Testimonials
Hear from our happy candidates
A brief of Aarti (in her own words):
“I possesses 18+ years of experience in international admission consulting, with a strong focus on advising students aiming to secure admissions at Ivy League (M7’s) and Top-15 MBA programs. In the past 3 years alone, I have helped candidates get admitted to Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Kellogg, Chicago Booth, Wharton, Columbia, Duke, Yale, Tuck, Dartmouth, NYU, etc. many with scholarships ranging from $30K – $100K.
I believe in a highly personalized and customized process for my MBA clients, ensuring ample time for each client and each aspect of the MBA application and admission process.“
Kriti Saxena
Kellogg, Wharton and Duke Fuqua MBA
($80K Scholarship)
Aarti guided me throughout my MBA application process to build my profile and present my best possible self in my applications. The brainstorming sessions with Aarti and my mentor (from a Top B-School) were especially helpful and enabled me to approach the essays in a much more structured manner. Her focus on building the X-factor has certainly helped in making my applications stronger.
Aarti carries a great depth and understanding about different universities and their application processes, which can be felt even in the first few interactions with her. She has been extremely approachable throughout the application process, and also conducted multiple mock interviews that helped me iron out my shortcomings. I found Aarti to be unique in that instead of following a conservative approach to school selection, she supported my decision to apply to top B-Schools, worked with me on each application, and provided valuable inputs to streamline my approach.
I am grateful to Aarti for her guidance and would definitely recommend Aarti to aspiring B-school applicants looking for expert advice and mentorship.
Rohit Kattekola
Duke ($30K Scholarship) & Tuck ($30K Scholarship) MBA Programs
Right from the get-go, Aarti was extremely involved and interested in getting to know my story and spent a lot of time brainstorming and gathering professional and personal accomplishments from my journey thus far that can be effectively showcased in an essay.
Post the storyboarding, she also helped me pick relevant stories for each of the schools’ essays and worked with me tirelessly to ensure that the essays I was submitting were the best possible versions. Post the application submissions, the mock interviews she had conducted also helped me immensely in fine-tuning my story and being more articulate in my answers. Throughout the process, she was extremely flexible with the timelines and helped with a few tasks on extremely short turnaround times.
All of this work resulted in interview invites from Kellogg, Booth, Tuck, and Duke eventually leading to admits from Duke and Tuck with a $30K scholarship from each.
Overall, Aarti was a mentor throughout the process starting from storyboarding to scholarship negotiations and everything in between and I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for a mentor to navigate the daunting application process.
Vidhu Rath
UCLA Anderson ($40K Scholarship), UW Foster ($50K Scholarship), Duke Fuqua ($20K Scholarship), UVA Darden
Applying to an MBA program has been a daunting task and I don’t think I could have secured admission into any Top 10 B-School without Aarti’s guidance and support. I especially found Aarti’s focus on building an X-Factor crucial to my success and the brainstorming process very effective in bringing out the best personal and professional strengths in me thereby enabling me to paint an excellent picture of myself to schools.
The critical review of each draft of my essays and the chance to interact and discuss my application with a mentor from a Top B-School helped streamline my application to perfection. All this resulted in me getting into top ranked programs like Duke, UCLA, Foster and Darden. I would be glad to recommend Aarti to MBA aspirants who wish to build strong profiles and develop impactful stories to reach their target B-Schools.
Anuj Kohli
UCLA Anderson ($50K Scholarship) and Kellogg MBA Programs
Global MBA applications are a rigorous and peculiar process and expert guidance through the same has been extremely important for me. With the first interaction itself with Aarti, I was convinced that I wish to apply to top B schools under her mentorship.
Aarti is a thorough professional, methodical, ever approachable, and an expert in the field of B-schools consulting. With Aarti, I went through several intense brainstorming sessions, X-factor conceptualization & review discussions, and in depth analysis with my mentor from a top B-school himself. I believe that particularly the X-factor development is a unique and highly effective service provided by Aarti, and I cherish the valuable inputs I got from Aarti through our numerous discussions. The other aspects that I believe helped my applications were my core story formation, per essay analysis, and high quality and unlimited edits of my essays and resume.
The interview practice sessions with Aarti were also super helpful. Another unique aspect about Aarti is that she lets you chase your dreams and not curb them by suggesting conservative approach for school selection. Under Aarti’s guidance, I am grateful to have been admitted to Kellogg- my dream school, and UCLA Anderson, another favorite school (with $50k merit scholarship). I highly recommend Aarti for prospective clients wishing to fulfil their B school dreams under earnest and expert mentorship.
Nishant Panigrahi
Columbia MBA Program
I had some experience applying to MBA programs and I thought I could utilize my familiarity with MBA admissions. However, after speaking to Aarti, I realized that her structured approach, insights into the admissions process and her keen understanding of my profile could help me differentiate my B-school application.
The brainstorming session with Aarti and my mentor (from a top B-school) helped me to prepare concrete goals and conduct an incredible amount of research for schools. Throughout the entire process, Aarti was really helpful and accessible. Their critical review of my essays and support for ironing out the weaknesses ultimately helped me get interviews and the acceptance to Columbia Business School. Needless to say, I highly recommend Aarti to MBA aspirants looking for inputs on improving their profile and structuring their story for business schools.
Anushka Gilani
ISB PGP
I reached out to Aarti as a completely lost but determined MBA aspirant, hoping to get into ISB. Even before I was on board as a client, Aarti set up many initial chats and gave me honest advice on my profile and suggested ways in which I could strengthen it, which braced me for the competitive application process.
Once I was on board, the entire application process went smoothly and in an organized manner. As someone with a busy work schedule, Aarti’s constant reminders and status checks helped me stay on track.
The most unique feature of Aarti’s consulting service is her brainstorming sessions. I wanted a consultant that understood my story and didn’t try to fit me into a standardized template. The brainstorming sessions helped me identify and map my story in an interesting manner and helped me stand out among the many applicants that apply to ISB.
I would recommend Aarti to anyone who wants to get into his/her dream school. Aarti is the right person to have in your corner during the stressful application process.
