Michelle S.

Michelle S.

5.0

Stanford MBA & BS | Google APM | College Admissions Expert

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Studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Works at Google

Available tomorrow at 8:00 PM UTC

Usually responds within 6 hours

If my calendar doesn't work for your schedule, let me know! I'm able to move things around to make sure we have plenty of time to work together. :)

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Michelle’s College Qualifications

20+ people coached for College

Open to working with clients outside the U.S.

Hey! As a Stanford alum who was accepted to over a dozen schools (including ivies), I have firsthand experience navigating the competitive college admissions process. Whether you need guidance on your personal statement, filling out the CommonApp, or interview preparation, I'm here to help you succeed. I've helped over a dozen students get into Top 15 schools, including Brown, Cornell, Stanford, and Yale. Let's work together to make your dream school a reality.

Michelle can help with:

Editing

Recommendations

Interviews

School Selection

Application Strategy

Essays

Resume

Michelle also coaches for Venture Capital, Career Development, and MBA. View all.

About Michelle

Hey there! I'm a PM at Google, former VC investor, and deferred admit to Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB. I know firsthand what it feels like to not be "technical" enough and pivot from finance/consulting/business development roles to tech. My clients have secured PM internships in Big Tech and multiple startups, and analyst roles at leading VC funds, even coming from non-target schools. In the past, I've been an APM intern at Google, a Founding Product Manager at Harbor (a startup acquired by Citizen App), a PM at Stanford product studio, and an investor at Contrary Capital, GSV Ventures, and Pear VC. I've run multiple startup accelerators, and even founded one. I see how marrying entrepreneurial passion and understanding of the business ecosystem can make you a super strong, differentiated B school applicant, or VC investor. As your coach, I can help you in: 1) VC recruiting: For those breaking in, I guide on everything from in-the-weeds edits of your resume, to helping you draft cold emails, to figuring out what funds are a right fit for you. I also advise on longer-term career pivots or transitions within VC. 2) Deferred MBA admissions: I help folks craft a narrative that makes answering "What matters to you? Why this school?" a piece of cake, prep their recommenders, refine their resume, and create a strong application. I even help with GRE studying - helping students boost their scores in just a few months. 3) General career advice: If your resume needs to freshen up, if you need help breaking into tech, mock behavioral interviews, or anything else, I'm happy to help. Excited to be in your corner and keep you motivated whatever you aspire to. :)

Why do I coach?

I coach because I know how long and arduous recruiting and applying to grad school and breaking into VC and tech can be. By doing mock interviews, editing my resume a ton, cold emailing, reading lots of books, and re-crafting my narrative, I've worked hard to secure an internship and full-time APM role at Google (with acceptances to places like Microsoft, Atlassian, and more). Before then, I networked a ton to make it into VC, despite never having worked in finance before. This then empowered me to kick ass at grad school applications - and I got into Stanford GSB and Harvard 2+2! I've mentored multiple deferred applicants before, and I've come to Leland to officially launch my coaching after awesome feedback from my clients - and I can't wait to help more people breakthrough.

Work Experience

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APM

Google

August 2023 - Present

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Lead Venture Partner

Contrary

June 2020 - Present

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APM Intern

Google

June 2022 - September 2022

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Product Manager

Stanford Student Enterprises

October 2021 - June 2022

Built websites and apps for clients at Cardinal Labs, a nonprofit product studio run by Stanford students.

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Founding Product Manager

Citizen

September 2020 - August 2021

I worked at Harbor, a startup acquired by Citizen (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwio5frHqrL_AhUbADQIHV65An4QFnoECA8QAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2022%2F01%2F26%2Fcrime-tracking-app-citizen-acquires-harbor-a-disaster-prep-app%2F%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThe%2520controversial%2520crime%2520watch%2520app%2Cthe%2520financials%2520of%2520the%2520deal.&usg=AOvVaw2jQjLxC3WJqYEFLXs-knkb).

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Managing Director

Cardinal Ventures

November 2019 - May 2021

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VC Analyst Intern

GSV Ventures

April 2020 - June 2020

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Venture Scout

Pear VC

November 2019 - June 2020

Michelle was also given offers to work at

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    Microsoft

  • Atlassian Logo

    Atlassian

Education

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Stanford Graduate School of Business

MBA, Business

Accepted via deferral program.

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Stanford University

Bachelor of Science, Management Science and Engineering

2018 - 2033

Michelle was also personally admitted to

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    Cornell University

  • Brown University Logo

    Brown University

  • Duke University Logo

    Duke University

  • George Washington University Logo

    George Washington University

  • Vassar College Logo

    Vassar College

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    State University of New York at Binghamton

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    Harvard Business School

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