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Introduction

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Every applicant is unique. Every journey is different. The ultimate
destination, however, is the same for all: “success.”
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When we get to work with our clients, our first task is to
understand each individual’s strengths and weaknesses. Then,
once we have a clear sense of all the puzzle pieces we have to
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work with, our task is to select the right pieces, and then assemble
them in the right way. The goal is to develop a final picture that
spells “Future Success” to the Adcom.
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It’s never easy, but it’s always rewarding to inspire our clients to
reach high and to help bring out the absolute best in them.

Enjoy this sample of case studies we’ve had the privilege of


contributing to in recent days.

Please Note: We take client privacy very seriously, and thus chose
not to share people's real names. So, while “Beyonce” is a made-up
name, the rest of the case details are 100% genuine, especially the
part about her pursuing her MBA at Harvard Business School as we
speak. . .
Contents

Case #1 – Caitlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Case #7 – Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9


Nationality: U.S. Nationality: China
GMAT: 730 GMAT: 710
Age: 25 Age: 30
Industry: Edu/Social Entrepreneurship Industry: High Net Worth Financial Mgmt

Case #2 – Betty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Case #8 – Beyonce . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10


Nationality: China Nationality: U.S.
GMAT: 700 GMAT: 760
Age: 24 Age: 24
Industry: Finance Consulting Industry: Consulting

Case #3 – Nina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Nationality: U.S.
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GMAT: 720 GMAT: 750
Age: 27 Age: 28
Industry: Real Estate Industry: Finance
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Case #4 – Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Case #10 – Raj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12


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Nationality: China Nationality: India


GMAT: 730 GMAT: 720
Age: 31 Age: 27
Industry: Law Industry: Venture Funded Tech Companies

Case #5 – Taj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Case #11 – Sarita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13


Nationality: India Nationality: India
GMAT: 720 GMAT: 730
Age: 30 Age: 34
Industry: Environmental Engineering Industry: Engineering

Case #6 – Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Nationality: Canada
GMAT: 730
Age: 26
Industry: Management Consulting
#1 – Meet Caitlin, age 25. She's from the U.S.
Biggest Strength Competitiveness of Demographic: 3
Commitment To Education

Biggest Weakness GPA GMAT


No Outstanding Accomplishments
3.0 730
Industry
Education/Social Entrepreneurship

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The Challenge
Caitlin had education all over her resume: she’d been working for an ed-tech company for the past 2.5 years,
gaining solid marketing, finance and product development skills through a rotational program, and she
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volunteered extensively in nearby schools, especially with at-risk youth. She was doing good work but
nothing extraordinary, and her company was not well known, so it wasn’t immediately obvious how to make
her shine. And though her GMAT score was decent, we needed to address her low GPA.
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Possible Approaches
One approach, which works well in many applications, would’ve been to focus on a specific Big Idea that she
was gonna bring forth, emphasizing the role of technology in helping her achieve her long-term vision of
making quality education available to disadvantaged minorities in the U.S. But given that innovation in and of
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itself was not essential to her success so far, we decided to use another approach.

The Admissionado Approach


We decided to show that Caitlin had the chops to succeed as an ed-tech CEO down the road. This was a bit
risky, but it built nicely on her multi-functional experience and we thought it’d be more believable than saying
that she would come up with the next big thing in ed-tech (the field is getting more competitive every day).
What we were saying, in effect, is that she was 100% committed to education (we had plenty of evidence for
that) and that she’d continue doing good work, bringing her passion to any organization she led and hiring the
creative talent she needed to make things happen.

The Result
Caitlin got into Tuck, Duke, Yale, Kellogg, HBS and Stanford, many of these with scholarships.

Personal Shoutout
Caitlin, your apps are living proof that real passion trumps ‘telling them what you think they wanna hear’ any
day. Adcoms can easily see through reverse-engineered apps and goals, but genuine enthusiasm is
contagious.

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#2. Meet Betty, age 24. She's from China.
Biggest Strength Competitiveness of Demographic: 5
Scrappy and Unique

Biggest Weakness GPA GMAT


Average All Around
3.6 700
Industry
Finance/Consulting

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The Challenge
Betty was a great lady and tough as nails, but she was also very average (not in life of course, but as far as
MBA applicants from China go). Her work experience was mediocre as were her GMAT and life experiences. It
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was tough to make Betty stand out from the crowd.

Possible Approaches
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Betty had a very strong and beautiful connection to her family. We tried to leverage that, along with her
experiences growing up in a rural Chinese village, to help set her apart. She was interested in […]
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