chionis is an MBA admissions consultant who helps professionals apply to top business schools. He has worked with over 1000 traditional and non-traditional candidates. Hundreds of them won admission to M7 programs. Before consulting, he built a career in aerospace materials research and product management, and he earned his own MBA at the Merage School of Management. He now coaches applicants through Leland.
Brandon Monteith
Brandon Monteith is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches rising leaders on career moves. He helps people break into competitive programs and roles and sharpen their stories. Brandon led Infinite Athlete's exit to Exos, where he ran M&A, commercial strategy, finance and investor relations. He worked at McKinsey, PepsiCo and the Atlanta Hawks earlier in his career. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and connects the sports, tech and investment communities.
Bri Mirabile
Bri Mirabile is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants turn their experience into a clear story. Before graduate school, Bri worked in government consulting and advised state health agencies on Medicaid innovation. Bri also coaches clients who want offers and MBA sponsorships at Big 4 firms like Deloitte and Accenture. Clients have been admitted to Harvard Kennedy School and MIT's MSRED. Bri is a dual-degree student at Harvard Kennedy School and MIT Sloan.
Brian Bernstein
Brian Bernstein is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools. He is a Wharton MBA graduate with honors and a former Admissions Fellow. He worked in investment banking before business school. He has helped more than 30 MBA clients. He was admitted to all 3 schools he applied to and won scholarships from two top programs. He works best with applicants from finance backgrounds.
Briana Johnson
Briana Johnson is an admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top undergraduate business programs and law schools. She has deep focus on Wharton and Penn Law. She spent six years in asset management and technology consulting before going to law school. She is now joining Gibson Dunn as an associate in real estate. She helps applicants with nontraditional backgrounds turn their experience into a clear story.
Brit Harding
Brit Harding is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches on early career tech sales and job applications. Brit spent the first 5 years of a career in tech sales at LinkedIn, Okta and Podium. Brit rose from sales development rep to Account Director at LinkedIn, then earned an MBA at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Brit interned at Nike and returns there full time in Summer 2026. Brit also has sports marketing and partnerships experience.
Bryan Chao
Bryan Chao is an MBA admissions consultant who also teaches test prep for the GMAT, GRE, SAT and ACT. He helps applicants build one clear story from their career, experiences and goals. He has coached 50 MBA applicants aiming at top 10 programs over 12 years. His own career covered M&A, venture capital and startup operations in the U.S. and China. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and scored a 770 on the GMAT twice.
Caitlin Andersen
Caitlin Andersen is an independent educational consultant who helps working professionals, current students and recent grads get into top business master's programs. She founded Auxilium Education in Tampa, Florida. Caitlin holds an MBA from Oxford's Saïd Business School and has guided graduate applicants since 2018. She chairs the Business Roundtable for the IECA Graduate Committee. Her clients have earned interviews and admits at schools such as Chicago Booth, Cornell Tech and LSE.
Caitlyn McGinley
Caitlyn McGinley coaches students and professionals in college admissions, executive functioning and career moves into product management. She leads AI Service Transformation at Natera. She is a former Stanford researcher. She has worked in research, clinical, school and workplace settings for over 5 years and has worked with over 800 people on school and work placement. She also helps people get accommodations at work and in school.
Charlene You
Charlene You is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches candidates for consulting interviews. She helps ambitious professionals get into top MBA programs or land roles at leading consulting firms. She served as a Wharton Admissions Fellow, so she knows how admissions committees read applications. She currently takes a limited number of clients for Round 3 MBA applications.
Charlotte Lawson
Charlotte Lawson is an admissions consultant who helps people decide whether to pursue medical school or an MBA, and then get through the process. She is a physician with an MBA from Harvard Business School. She founded a healthcare startup and raised venture capital for it. She works with career switchers, parents, older applicants, and people coming off a rejection. She is most useful early, when clients are working out their reasons for choosing a path.
Charlotte Weiss
Charlotte Weiss is an MBA admissions consultant who helps young professionals get into business school. She graduated from Stanford GSB in 2021 and now works as an Operating Executive at Alpine Investors. At Stanford she was President of the Native Business Students Association and CMO of student government. She focuses on strong essays and clear storytelling.
Christina Chong
Christina Chong is an admissions consultant who helps students apply to top colleges and graduate schools in the United States. She runs Renaissance Admissions Consulting, a boutique firm. Before consulting, she worked in admissions offices at Harvard Law School, NYU School of Law, NYU College of Dentistry, Amherst College and Penn's School of Social Policy & Practice. She also taught middle school in Denver and Philadelphia. Her clients range from high school students to career changers with over 20 years of work experience.
