Harvard Business School

MBA

Student Name: James Z.

Industry:

• Finance, Trader

Major/Course Applied:

• MBA

Challenges encountered by student:

• Despite having robust professional experience as a trader, James had not had much leadership experience managing a project or a team; his profile lacked demonstrated leadership, one of the main evaluation criteria for top MBA programs.

• While James had his heart set on MBA, he had trouble visualizing and articulating his post-MBA career goals, one of the key pillars to MBA applications.

What had we worked on together?

When James came to us, he was determined to attend MBA at one of the M7 Business Schools. Coming from a quantitative background without much experience managing a team, James needed to highlight his leadership skills to the admissions committees via his projects outside his full-time work.

We dug deep into James’ personal and professional journey, finding stories highlighting his potential, aspirations, and leadership. Coaching him to find his post-MBA short-term and long-term career goals, he put up such strong applications that earned him multiple across all the top schools.

Offers Received:

• Harvard Business School