I have a unique background comparing to other MBA applicants. I majored in EE and was a coding engineer for 4 years. I have no business background, neither consulting or financial experience. Sabina guided me step by step, helping me shape my career goal into a concrete target, and turning my resume from a technical one into one for MBA application. She analyzed all the top tier schools, found the ones best fit me, and designed an application strategy for me. And one of her expertise is to extract the essence of my story, put all the pieces together and shape them into a coherent and convincing essay.
The questions I was most frequently asked about the MBA application process, are “Should I cooperate with a consultant” and “who is the best consultant”. And my answer is “if you are busy working, you should consider working with my consultant, Sabina.” I believe the best consultant is the one who can understand you and see both your unique value and weaknesses. And Sabina is the one.
As a non-traditional applicant with work experience less than 3 years, I understood that the whole application process would be full of challenges. However, Sabina always backed me up and gave me courage to get into top schools. When reviewing my essays, Sabina could quickly pinpoint the weaknesses of my story as an “insider” and tell me what isn’t going to work, and what is.
This support is very crucial since admissions officers’ perspectives sometimes are very different from ours. In addition, in the preparation for the interview, Sabina modified my proposal for the group interview after analyzing the competitors and interview locations. She helped me connect with experienced alumni and current students to let me go through every detail and do mock interviews. Such practices are extremely important for me to perform well in the interview and relieve my stress.
I’d like to thank Sabina for being not only my consultant, but also my mentor pushing me to go after a bigger dream in my life.