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.
Claudine Vainrub
Claudine Vainrub is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college, MBA and graduate school admissions. She founded EduPlan in 2004 and has over 15 years of admissions counseling experience. She works one-on-one with every student and leads a team of editors and writing specialists. Her practice is in Hollywood, Florida, and she has served clients in countries from India and Brazil to Italy and Saudi Arabia.
Daniel Alameh
Daniel Alameh is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches on doctorate applications, elite industry jobs and career advice. He is a private equity investor at Salt Creek Capital. He got into Booth, Wharton, Kellogg, Haas, Columbia and NYU without a perfect GMAT or a top consulting résumé. He has helped dozens of applicants, including first-generation students and career-switchers, tell their story well. He played Division 1 college tennis.
David Gordon
David Gordon is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches consulting recruiting and undergraduate applicants. He is a Kellogg MBA student and a former Associate Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting. His MBA clients have gained admission to Harvard Business School, Chicago Booth and Northwestern Kellogg. His consulting clients have received offers from McKinsey, BCG and Bain. Before consulting, he taught 5th grade with Teach for America in Richmond, CA.
Dele Fashola
Dele Fashola is an MBA admissions and recruiting coach. He helps applicants get into top business schools and helps MBA students land careers outside consulting and investment banking. He is a Darden MBA graduate and works as a Director of Digital Partnerships and Programming Strategy at NBC Sports. He came up through customer success and business development, then joined the Comcast NBCUniversal Rotational Leadership Program, where he worked in four rotations.
Dione Chen
Dione Chen is a full-time MBA admissions consultant who also coaches college applicants and professionals on careers. She has 15+ years of experience and has coached hundreds of applicants. She worked as a coach for four leading admissions consulting firms. She holds an MBA from Stanford GSB and worked in startups, corporations and nonprofits across the US, Asia and Europe. She builds a personal application strategy for each client.
Divjot Singh
Divjot Singh is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong MBA applications. He holds an MBA from Yale School of Management. He was admitted to three of the four MBA programs he applied to: Yale, Kellogg and NYU Stern. He worked in advisory and finance roles at Deloitte and Capco, then in finance at Amazon. He now works as a Manager at Synpulse, developing strategic plans for banking clients.
Eleanora Ferrante
Eleanora Ferrante is a college admissions advisor and career counselor who helps students, parents and career seekers find the right fit. She founded Square Peg Square Hole Coaching on Long Island after earning a College Admissions Specialist certificate in 2017. She is a certified Gallup Strengths Coach and a former vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank. She also volunteered as a Cornell University admissions liaison. She builds every plan around each client's strengths.
Elena Arida
Elena Arida is an MBA admissions and consulting recruiting coach. She helps applicants build their story and get into top business schools, with a focus on Stanford GSB and Harvard Business School. She is a former EY-Parthenon consultant who served on the firm's Americas strategy committee. As an applicant, she went from re-applicant to acceptances at Stanford GSB, HBS, Wharton, Columbia, and Darden, where she won the Jefferson Fellowship.
Emily Lammers
Emily Lammers is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants present their best selves to admissions committees. She spent most of her career in product marketing and product management at BlackRock and Franklin Templeton. She has also worked on a political campaign, consulted for Silicon Valley startups, and worked in biotech investor relations. She lives in Salt Lake City.
Emily Malech
Emily Malech is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants with essays, application strategy and interviews. She also coaches consulting candidates through recruiting. She was admitted to Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan and Columbia Business School, and earned a full merit scholarship at Columbia. Her GMAT Focus score landed in the top 8% of test takers. She has over three years of coaching experience and works in management consulting in New York City.
Emma Teach
Emma Teach is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches people trying to break into investment banking and private equity. She lives in Cambridge, MA, and is pursuing her MBA at HBS. She applied to HBS and Wharton in 2019 in Round 1 and got into both. Before business school she worked in private equity, investment banking and strategic finance, with a focus on consumer and retail companies.
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ifediba
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ifediba is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants build strong stories for top business schools. He is a second year MBA student at Berkeley Haas and worked in consulting at Deloitte and Accenture. He has worked with 100+ MBA clients and helped secure 10+ acceptances and over $500,000 in scholarships. He also founded MBA to Commas, a free mentorship platform that has supported 400+ first generation professionals.
