Emily Buckley

The friend and former colleague who directed me to Emily described her as a “game-changer” to composing a successful application – as a January term applicant (and now admit!) to CBS I could not agree more. Emily’s guidance throughout the admissions process was invaluable, particularly as I had a narrow window of time in which to apply to the school and complete the GRE (4 weeks to submit an application, 8 weeks to complete GRE).

Emily’s background as a former admissions director makes her extremely insightful as to how to position the strengths of an applicant within the broader framework of what the school is looking for. With Emily’s help I was able to craft a narrative that felt true to myself and submitted with the knowledge that I was presenting the highest quality application I was capable of, although my standardized testing scores were significantly below the average admitted student (GRE 311).

I absolutely believe that my acceptance would not have been possible without Emily’s support and discernment throughout the application process, and highly recommend her to any and all aspiring CBS applicants!

I cannot more highly recommend working with Emily, who was instrumental in my application success. We began working together in June of my application cycle and continued through my interview and acceptance. Emily is incredibly thorough, efficient, prompt, and communicative. She clearly has an in-depth understanding of what the business school admissions offices are looking for, and she skillfully pointed out the gaps in my application and helped me to think through how to fill them. I would not have been able to do this without her guidance. I am confident that without her guidance I would not have had such success in both getting accepted to an MBA program and receiving merit scholarships. Emily is a pleasure to work with, and I truly cannot thank her enough for all of her time and patience during this stressful process!

I would highly recommend Emily! I worked with Emily from the end of November until the round 2 deadlines this year. Under a very tight timeline, she kept me fully on track, giving me succinctly, relevant feedback on all aspects of my application. She is very honest and won’t give you false hope around your admissions chances. She knows the mindset of the admissions staff and gets you moving through all the applicant points very efficiently. If you are unsure whether to get a consultant – it’s really worth the money. Consultants don’t write essays but Emily knew exactly what gaps I had to fill and got me thinking about the right things.

(I got admission to HBS and MIT with a 690 Gmat)

Emily was recommended to me by a friend who went through the whole MBA application process a year earlier. We both agreed that she was instrumental in constructing our successful applications. Her insight and experience was invaluable throughout but Emily was particularly brilliant in helping me understand which elements of my educational, professional, and personal background needed to be highlighted to admissions. Overall, I would, without a shadow of a doubt, recommend Emily to anyone looking to apply for an MBA.

Emily was amazing throughout my application process! Her help and guidance over the past half year has really helped me hone the vision for my life and channel my passion into a focus. I hadn’t really thought of this process in that perspective, but it might be the most important thing I learned! I really can’t thank her enough. It was a pleasure to work with her and I would recommend her to anyone looking to enter this (grueling) process.

Emily was great to work with. Her value was in helping me present myself in the best possible light by understanding my story and what I wanted to do. She helped turn that into a narrative that carried through my application. Throughout the process, Emily was great about taking what I wrote and helping me take that content to the next level. She is a master editor and knows what concepts and details business schools want to read, and makes sure they come through in your application and resume. She was helpful through the interview process, and provided me with a great list of sample questions to answer and went through a mock interview with me.