welcome

I appreciate your interest 

• Since 2002, I have been one of the world's most in-demand and successful MBA admissions consultants

• I help clients around the world get admitted to MBA programs at HBS, Stanford, Columbia, INSEAD, MIT,  Chicago Booth, Kellogg, Wharton, LBS

• I provide the world's best MBA admissions support to a select group of global leaders

• My service reflects 30 years of professional experience in teaching critical thinking, improvisational theatre, storytelling, and instructional design

• I also help a select handful of former clients engage stakeholders and advance their careers by preparing for TED Talks & funding pitches

• Please contact me to learn more 

• I want to help you identify the best mix of stories that will maximize your chances of being interviewed and admitted

• I often ask, “How can you connect with your admissions office readers on an emotional level?” 

• Applicants who lack deep writing training often struggle to tell stories on paper with the same passion they use to tell stories in person

• Adding emotional depth and rich detail to your written application materials will help the admissions officers imagine your classroom and event-based contributions

These are the tasks most clients complete for a typical school:

1. Career goals / why MBA essay 

2. Leadership / accomplishments essay 

3. Failure / mistake / setbacks essay 

4. Contribution / personality essay + https://pinboard.in/u:Vince/t:brainstorming_contribution 

5. Letters of recommendation (LoRs) 

6. Application data forms 

7. Interview preparation 

• Stage 1: Initial 15-minute consultation to determine whether we should work together

• Stage 2: Resume: 1-3 hours

• Stage 3: School selection and strategy: 0-3 hours

• Stage 4: Essays, first school: 3-30 hours

• Stage 5: Recommendations: 1-4 hours for 2-3 recommendations (0-1 hour for each additional school)

• Stage 6: Essays, subsequent schools: 2-10 hours per school

• Stage 7: Interview practice: 2-20 hours in total (English ability and interview skills vary widely)

• Stage 8: Assistance with administrative issues (application data forms, wait list letters): 0-1 hour per school

It can take anywhere from four to twelve weeks to complete your first application

How much time you need usually depends on four factors:

1. How deeply you have thought about why you need an MBA  

• Can you articulate your strengths and weaknesses?

• Do you know what kind of job you want right after MBA, otherwise known as your short-term goal?

• Do you have a clear and convincing long-term career vision?

• For more insights, please see https://www.vinceprep.com/essays/ymba  

2. How quickly you outline and write essays 

• Do you have to write in your native language first? 

• Can you make logical outlines?

• For more insights, please see 

• https://www.vinceprep.com/essays/outline-your-essays 

• https://www.vinceprep.com/essays/framing 

3. How much time you can spend thinking and writing

• Are you especially busy at your job?

• How much travel will you be doing between now and your target school deadlines? 

• Are you able to carve out personal writing time during business travel? 

• What other family and community commitments will distract you from the creative process that is writing an authentic, self-reflective, concise, and compelling application?

4. How well you balance input from friends, family, mentors, advisers and stakeholders

• Can you send Vince regular updates?

• Can you balance the input of senior colleagues, mentors, friends and family as you find your own voice to best answer each essay question?

• I encourage you to get feedback from people who know you well.

• I only request that you synthesize that feedback and present it to us as your idea

• I cannot share an opinion about whether or not someone else's advice is good or not 

• I avoid arguing with people I do not know 

• I can only support you as you decide what to share and how to share it in a way that best represents your candidacy and your contributions to your future MBA classmates and alumni community

• While in Tokyo, I tend to take off Tuesdays and Wednesdays

• While traveling, my days off change depending on conference dates and other commitments

• I am usually based in Tokyo, Japan from September—May and the San Francisco Bay Area, California from June—August

• For more information, please see https://www.vinceprep.com/services/availability   

• I offer three services

  • Premium (flat-fee)

  • Comprehensive (hourly)

  • Interview-only (3-hour minimum)

• Please use my contact form to get in touch with me. 

• If I have the capacity, we can set up a time to talk about which service works best for you.  

• Step one: please complete my contact form

• Step two: if I have the capacity and feel that I can help you, we can arrange a 30-minute initial consultation 

• I can answer questions about my service, and we can discuss the possibility of working together