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Package Description:
This package is built for top applicants looking to maximize their chances of acceptance by getting help end-to-end with their applications. This package includes the following, but feel free to adapt based on your unique situation and goals: 1. Initial Kickoff and Planning Session: You'll do a kick-off session where you dive deep on your background, goals, experience, potential recommenders, aspirations, and more. From there, you'll build a custom MBA plan that helps you stay on top of your application. 2. School Selection: You will work with your coach to put together a list of best-fit schools based on your profile, goals, and preferences. 3. Application Strategy: You will talk in-depth with your coach about your points of differentiation as an applicant and the best ways for those to shine through your application. 4. MBA Resume: You'll rework your resume and ensure it is dripping with achievement. 5. Recommender Selection: You will talk through all of your potential recommender options, pros and cons of each of them, and then build a plan for engaging with them that leads to the best combination of recommenders possible. 6. Recommender Preparation: You will work together with your coach to build out your own recommender prep docs. Those will be polished and handed off to your recommenders with plenty of time before deadlines. 7. Recommender Support: If needed, your coach can even work directly with your recommenders to ensure they are on the right track. They can read through and provide feedback on their recommendations to ensure they have a strong finished product. 8. Essay Brainstorming: You will do a deep dive into your background and experiences with your coach, pulling out themes, perspectives, and qualities that differentiate you. You'll wrestle with various narratives and ensure you are approaching each essay in the best way possible. 9. Essay Editing: After crafting your narrative, your coach will polish and edit until the essays are ready for submission. As many rounds of feedback and edits included to ensure you have the right final product. 10. Activities & Interests and Awards & Honors: You'll work with your coach to select the right extracurriculars, awards, and honors. Those will be polished together. 11. Final Review: Your coach will review and perform final edits on all your application materials, ensuring everything works together and is in tip-top shape before submission. This includes your past work experience, supplemental essays, etc. 12. Interview Preparation: When you receive interview invites, you'll run through mock interviews with your coach to ensure you are prepared and confident. 13. Waitlist Strategy (if applicable) — If you're waitlisted, your coach will guide you through creating a targeted action plan to improve your chances of admission. To summarize, you are drafting a world-class coach onto your team to help you with every step of this competitive process. They will check in regularly, share honest/constructive feedback freely, and ensure you are on the right track.
What you'll get from this package
A clear application timeline and plan, to ensure you stay on track and hit MBA deadlines
A polished resume that highlights your education, experience, leadership, skills & interests in a clear and compelling way
Strong recommender prep documents that you'll pass off to your recommenders to ensure they write world-class recommendations for you
Compelling essays that are differentiated, personalized, and thoughtful — tailored to each school you decide to apply to
A polished final application that you can feel proud of submitting and sharing with the admissions team
Mock interviews that leave you feeling prepared and confident
Hopefully, you'll feel more introspective, more excited about your goals, more sure of who you are, and more ready to make an impact on the world!
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
You are eligible to switch your coach any time during the first two weeks to ensure you have found the right fit for you. Comprehensive package services are limited to the schools and application round selected at the beginning of the engagement. Additional expectations or terms of engagement may be provided by coaches (e.g. expected response times, etc.).
Services included:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
Ding Analysis
Waitlist Strategy
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
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✨WHY CHOOSE MELANIE? When you work with me, you're partnering with an insider who has firsthand knowledge of what top MBA programs like Columbia, Harvard, and Stanford are looking for. As a Columbia MBA alumna, current Admissions Interviewer, former McKinsey consultant, and professional ICF-certified Executive Coach, I offer a holistic coaching approach that combines admissions expertise with expert storytelling, giving you an edge over the competition. Here’s why I’m the best choice for your MBA journey: • 🎓MBA & COLUMBIA EXPERT: As a Columbia MBA alumna and current MBA Admissions Interviewer, I have insider knowledge of what top-tier schools seek. My experience in admissions interviewing gives me the unique perspective of understanding how to effectively position applicants for success. • ✍️ESSAY CONCIERGE: I’m not just a coach - I’m a writer and editor with an eye for detail. With years of experience writing successful MBA essays, career coaching courses, and crafting works of fiction, I bring a keen sense of storytelling, language mastery, and technical precision to every essay I work on. Whether it’s structure, flow, or word choice, I’ll make sure your essay is perfectly polished and reflects your best self. Through powerful storytelling, I help them build a brand that truly stands out in the MBA admissions process. We fine tune every written piece of your application, including essay, resumes, short-answers, and even LinkedIn profiles! • 🚀PROVEN RESULTS: I’ve helped over 200+ applicants secure spots at M7 schools (as well as top 25 programs), and I’m proud to be part of the top 4 ranked firm on Poets & Quants for 2025. My clients’ success stories are a testament to the tailored strategies and guidance I provide. • 🎯PROFESSIONAL COACH: With over 10 years of coaching experience, I’m not just an admissions consultant—I’m an ICF-certified Executive Coach & Life Coach. My approach goes beyond getting you into business school; I focus on your MBA branding, leadership development, and executive presence to prepare you for the journey ahead. ✨WHO I WORK WITH: • Traditional and Non-Traditional Candidates • Diverse Applicants including POC, Veterans, and LGBTQIA+ • Candidates with High and Low Test Scores • Full-Time, Part-Time, Columbia's J-Term, and EMBA (Executive MBA) Candidates ✨PROVEN SUCCESS AT THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: • Columbia Business School (CBS) • Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) • Harvard Business School (HBS) • University of Pennsylvania Wharton • Northwestern Kellogg School of Management • Chicago Booth School of Business • MIT Sloan School of Management • NYU Stern School of Business • London Business School • INSEAD • University of California, Berkeley (Haas) • Yale School of Management • Michigan's Ross School of Business • Darden School of Business (UVA) • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth • Duke's Fuqua School of Business • Cornell University Johnson School of Management • Emory University Goizueta Business School • Jones Graduate School of Business (Rice) • University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business • University of Texas, Austin, McCombs • University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson ✨LET'S GET YOU INTO YOUR DREAM MBA PROGRAM: Ready to transform your MBA aspirations into reality? Contact Melanie Espeland for your free consultation today. With my insider knowledge, executive coaching expertise, and essay-writing mastery, I’ll help you craft a standout application that positions you for success—both in admissions and beyond.
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