Eric Lucrezia
Eric Lucrezia is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps clients with Master's applications and job searches. He spent 6 years at ESSEC Business School in Paris and Singapore as Director of Recruitment for the Global MBA. He has worked full-time as a consultant since 2020. He is based between Paris and New York City and sets appointments across time zones. As a longtime English teacher, he also reviews essays for grammar and spelling.
Fiona Taft
Fiona Taft is an admissions and career consultant who helps people get into specialty master's programs and land finance jobs. She spent 8 years running executive leadership programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She then worked in the Master of Quantitative Finance Program at UC Berkeley Haas, ending as its Executive Director. Today she runs her own firm, QuantMinds. She coaches on quantitative finance, investment banking, hedge fund and capital markets careers, and works with international students.
Gabriel Fotsing
Gabriel Fotsing is an admissions counselor who helps students with college and MBA applications. He founded The College Initiative in 2012. Over seven years, it served 1,000+ students who all got into college and earned $170,000,000+ in scholarships. He has been a Harvard alumni interviewer since 2010, so he knows how admissions readers judge a story. He holds a Kellogg MBA and works at Microsoft.
Gaelle Conille
Gaelle Conille is an MBA admissions consultant who helps mission-driven and social sector professionals get into top business schools. She is a recent Wharton MBA graduate with close to a decade in social impact. She has worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The World Bank, and she was a hiring manager at GiveWell. She helps clients with essays, interviews, and overall application strategy.
Gautam Kapur
Gautam Kapur coaches people who want to get into top MBA programs or break into sports and entertainment careers. He works with nontraditional candidates, from undergraduates to experienced professionals. He holds a Stanford GSB MBA and sat on an undergraduate admissions committee. He works in corporate development at Nike and worked in strategy at the NBA from 2016 to 2022. He also founded Brown Ballers, a media platform for South Asians in sports.
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.
Glenn Borok
Glenn Borok is an MBA admissions consultant who also gives career guidance to people who want to work in venture capital or management consulting. He is a Principal on the investment team at AV Seed Fund. He worked as an investor at Jump Capital and In-Q-Tel, and as a product strategist at LinkedIn. He earned his MBA at MIT and is a former management consultant.
Grant Miller
Grant Miller is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps clients with consulting recruiting and the move from military to civilian work. He has conducted over 30 MBA admissions interviews for Georgetown and interviewed job candidates at Deloitte and in government. He is a Georgetown MBA candidate and a former Deloitte Senior Consultant. He now works at Visa Consulting & Analytics. He also has U.S. Army experience.
Imran Hasan
Imran Hasan is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps people break into investment banking, private equity, growth equity and venture capital. He has helped clients get into M7 MBA programs, including reapplicants, career switchers and non-traditional candidates. He is a reapplicant himself and will start at Harvard Business School this fall. He works as a growth equity investor and has a past in banking, private equity and startups.
Inspira Advantage
Inspira Advantage is an admissions consulting firm for people applying to medical, dental, physician assistant and veterinary school. The team also supports residency and BS/MD applicants. Their coaches include former admissions officers and MDs. They focus only on graduate healthcare programs. The firm reports 15K+ applicants supported, a 98% acceptance rate and an average scholarship award of $35K. Test prep for exams like the MCAT, DAT and GRE is also offered.
Jadyn Bryden
Jadyn Bryden is an MBA admissions consultant who helps high achievers turn strong resumes into clear, focused application stories. Jadyn is a current Harvard Business School student and a venture capital investor. Jadyn has evaluated hundreds of founders and leaders and sat in investment committees. Jadyn was accepted to every MBA program applied to. The work centers on leadership stories, positioning, and essays for top schools.
Jake Berlin
Jake Berlin is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches college applicants. He helps people plan applications, prepare for tests, and think through careers after business school. He earned his bachelor's degree and his MBA on scholarships and was the first in his family to attend business school. He works in strategy at 3M and received offers from Bain and Johnson & Johnson before choosing that path.
James Palmer III
James Palmer III is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches students, veterans and professionals on service academy and ROTC applications, career strategy and leadership. He is a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer with a Columbia Business School MBA. He has coached more than 100 people. He serves as a Columbia Business School Admissions Ambassador, a Management Leadership for Tomorrow coach and a West Point Admissions Liaison.
