Alex Leventhal

Alex is a fantastic MBA consultant. I was late to the process at the end of October and he ensured that I was all squared away for round 2. I was accepted and attended my first choice school (GSB). More than just a consultant, Alex is a great person who really cares about his clients and the process. I would highly recommend him (and have too many in my friends and family). If you’re on the fence, make the jump and go with Alex!

I worked with Alex on several strategy sessions planning my applications this year. He made himself available on very short notice to help me make some major decisions regarding my application strategy with an approach that homed in on the critical parts of my profile that needed work. Alex is great at giving you direct feedback on how to improve and distilling a core story from your career and personal experiences. He is also a great pre-interview coach and really sets you up to enter confident and prepared.

I was referred to Alex by a colleague of mine and decided to take the 4-school (M7) package (applying to a 2 year full-time MBA programs R2, Class of ’21) after speaking with Alex and understanding his overall process. If you are applying to top schools, I highly recommend partnering with Alex on the admissions process.

Alex started me off with a bio sheet that asked me to define myself in and out with a series of pre-defined questions – this was a fundamental exercise for me to define my goals, recall anecdotes, but also for Alex to deep dive into my life. Alex gets to know you very well early on.

We then focused extensively on the resume portion, aligning on a letter of recommendation strategy, followed by the essays. Working on the essays with Alex was my favorite – I was very proud of all my essays by the end of the process. Alex gave direct/actionable feedback every cycle and pushed me to keep iterating.

Alex was always accessible via phone, Skype, and email. He’s patient, listens, and is calm. Alex is the coach you need on your side and I highly recommend him.

Having Alex as an advisor provides me with great assurance and guidance during the MBA application process. Alex was always there for me starting from the selection of recommendation writers to interview prep. Knowing that Alex will take closer looks on all my draft materials with his experienced eyes gave me so much more comfort and confidence. He definitely helped me avoid making some significant mistakes for my resume, career goal story, video, and essays. I could also reach out to Alex for any questions popping up during the process. I’ve received an offer from my target school with Alex’s help, and will highly recommend him to my friends.

I am a candidate from an over-represented applicant pool (Indian Male). I worked with Alex (on an hourly basis, approx. 10 hours) to fine tune my essays for two schools.

I reached out to Alex just a couple of weeks before my application was due. Before turning to him for help, I had worked with another consultant but was not happy with his inputs.

Although I was fairly confident to showcase my professional journey in my essays, I thought my ‘personal’ stories were weak. In a very short notice, Alex was able to structure my personal stories and tie the loose ends in my application. I benefited the most from our brainstorming sessions. Alex will help you to connect the dots in your personal (and professional) stories and present a more holistic application.

I wish I had sought Alex’s help earlier in the application process!

Alex was a great coach in our mock interview sessions. I did a total of 2 sessions with him, and he was consistently insightful about which key stories and personality traits to highlight in my interview. He made sure to study my application before getting on the phone with me so that our time together was productive. I appreciated his ability to understand the nuances of my application and give customized, well-tailored feedback to my interview responses, drawing out characteristics I myself had overlooked. Finally, Alex was phenomenal about building confidence and getting me in the right mindset for the interview. My only regret is not working with Alex earlier during the pre-interview application process!

Alex was phenomenal in helping me get into the schools I wanted. He helped me discover and craft my personal story of “Why MBA?” so well that I was amazed at how it much deeply resonated with me which, in turn, helped me sell myself to the schools. He was candid in his feedback and will make you work very hard on your essays until he’s satisfied with them. However, he has your best interest in mind and is willing to go the extra mile for you. He was also tremendously helpful in preparing me for interviews so I was able to walk into my interviews with great confidence. Far from being a taskmaster, Alex is actually really caring and will help guide and encourage you every step of the way, if you let him. I couldn’t have done this without his help. He gets the job done and he is the consultant you want!

I had the pleasure of working with Alex on my scholarship essay. Even if the deadline was really short, Alex managed to take his time with my essay and give me guidelines on what would be best for it. He was very efficient and available and great to work with, even for such a short time. I would definitely recommend him!

Alex is was exactly what I looked for in a consultant. He was honest about what my strengths and weaknesses were as a candidate for admission at each school we worked on, and his advice on how to put my best foot forward was invaluable. Our working together resulted in a process where I learned a ton about my strengths and weaknesses, and he encouraged me every step along the way! Alex has a thorough, well-thought-out process for helping candidates, and it works. He is transparent, accessible, and thoughtful.

I applied to business schools last year with a different consultant, but got better results this year working with Alex. Alex’s assistance went far beyond reviewing essays for grammar and finer details; he helped me craft a more compelling goals narrative that tied in my personal background. He also helped me own both past successes and missteps in my applications. Alex provided honest feedback that admittedly was frustrating at times when I had to rewrite essays from scratch but ultimately led to more polished applications. Alex kept in mind the overall impression that my application would make at each school when reviewing individual application components. His high-level analysis helped me create more cohesive and memorable applications for each school. I have gotten acceptances at multiple schools (some with merit-based scholarships) and now I have a tough decision to make!