Top-Rated MBA Admissions Consulting Team

At Stratus, “team” isn’t a buzzword; it’s our guiding principle. We have helped thousands of MBA applicants gain admission to their target business schools—and earn millions of dollars in merit scholarships—with our unique team-based, personalized approach. At least four experts collaborate with you on all the components of your MBA applications with the ultimate goal of helping you secure a spot at one of your top-choice programs.

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Stratus Team-Based Approach

Why Choose Stratus?

Stratus Admissions Counseling is the only admissions counseling team committed to taking a 360-degree view of your MBA application through our team-based approach. Your Primary Counselor, MBA Strategist, School-Specific Reviewers, and Proofreader will provide you with a full range of support and multiple sets of eyes on your application—an approach unmatched in our industry.

Team-Based, Personalized Approach to MBA Admissions Consulting

Just as multiple members of a business school admissions committees will read your application several times, our staff of highly skilled admissions counselors, many of whom are former admissions committee members, will repeatedly review and provide feedback on your application materials throughout the process. We not only pair you with a dedicated Primary Counselor who will coach, mentor, and guide you—but you also gain input from a MBA Strategist, School-Specific Reviewers, and Proofreaders who provide additional support at key strategic checkpoints along your journey.

Expert MBA Admissions Counselors

Our team members combine decades of wisdom and experience with profound insights on how admissions committees think, evaluate applications and select students. Having relevant information and critical work experience means our team understands the hard work and the nuances involved in the application process. As alumni of top-ranked business schools, we can also speak to the challenges of and offer insight into the business school application process. Our expertise will help you find schools that will be the best fit for your career goals.

Personalized MBA Consulting Services for Every Step of The Process

At Stratus, your application journey is never transactional; it’s transparent, personalized, and deeply supported—because we measure our success by your success in business school and beyond.Together, we’ll uncover the experiences, values, and goals that define your unique story. Your counselor will guide you in clarifying your goals and identifying the MBA programs that best align with your aspirations; crafting a compelling application strategy; brainstorming, outlining, and editing your resume, essays, and short-answer questions; and preparing for your interviews.

Four-School Guarantee

At Stratus, your goals are our goals—and we stand behind them with a promise unmatched in the industry. If you work with us on four or more MBA applications in Round 1 and are not admitted to any of those programs, we will partner with you—at no additional cost—to prepare and submit applications to two more programs in Round 2. When you choose Stratus, you will have a dedicated partner who won’t stop until you are on your way to business school.

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MBA Consulting Success Stories

See what just a few of the thousands of happy Stratus clients have to say:

Thanks to Donna, I secured admission to two M7 schools with merit scholarships at both (even with a weaker GRE quant score, something I was nervous about throughout). I highly recommend working with Donna for your MBA Admissions journey – she’s the best partner I can imagine!

  Business School Admit

From day 1, Melisa has been such a pleasure to work with. She brought insight and experience for each program I applied to and helped me highlight my strengths throughout my application. I could tell that Melisa genuinely cared about my success, and now I see her as more of a friend than an admissions consultant. I would recommend Melisa to anyone interested in pursuing an MBA!

  Business School Admit

I cannot sing your praises enough. I am at Michigan thanks to all your help! Every time people ask for advice about the process, I always recommend they check out Stratus. You have been a huge help over the past several months. There is no way I could have done it without your guidance.

  Michigan Law Admit

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A Message from Our Director of MBA Admissions Counseling

Before I joined Stratus in 2015, I spent ten years reviewing applications at Duke Fuqua. Time after time, I sensed applicants had much more potential than their essays and resumes showed, but without the appropriate guidance, their stories failed to resonate. Now, I love guiding professionals through every opaque and stressful step of the MBA journey to craft compelling narratives that admissions committees actually want to read.

Over the past decade, I’ve built a team of caring, high‑caliber MBA admissions counselors, each with an MBA from a top program, many with admissions committee or MBA interviewing experience. Together, we bring integrity, empathy, and strategy to every client interaction.

Our team-based model mirrors how top MBA admissions committees evaluate applicants: through multiple perspectives at key stages. Rather than relying on a single voice, we’ve built structured collaboration and feedback into every step of your application journey. That means smarter strategy, stronger storytelling, and more refined applications, all guided by a team that’s fully invested in your success.

At Stratus, we meld transparency, personalization, and collaboration to help you uncover your authentic voice, refine your goals, explore your fit with MBA programs, and submit your strongest possible applications.

If you’d like to experience our trust‑based, team‑backed coaching firsthand and learn how we can help you secure a seat at one of your top‑choice MBA programs, reach out for a free consultation. We’d be honored to guide you.

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MBA Consulting Services We Offer

Through Stratus’s team-based, personalized approach, we take a 360-degree view of your business school application. We provide a full range of support and multiple sets of eyes on your application — an approach that has helped thousands of aspiring MBAs gain acceptance to premier business schools around the world.

Team-Based MBA Admissions Consulting Packages

Work with your Primary Counselor on an unlimited basis on introspection, personal strategy creation, school selection, brainstorming, essay development, resume strategy, recommender/short-answer coaching, interview prep, and waitlist navigation. Work with an MBA Strategist, School-Specific Reviewers, and Proofreaders to ensure your application is ready for submission.

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Hourly MBA Admissions Consulting

Choose to work on any task relating to your MBA applications, including school selection, outline/essay review, resume rework, short-answer review, recommender strategy, and interview preparation.

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Starter MBA Strategy

Over four to five weeks, work with your admissions counselor on a series of holistic introspection exercises designed to create a personalized MBA application strategy.

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MBA Profile Builder

For candidates who are applying to business school in one or more years, your Stratus admissions counselor will help assess your business school profile in all relevant dimensions, create a strategy to take your profile to the next level, and develop action steps to refine strengths and address gaps in your profile so you are the strongest possible applicant.

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Learn how Stratus’s team approach can help you get accepted to your top-choice business schools. Start with a FREE consultation with one of our Admissions Counselors. Our team is ready to dive into your goals, answer your questions about your profile and the application process, and help you boost your appeal to admissions committees!

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