Jason Mah
Jason Mah is an MBA admissions and consulting recruiting coach. He helps candidates win offers at top consulting firms and get into M7 business schools. He began in investment banking, then moved into consulting at Accenture Strategy. He now interviews candidates for Bain. He has coached 85+ candidates, with 30+ MBB offers and 20+ M7 MBA admits. He is a Wharton dual-degree MBA graduate.
Jed Sturman
Jed Sturman is an MBA admissions consultant who helps professionals get into top business schools. He has coached applicants since 2013 and has worked with more than 60 MBA clients. His clients have been admitted to Sloan, Booth, Tuck, Yale SOM and Kellogg. Jed earned his own MBA at Tuck and worked in strategy consulting and private equity. He guides applicants from school selection through essays and interviews.
Jeffrey Arango
Jeffrey Arango is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants from government, national security and public service backgrounds. He is a Harvard Business School graduate and a first-generation student. He worked in public service before business school and earned admission and full scholarships at several top MBA programs. He helps clients turn their public service careers into strong application stories, including parts of their path that do not fit the usual mold.
Jerome Fulton Jr
Jerome Fulton Jr is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools. He earned admission to Harvard Business School and offers from Stanford GSB, Wharton, Columbia, Yale SOM and Berkeley Haas, with full-tuition scholarships from several. He has coached 100+ applicants. Before business school he worked as a CPA and consultant, then moved into growth equity at Summit Partners. He focuses on career switchers and first-generation candidates.
Jesse Lambdin
Jesse Lambdin is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants get into top business schools in the United States and Europe. Every full-service client has been accepted to a top 30 program, and 95% have gotten into a top 20 program. Jesse also works with applicants who have low test scores, weaker GPAs, or work histories that are hard to measure. International applicants are welcome.
Jessica Brilz
Jessica Brilz is an MBA admissions consultant and career coach. She helps business school applicants choose the right school and plan their path to a global career. She was Assistant Director of Careers at INSEAD and a Manager at London Business School. She has 8 years in business education and corporate HR. She has also sat on several admissions committees. She has built partnerships with fortune 500 employers.
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.
John Kreider
John Kreider is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches people for venture capital, private equity, and top consulting interviews. He worked as a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company and as a PE/VC Associate at KSV Global. He is a current student at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has done over 100 cases himself and helped dozens of students get offers at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG.
Josh Poker
Josh Poker is a GMAT tutor who helps MBA applicants raise their scores. He has worked at BCG in Buenos Aires and San Diego, and he went through the M7 admissions process himself. His clients have won admits at schools such as HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton and INSEAD. His top student scored 770. He coaches in English and Spanish.
June Kieu
June Kieu is an MBA admissions and GRE coach who helps working professionals with technical careers. She is a CPA and a Tax Manager at a Big 4 firm. She scored 332 on the GRE while working full time, with a perfect 170 on Quant. That score helped her win full-ride scholarships at Chicago Booth and Northwestern Kellogg. She also got offers from MIT Sloan, Columbia, Yale SOM, Duke Fuqua, and NYU Stern.
Kai Wiederhold
Kai Wiederhold is an MBA admissions consultant who helps international applicants from consulting and investment banking backgrounds. Kai came from a top-tier consulting firm with a business degree and won admission to MIT Sloan. Kai also earned multiple scholarships, including ones open to German-speaking applicants. Over the past few years, Kai has mentored several applicants with similar backgrounds from school selection through essays and interviews. Many of them received offers from top programs.
Kaley Martin
Kaley Martin is an MBA admissions consultant who helps applicants tell a clear story in their essays, resume, and interviews. She holds a Harvard MBA and works as a product leader at Amazon. She has changed careers several times herself, including a move into tech and a look at consulting after business school. She was admitted to Harvard's MBA/MPP pathway and chose the MBA alone, so she can speak to joint-degree tradeoffs.
Kamali Clora
Kamali Clora is an admissions consultant who helps applicants get into master's programs, MBA programs and private high schools. He also works as a Division Administrator at Rush University Medical Center. Before that, he ran a free clinic as Executive Director and taught healthcare finance and policy at Yale. He holds an MPH from Yale and is finishing an MBA at Kellogg. He focuses on applicants who lack insider networks in academia or healthcare.
Katherine Manweiler
Katherine Manweiler is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches careers. She helps clients get into top MBA programs and break into venture capital and consulting. She has a decade of work in venture capital, entrepreneurship and strategy consulting, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She once worked as a career coach at HBS. She also scored in the 99th percentile on the GMAT and has helped clients get into Wharton.
