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. You’ll get feedback from your MBA Strategist, School-Specific Reviewers, and Proofreaders throughout the process.
Admissions Consulting Services
Through Stratus Admissions Counseling’s team-based, personalized approach, we take a 360-degree view of your business school application, helping you present your best self to the admissions committee.
MBA Admissions Counseling Services
Stratus’s proven team-based approach has helped thousands of aspiring MBAs gain acceptance to premier business schools around the world.
Comprehensive Packages
Hourly Packages
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. You dictate the process and decide how and where you want to dedicate your hours with your expert consultant.
MBA Application Fundamentals and 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.
MBA Interview Prep
Practice for your MBA interviews with an expert Stratus Admissions Counselor, who will conduct a mock interview and provide one-on-one feedback. This service also includes an interview guide.
MBA Early Edge
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.
MBA Ding Analysis
If you didn’t get the results you had hoped for, let a Stratus Admissions Counselor review your entire application and provide feedback to highlight actionable areas of opportunity for your reapplication.
JD/MBA Admissions Consulting
Targeting JD/MBA programs? Work with your Primary Counselor on an unlimited basis on introspection, brainstorming, essay and personal statement development, diversity statement and addenda development, resume strategy, recommender/short-answer coaching, interview prep, LOCI review, and waitlist navigation. You’ll get feedback from your JD/MBA Strategist, School-Specific Reviewers for each business school, a Secondary Reviewer for your law school personal statement and diversity statement, and Proofreaders to help polish your application materials prior to submission.
Stratus’s Team-Based Approach
At Stratus, TEAM is at the core of our work and yours. Our admissions counseling team meets regularly to share best practices and stay up to date on industry trends. Our clients benefit from the shared insight of our counselors, who have gained decades of experience on admissions committees, served as admissions fellows, and conducted alumni interviews. When working on a comprehensive package, your Primary Counselor will coordinate with other counselors at key strategic checkpoints during the application process. We will pressure test your personal strategy before you dive into school research and essays. And our School-Specific Reviewers will conduct blind reads of your application materials and offer feedback from the perspective of an admissions committee member. Our Proofreaders are the last line of defense to correct punctuation and grammar.
Although our team is virtual, we find opportunities to connect in person whenever possible.
Meet the Stratus Admissions Team
Our team of thoughtful and experienced coaches are graduates of leading business schools as well as former admissions officers who have reviewed thousands of applications. We are mentors, advisors, and strategists. Most importantly, we are dedicated to YOUR success. Learn more about a few of our admissions experts, and then click the buttons below to view our entire team.
Susan Cera
MBA Director
Fuqua School of Business, MBA
Jennifer Jackson
Senior MBA Admissions Counselor
Harvard Business School, MBA
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Stratus Services FAQ
Why should I hire an admissions counselor?
Getting an MBA is possibly one of the biggest investments of your life. As you ponder this $200K-plus investment, you are likely to realize that you cannot do something as important as this on your own. Although friends or colleagues might be able to help, rarely do they have enough expertise to increase your chances of acceptance to a top program (even if they are current students or alumni), and how much can you really bug them? That is why half of all MBA applicants use an admissions consultant, according to the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC). Given that acceptance rates at most top programs hover around 15%, it’s a good idea to have an expert guide you. Click here for eight things to consider when selecting an MBA admissions counselor.
Why should I hire Stratus?
- Stratus has a unique team-based approach to admissions consulting. Just as the admissions committee will conduct multiple reads of your application, our team of highly skilled admissions experts will repeatedly review your application materials and provide feedback throughout the process. Your Primary Counselor, Strategist, School-Specific Reviewers, and Proofreaders will provide you with a full range of support and multiple sets of eyes on your application—an approach unmatched in our industry.
- Stratus invests in your MBA goals like no other firm, which is why we offer a four-school guarantee on our comprehensive MBA services. If you work with Stratus on a comprehensive package of four or more business schools in Round 1 and are not accepted to any of those MBA programs, we will support your applications to two more schools in Round 2—at no additional cost to you!
- Stratus has helped over 3,000 applicants from more than 50 countries gain admission to their dream business schools—and earn millions of dollars in scholarship money.
- Since we believe this is a deeply personal process, we work with business school applicants via email, phone calls, and video calls throughout the process.
- All Stratus counselors keep up with the latest developments in business school admissions practices. As members of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC), we have a close relationship with business schools and admissions staff, so we understand what the ideal applicant “looks” like for each school. Our team meets regularly to discuss admissions trends, our clients’ results, and new developments. And given our team-based approach, we are constantly talking to, emailing, and sharing information with each other.
How long will I work with an admissions counselor?
Stratus Admissions Counselors work with applicants anywhere from just a few weeks to several months. We try our best to work on any timeline, but you should understand that the more time you have to work on your applications, the better. The majority of our comprehensive clients work with us for eight months—developing their application strategy before brainstorming essay topics, outlining and writing essays, reworking resumes, choosing and coaching recommenders, and preparing for interviews.
What do you charge for admissions counseling services?
○ We offer a variety of admissions consulting services to fit any budget. Although many of our clients choose to work with us on comprehensive packages, where our counselors provide support throughout the entire process for a flat fee, we also offer hourly and other targeted admissions consulting services for those looking for advice and guidance on just one or two areas of their MBAapplication or for those in a time crunch.
View our MBA admissions consulting services here.
Who will I work with?
We are a team of thoughtful and experienced coaches who have graduated from leading business schools and law schools and have experience across a variety of functions, industries, and geographies. We are former admissions officers at esteemed MBA programs who have reviewed tens of thousands of applications. We are mentors, professional advisers, and strategists. We share our experience and knowledge with each other and with our clients. Most importantly, we are a team dedicated to your success.
Learn more about our MBA Admissions Counselors here.
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