Menlo Coaching

A Quick Note for Indian Applicants

At Menlo Coaching, we’ve had strong results working with Indian applicants from elite backgrounds—particularly those at large family businesses, private equity and venture capital firms, or other high-end employers.

But we want to be upfront:
We’re not the best fit for every Indian applicant.

Our pricing is significantly higher than local firms—and may be out of reach based on typical Indian salaries.

We focus on a small subset of Indian applicants and do not have broad admissions data across the entire applicant pool.

If you’re currently working for a top-tier family business, PE/VC fund, or similar organization…

…and you think you may be a fit for our services, feel free to reach out directly at [email protected].

Looking for a Great Local Option?

We often recommend MBA Crystal Ball, one of the most established and trusted MBA admissions consulting firms in India.

They’ve helped a wide range of applicants succeed at the M7, T10, and T25 programs—even those with challenges like low test scores, GPA issues, or career gaps.

“MCB made me fall in love with the application process.”
— Apoorva: 10 applications, 9 interviews, 6 admits, $250K in scholarships

📺 Watch real applicant stories on MCB’s YouTube Channel
📬 Request a free profile evaluation from MBA Crystal Ball

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Voted #1 MBA Admissions Consulting Firm in Client Satisfaction by Poets&Quants.

The Original White-Glove MBA Admissions Consulting Service

With the lowest client-to-coach ratio in the business, our year-round team of MBA admissions consultants is dedicated to maximizing your odds at every step of the process. Sign-up for a 30-minute consultation today.

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Increasing Your MBA Odds Since 2012

Over the years, our MBA admissions consultants have helped a lot of happy applicants win admission to top MBA programs.

We can do the same for you, even if:

  • You worry your profile is “too vanilla”
  • You’re not sure how to tell your story
  • You don’t have strong extracurriculars
  • You have no MBA network
  • You’re nervous about your interviews

Here’s How We Push You To Your Maximum Potential

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Low Client-to-Consultant Ratio

Some firms might pair an MBA admissions consultant with up to 50 clients—but there’s no way to deliver quality, personalized attention with client loads that high. We cap our consultants at an absolute max of 25 comprehensive clients per year, and most take even fewer.

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Unlimited Everything

We believe in giving you the resources you need to be successful, and we don’t want you to feel like you’re ever “on the clock.” Your flat rate covers everything and anything you need, including access to course content, live calls, essay revisions, and mock interviews.

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Structure, Yes—Templates, Never

Templates and worksheets make it easier for other consultants to handle more clients at once, but they lead to cookie-cutter applications. We’ve built an online platform that saves you from busy work and leaves you more time for personalized, 1:1 coaching sessions.

Recognized as a Top MBA Admissions Consulting Firm

Menlo Coaching has consistently excelled in Poets&Quants‘ rankings, with multiple consultants in the MBA Admissions Coach Hall of Fame, top spots in annual surveys, and the highest Net Promoter Score of any firm in their MBA admissions consulting directory.

Our consultants have been featured as subject matter experts on business schools in publications such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News.

And Menlo Coaching maintains a perfect five-star rating on review platforms like P&Q, GMATClub and Google.

I started my search for an MBA admissions consultant by diving into a bunch of research, reading through forums like GMAT Club and checking out Poets & Quants for their historical MBA rankings. I noticed Menlo Coaching consistently ranked highly across every list, both for their firm and individual consultants. All those positive reviews and the high regard from my peers really made my choice easy.

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Alex Bennett
Admitted to Stanford + Wharton.

Our “Total Overkill” Coaching Process

At Menlo Coaching, we help you achieve maximum impact with your MBA application by excessively preparing you at every stage of the process.

This overpreparation comes in many forms. For example:

  • We’ll start as early as possible so that you have time to bolster your extracurriculars, earn a strong GMAT or GRE score, and build your profile
  • We’ll put you through an “MBA admissions crash course,” with some 50+ HD videos spread across 15-modules, covering everything you need to know about the MBA application and admissions process in manageable steps
  • We’ll give you unlimited 1:1 time with an expert MBA admissions consultant to ensure no important detail in your personal life or professional history goes untapped  
  • We’ll challenge you to write and re-write critical application items like your resume and essays, sometimes going 10, 15, or even 20+ rounds before we finalize each document
  • We’ll work alongside your recommenders to help them deliver the best possible letters of recommendation 
  • And after all that hard work on the written materials, we’ll get you in the best possible shape for your MBA interviews, with multiple mock practice sessions and communications training with professional actors
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Access to the Best MBA Admissions Consultants

Being an MBA graduate or former MBA admissions officer is not enough to work at Menlo Coaching.

Instead, we look for admissions consultants with fundamental skills in understanding career paths, nurturing MBA applicants, and writing and storytelling.

Our full-time team is made up of MBA and PhD graduates from top-ranked universities as well as business executives from banking, consulting, tech, and non-profit.

