I had a wonderful experience with Gavi and highly recommend her. I have an unusual background as an entrepreneur and Gavi was creative in helping me refine my story. She helped me distill what matters to me as a person and professional. There were some dark moments in my career that Gavi helped me process and frame via the combination of her experience and high EQ. She's a great writer. If she has a weakness, it is that she may be too risk averse in crafting essays and planning interviews. She is a great moderator of content, which felt slightly constraining at times, but is invaluable overall. In summary I give Gavi a strong endorsement. She helped me gain admittance to GSB and HBS, among other places (I chose GSB).


I also found Jeremy (mbaMIssion's founder) to be an amazing entrepreneur and person. While I did not work with him directly I did have two conversations with him where he was an absolute pleasure to talk to. In my first conversation he gave me perspective on why I might forego an MBA (and therefore forego mbaMission's service). He was really unbiased and was not pushing his services at all; he genuinely wanted me to figure out what's right for me. He is most passionate about helping applicants tell their story and put their best foot forward.

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I would not be going to business school this fall if it were not for Gavriella Semaya. To say she was instrumental does not come close to capturing how impactful she was in my process. Gavriella is a talented listener, remarkable editor, and incredibly thoughtful advisor. I was extremely impressed with how quickly Gavriella understood my story and helped me craft a strong and succinct narrative. She did not let me off easy; Gavriella pushed me to think about my goals and articulate how I got to where I am – she guided me down a path of meaningful self-discovery that will serve me well for years to come. In addition to her ability to help me articulate my story and goals, Gavriella has a gift with editing which significantly increased the quality of my applications. Lastly, Gavriella went above and beyond to check in after each interview, she helped me manage the waitlist process and was a valuable sounding board when I made my final decision. I am so grateful to have worked with Gavriella, I cannot recommend her enough. While I am thrilled to be going to school, I am sad that my time with her as an advisor is over!

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If you are looking to engage an advisor for your applications, Gavriella is the perfect choice. Gavriella helped shape my applications and worked with me to define the strategy, choices and essays that went along with them. Gavriella guided my applications from start to end by brainstorming the topics and inputs to final edits. She is endlessly patient and answered my many many questions with thoughtful, personalized and useful answers and provided the right advice all along the way. Without Gavriella's writing skills and editing, my essays would not have been nearly the same (nor as concise and within the word limit) and without her coaching and guidance I would not be starting my full-time MBA in the fall. Gavriella is a great choice for hourly and school packages.

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I could not say enough wonderful things about working with Gavriella! Without a doubt I would not have been able to receive offers of admission from my top school choices without her help. Gavriella was always willing to storyboard my essay ideas, practice interviewing, and discuss my options with me. She's extremely responsive over email and phone, and was always willing to jump on the phone (even during off times /weekends). Gavriella made a very overwhelming process extremely manageable by helping me approach the application process in a methodical manner, and structured our approach in a way that eventually I could repurpose content previously created. I would highly recommend working with Gavriella to anyone who is looking for an MBA admissions consultant!

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I signed up for mbaMission's hourly services in hopes to enhance and practice my interview skills. I was paired to work with Gavriella and she was extremely helpful! She gave me roughly 10-12 questions that are typical questions in a business school interview for me to prepare for and we had mock interviews with those questions. In the first mock interview, I kept stuttering and I was a mess. Gavriella helped me calm down and put the interview into a better perspective so that I wouldn't be as nervous. We practiced for around 3 hours and I really loved how she was able to show me how to better answer some of my answers and clearly explain what I was trying to say. After the mock interview, she sent me a bunch of other questions that could be asked so that I could review myself. Overall, my experience with Gavriella was very productive and informative, and I highly recommend her for anyone seeking advice when applying to business school. I also was admitted to my top choice school with her help and couldn't have done it without her!

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I was little nervous about using a consultant for my application. I started with 2 hours with Gavriella. She is very honest, dedicated and smart. She never missed any of the commitments. In a 30 mins zoom call; she understood my background goals and came up with great suggestions on where I can improve my application further. I could feel the difference in my application quality right away and felt confident before applying itself. She even helped me with my professional resume. Got admitted to all my dream schools and picked my top choice in G7. I highly recommend her to anybody without a doubt.

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Gavriella was incredibly helpful in enabling me to pump out 4 last-minute applications in under 7 days...over the holidays to boot!

Her effort to understand the distinguishing features of my personal narrative in such a short time frame coupled with her ability to decisively and effectively cull my verbosity were essential to allowing me to convey the most compelling features of my candidacy. The flexibility in structuring the use of my hours was also very helpful as the areas of my application requiring review and level of depth required were quite fluid. Despite this, we were able to work together to ensure we were able to achieve proper treatment all around.

Gavriella was also a tremendous resource in navigating the interview and waitlist processes going above and beyond the call of duty. Her provision of guiding resources, as well as continued Q&A support, helped quell some of the uncertainty and allowed me to feel prepared and confident in my approach during those anxiety-ridden weeks.

In the end, thanks to Gavriella's help, I was able to gain admission to Wharton with a >50% scholarship and a place on the waitlist at GSB. Would recommend her in a second to anyone embarking on the MBA app journey and would only recommend that you give yourself (and her) more time!

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I worked with Gavriella on an hourly basis for assistance with my resume and interview prep. She gave me great tips and edits to perfect my resume, and the mock interviews prepared me for my interviews at a handful of schools. I felt confident with my application after submitting, and the interviews went very smoothly as I had a solid answer ready for every question. Gavriella also helped me choose between my options. With her help, I was admitted to six MBA programs, five with at least a 50% scholarship. All were top 25 programs and I ultimately got into my top choice. I would recommend Gavriella and MBAmission to anyone wanting to perfect their application for a competitive MBA program.

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Coming into the MBA Admissions process, I was unsure of what to expect. Gavriella was incredible at breaking down the process for me, sending me all of the possible resources I could need (AND MORE!) to help me along the way, and she listened to understand what I needed throughout this process. She provided well thought out feedback, making sure that I showed myself in the best possible light and had a clear voice. The idea of updating my resume and writing personal essays were extremely daunting, however, Gavriella guided me at every turn, making this as easy and rewarding of a process as possible. THANK YOU GAVRIELLA!

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I genuinely believe I would not have been admitted without the help of Gavriella. I began the MBA process incredibly naïve and completely overwhelmed.

I initially enlisted Gavriella's help for a two-school package. However, the immediate value and impact of her services convinced me to expand my package to include a third school. I only wish I could have used her help for all my applications!

She is equal parts teacher, strategist, therapist, and friend. She dove headfirst into my chaotic mess of a story, helping turn it into a coherent narrative that accurately depicted me and my experiences. Understanding who I am also allowed her to guide me to apply to programs aligned with my interest and post MBA goals that I had failed to consider.

From there, she proved instrumental in assisting me in articulating my story logically, thoughtfully, and compellingly. When interviews came, I was extremely nervous. The preparation she helped me with gave me confidence and empowered me.

If that wasn't enough, she genuinely cared about me and my outcome. I distinctly remember email exchanges with her anxiously waiting for decisions alongside me. She celebrated my admittances AND helped me through rejections.

I cannot speak more highly of Gavriella.

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