Kathleen Vital-Herne
Kathleen Vital-Herne is an admissions consultant for master's programs who also coaches professionals on career moments. She has spent 10+ years in higher education, including study and work at Columbia University. She has reviewed thousands of graduate applications, interviewed candidates, and built and trained admissions teams. At Vassar College she read 1,100 applications as an Assistant Director of Admission. She is a first-generation college graduate.
Kelly Chan
Kelly Chan is an admissions counselor who helps students get into college and master's programs. Kelly also coaches career moves into tech and engineering. Kelly works with transfer students, applicants with lower GPAs, and people from non-traditional backgrounds. Kelly is a Bay Area native with over 10 years at Apple, Adobe, and Goldman Sachs. Kelly transferred into Cornell and now works as an Engineering Program Manager at Apple.
Kelly LaBuff
Kelly LaBuff is an MBA and college admissions consultant who also coaches on career moves. Kelly works as a Principal at Antler, a global pre-seed VC firm, and led 8 investments in 2024. Kelly holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford. Kelly has coached for 1,620 minutes on that platform.
Kim Patel
Kim Patel is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches career changers and professionals deciding what to do next. Kim has worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, in corporate strategy at VICE and Yahoo, and in venture capital. Kim also co-founded a company and took it from pre-seed to Series A. Kim earned an MBA at Harvard Business School after a non-traditional path, and now helps others with similar paths tell their story.
MBA Pathfinders
MBA Pathfinders is an MBA admissions consulting firm that helps applicants get into top U.S. and European business schools. Founders Pamela and Laura have more than 30 years of combined admissions consulting experience. Every consultant has post-MBA business experience and has worked at a top admissions firm before. The team uses its own method and guides clients through school selection, essays, interviews, waitlists and scholarship talks.
MBA Protocol
MBA Protocol is an MBA admissions coaching firm for professionals who want into M7 and top 15 business schools. Its founder, Angela Guido, is a Booth MBA and former BCG consultant. A small team of coaches works with clients one on one. Coaching starts with self discovery before any essay work begins. The firm builds school lists with MBAmo, its own AI tool that calculates a client's odds at each program. It also helps clients go after scholarships.
Madeleine Fernando
Madeleine Fernando is an MBA admissions consultant who also helps with medical school and undergrad essays. She spent years in brand storytelling and publicity at Apple, Pixar, Capcom and Dolby, then earned her MBA at Columbia Business School. She applied to five MBA programs and was admitted to all five. She has more than 6 years of experience as an education essay consultant and likes working with applicants aiming for media, gaming or tech.
Mariana Ocano
Mariana Ocano coaches MBA applicants and people trying to break into consulting. She is a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and works on marketing, pricing, revenue management and growth strategy for travel and hospitality companies. She spent 2.5 years at Deloitte before that. She earned admission to five M7 business schools and will start at Stanford GSB in the Class of 2028. At BCG she serves in recruiting leadership roles and has interviewed candidates at several levels.
Maryam Aram
Maryam Aram is an MBA admissions and career consultant. She helps clients get into top MBA programs, prepare for consulting and tech recruiting, and make career pivots. She is a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group and a Wharton MBA graduate. She led go-to-market and growth strategy for LinkedIn's $4B Advertising business. She has lived in six countries and worked across industries. Her clients have landed offers at MBB and Big Tech.
Maurice Levin
Maurice Levin is a GMAT tutor and admissions coach who helps international students and working professionals. He also teaches TOEFL, SAT and academic and business English. He has 25+ years of teaching and coaching experience. He holds a Harvard MBA and scored 720 on the GMAT. Before coaching, he worked in finance, real estate, executive search and horticulture. He has coached more than 60 GMAT clients.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Grad School Road Map | MBA admissions and Law school admissions | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Sabrina Fathi | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Abigail Hagan | College admissions and MBA admissions | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Albert Choi | College admissions and MBA admissions | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Alec Emmert | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Alex L | College admissions and College essays | $70 to $130 an hour |
| Alexander Cheng | Grad school and PhD and Ivy League and top schools | $80 to $230 an hour |
| Allie Kronthal | MBA admissions and College essays | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Ambar Sinha | MBA admissions | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Angela Winegar | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Anna Lasko | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Antoine Gamberini | Grad school and PhD and MBA admissions | $70 to $225 an hour |
| Arthur Balagula | MBA admissions and Ivy League and top schools | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Atharva Abhyankar | Law school admissions and College essays | $70 to $150 an hour |
| Austin Lam | 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, college admissions and college essays.
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Last updated September 2026.