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.

What Begum helps with

Begum works on MBA applications from the first plan to the final interview. She helps applicants with unusual backgrounds present their story well.

• Refining MBA application essays
• Preparing for MBA interviews
• Building an overall application strategy
• Preparing for the Harvard Business School interview
• Getting strong recommender letters
• Packaging a nontraditional background into an application
• Applying as an international candidate

Who Begum works with

Begum works with MBA applicants, especially nontraditional and international candidates. She also supports Turkish applicants and can work with them in Turkish. Her clients have gotten into Harvard Business School.

Background and qualifications

Begum moved from Turkey to the U.S. to study at the University of Chicago, where she earned a degree in Economics and Visual Arts. She started in consulting, then left within a year to join a small startup that later went public. She held roles in yield management, including Senior Director of Yield Management from 2018 to 2021. She earned her MBA at Harvard Business School, graduating in 2025. She was also admitted to MIT Sloan with a scholarship. She now cofounds a stealth AI startup.

Begum Cital pricing

Programs and services

• Hourly coaching
• MBA Recommender Playbook, a 3 hour package
• Harvard Business School interview preparation
• Multi-hour coaching packages

Begum Cital reviews

Begum Cital has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 14 reviews on Leland, as of September 2026.

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