The perfect sounding board!!!

I started the MBA application process with tremendous imposter syndrome - I knew I needed someone to guide me and hold me accountable to get to the finish line. I heard about Jennifer from a friend of a friend, and somehow clicked with her through my first consultation. At the time, I was speed dating with a bunch of consultants at other firms and came to the conclusion that Jennifer and the greater Stratus team were genuinely supportive of my MBA pursuits, not simply upselling services for the sake of business.

I worked with Jennifer from June 2022 through January 2023 comprehensively with 2 schools in R1 and 1 school in R2 (all M7 schools). She is the perfect sounding board (honest and supportive) when it comes to ideas and helps you build confidence in your story. I initially started the process very concerned about how to build my story and quite frankly, figuring out what it even was. Jennifer makes sure you put in the work, and in the end, you'll be very happy with the novel you've written for yourself. She goes above and beyond making herself readily available especially when I was feeling very defeated and needed an ear - her feedback is never sugar coated, it's real talk, but always enough to nudge you back on track. I appreciated her flexibility (sometimes last minute edits for deadlines) and attentiveness in interview prep (I was able to stress test my answers/stories with other coaches, an amazing plus!) and ultimately deliberating between multiple offers! Thanks to Jennifer, I was able to land $300k in scholarships across three top 10 programs (the foundation you build in introspection/strategy phase really sets you up for successful applications at other schools even if you don't work with Stratus comprehensively on all your schools).

I'm super excited to be starting my MBA journey at Wharton in the fall - a million thank you's to Jennifer!