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.

What Dione helps with

Dione helps MBA and college applicants plan and carry out their application strategy. She also works with professionals on career goals.

• Building a personal MBA application strategy
• Choosing target schools and application rounds
• Planning around recommendations, exams and essays
• Preparing college applications
• Clarifying career goals before applying
• Using your strengths and past experience in your story

Who Dione works with

Dione works with MBA and college applicants and with professionals. Clients come from many backgrounds. She asks new clients to share a CV, their MBA plans including target schools and round, their career goals, and where they are in the process, such as recommendations, exams or essays.

How Dione works

Dione builds a personal application strategy for each client and helps them carry it out. She uses best practices and insider knowledge from her time at four admissions consulting firms. New clients share a CV, target schools, round, career goals and their progress on recommendations, exams and essays. She also shares practical tools to help clients use their strengths.

Background and qualifications

Dione earned a BA at Stanford in Economics and Communications and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. She worked in forecasting, communications, President's staff and HR tech in telecommunications, then earned her MBA at Stanford GSB. Her career includes investing, marketing, partner development, writing, strategy, chief of staff and consulting work at startups, corporations and nonprofits in the US, Asia and Europe. She is a Stanford GSB class secretary and alumni chapter leader, and she has led mentorship programs for students and alumni.

Dione Chen pricing

Programs and services

• One-on-one MBA admissions coaching
• College admissions coaching
• Career coaching
• Session booking through Leland calendar

Dione Chen reviews

Dione Chen has a 4.9 out of 5 rating from 59 reviews on Leland, as of September 2026.

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