Meet Our Team
Alice van Harten

Alice van Harten, Ph.D.

Founding Partner

David White

Founding Partner

Eduardo Placer

Eduardo Placer

Communications Coach

Rebecca Heath Anderson

Rebecca Anderson, M.B.A.

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant & Director (Emeritus)

Pascal Michels, M.B.A.

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant & Director

Yaron Dahan, Expert Admissions Consultant

Yaron Dahan

Expert MBA Admissions Consultant & Director, BD

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Obinna Arizor, M.B.A.

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant

Leslie Monstavicius

Leslie Monstavicius, Ph.D.

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant

Maya Parikh Gandhi

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant

Lainie Blum Cogan

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant & Director

Joy Pincus

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant & Director

Jarrett Brandon Early, M.B.A.

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant

Brooke Mannelly

Sr. MBA Admissions Consultant (Emeritus)

Over 75 Video Testimonials (and Counting)

Our extensive library of video testimonials features real MBA applicants admitted to HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, and other top business schools discussing their experiences, starting right where you are now: at the beginning, exploring options, and deciding who to work with.

You’ll learn valuable advice about the MBA admissions process as a whole—and you’ll learn why they’re so enthusiastic about Menlo Coaching.

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Looking for Expert Insights? Check Out Our Free MBA Admissions Library

When it comes to MBA admissions, we’re realists. Throughout our content library you’ll find articles on scams and tricks common in the admissions consulting industry, you’ll hear straight-talk on how admissions committees evaluate applicants, and you’ll read criticism of MBA rankings in major publications.

Of course, it’s not all drama—you’ll also find helpful, time-saving guides on business schools, application do’s and don’ts, study resources, and more. Our growing library is always honest, and always free.

MBA Admissions Consulting Reviews: Are They Real?

How can so many reviews for MBA admissions consultants all be five stars?  Are these real?

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How to Get Into MBA Programs at Top Business Schools

We’ll cover the written application and interview process, plus all the unofficial parts you might not know about.

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MBA Application Timeline

We created a clear and easy-to-follow “roadmap” to help you understand what to do and when to do it.

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4 Secrets to Know Before Hiring an MBA Admissions Consultant

Learn the “dirty secrets” of admissions consulting and why you should take a holistic approach during your selection process.

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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

What is Your Success Rate?

The overwhelming majority of our clients are admitted to one of their target MBA programs. We help applicants to select business schools that are in line with their qualifications and don’t hesitate to recommend against particular schools (or even against an MBA). We’re happy to help you apply to a stretch school if you understand the odds and do so in the context of a balanced list of schools.

Having said that, we recommend against using success rate as the main way to select an MBA admissions consultant because this metric is easily manipulated by either a) taking only perfect candidates, or b) convincing applicants to apply to easy schools. Furthermore, there is no satisfying way for applicants to verify claimed success rates.

How Much Does It Cost?

Most clients pay a low five figure amount for comprehensive support on their MBA application process. We can give you an exact quote after a consultation once we know where and when you are applying.

Interview preparation, which includes a 2-hour communications training session, two mock interviews and access to our self-paced interview curriculum is $2,500 for most schools, and $3,000 for HBS because of the extra time required to prepare realistic questions.

Do Your MBA Admissions Consultants Have AdCom Experience Or MBA Degrees?

We don’t hire our consultants based on Admissions Committee experience. And while some of our consultants do have MBAs, we don’t see it as a requirement. Instead, we hire consultants who are great writers and storytellers.

In the end, creating a winning application is a persuasive writing exercise, and strong writing and editing skills are the most important qualities here. Our consultants combine their talent for communication with a deep knowledge of the MBA admissions process, along with insights into which types of candidates appeal to which schools—ultimately, these are the abilities that will help you get into a top program.

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Ready to Get Started?

We know that our continued success owes a lot to our intentionally low client-to-consultant ratio.

To maintain this high level of support and personal attention, we limit ourselves to working with only a small percentage of the many promising and ambitious people that come to us each year, inevitably turning away a number of people we would also have loved to work with.

Simply put, our consulting calendar fills up quickly – with many clients booking a year or more in advance. If you know you want to work with us, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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“I hired Menlo Coaching because I felt like my MBA application was really kind of my one shot, and I really just felt like I wanted to put my best foot forward and make one really good run at the application process and get a great outcome.”

Megan Roberts

Admitted to HBS + GSB + Wharton. HBS Class of 2022

“I think one of the most helpful processes from Menlo Coaching is the interview preparation. You go about mock interview from different angles, not just with your consultant, but with other people who might not know you as well, so there’s a fresh perspective.”

Peter Lu

Harvard Business School, Class of 2023

“Within the first few minutes of going through my profile, Yaron was able to be incredibly honest with me about where my weaknesses were and what my strengths were. And in that short call I learned more about the MBA application process than I had in the entire time researching it by myself.”

Jon Lorenz

Stanford, Class of 2023