MBA

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MBA

Great GPA? Stellar GMAT? You and everyone else. When it comes to MBA admissions, leadership is the Holy Grail, and your essays are the tiebreakers—your opportunity to communicate who you are instead of just what you've done. In the end, admissions officers look for insightful, growth-oriented leaders, not just candidates with great stats.

At Forster-Thomas, WE BUILD CANDIDACIES. We're not merely MBA admissions consultants, we're seasoned coaches—and we play at an Olympic level. We drive you to transform extracurriculars; shift your perspective on what makes you great; whittle your dreams into sharp, professional goals; shape, sculpt and edit your essays until they cut to the heart of your candidacy; and help you select the right schools, recommenders, and message.

We don't make it easier, but we make it a hell of a lot better.

How It Works

The Four Parts of our MBA Admissions Consulting Process

1. Educational Consulting

There's a lot more to your business school candidacy than writing essays; you also have to submit GMAT/GRE scores, a resume, recommendations, and a lengthy application. Oh, yeah—you also have to choose which schools to apply to. As a full-service educational consulting firm, Forster-Thomas has expert knowledge on all aspects of your candidacy. We'll give you the insider scoop on different MBA programs, helping you choose not just where you can get in, but where you'll be happy once you matriculate.

2. Crafting the Essays

Great b-school essays come from the heart, so we need to get to the heart of who you are. To do this, you’ll fill out a detailed inventory of your personal background, your professional and extracurricular accomplishments, the defining moments in your life, and your future aspirations. You’ll even talk about favorite movies and guilty pleasures—often an unexpected source of great essays. Next, you’ll have your first meeting with your creative coach, who will use the workbook as a launching pad to get to know you. We’ll ask tough questions and expect honest answers, so keep the canned responses for a cocktail party. We want to know how you think to ensure that your essays capture the true essence of who you are. That’s how you’ll stand out from the pack.

3. Editing & Review

Once you've finished all the essays for a school, we send them to our copy editor, who hasn't yet seen your work yet. They then step up to the plate to clean up lingering grammar mistakes and sloppy constructions, spell-check the spell-check, and make any final notes to ensure that your essay has an edge with business school admissions officers. The editor will go over any edits/changes with you, and then review and proofread the final essay one last time—you can never be too confident.

4. Interview Prep

Our support doesn't stop once you've submitted the essays. After all, there's still one more step to go: The interviews. Once you receive an interview request from a school, you'll schedule an Interview Skills session with one of our two interview experts. We'll go over the most frequently asked questions and how to answer them, provide you with useful tips and strategies, and ensure that you feel ready to walk in the door with confidence and blow your interviewer away.

Forster-Thomas offers a variety of packages for different applicants and needs. In short, we offer all the following services: