Poets&Quants

Consultant Bio

Erin draws on her experience inside the admissions office at a leading MBA program in advising her clients. Erin began her MBA admissions career at Columbia Business School, where she served as a member of the admissions committee for three years.

During her time at CBS, Erin personally evaluated more than 1,000 applications, managed the application reading process, conducted interviews and information sessions domestically and abroad, and worked with more than 100 candidates on the waitlist across several application cycles. Erin built excellent relationships with CBS applicants, students, and administrators, as well as with admissions officers from other top business schools.

Erin enjoys bringing what she knows from the committee room to her clients in order to help them create strategic and compelling applications. Erin prides herself on taking an individualized approach that best fits the needs of an individual client and allows him or her to submit the most competitive application possible.

Erin began her career in the editorial department at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., where she honed her strong writing and editing skills. She holds a BA in English from Colgate University and an MA in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Teachers College at Columbia University.

Company Information

What Makes MBA Prep School Different?

A few years ago, clever tips and some professional application polishing may have been sufficient to give MBA hopefuls an edge over less-prepared applicants. Today’s MBA admissions landscape is far more competitive!

MBA Prep School delivers a winning formula for our MBA admissions consulting clients that “MBA application consulting firms” simply can’t match:

We partner storytelling experts who are gifted at identifying what is truly unique about each of our clients with former admissions officers from top business schools who excel at the critical aspects of evaluating an MBA application and perfecting flaws that might prevent admission to a top business school program.
We provide our clients with powerful tools for MBA applicants, including a step-by-step work plan, practical exercises, and templates that provide both inspiration and direction.
We provide our clients access to a phenomenal knowledge base of proprietary resources built over a decade in the admissions consulting field, including how-to videos, school guides, essay analyses, and our five-star rated eBook: How to Apply for an MBA.

The MBA Prep School Difference

A Dedicated Coach vs. Consulting by Committee
Application Strategy and Personal Branding vs. Application Polishing
Essay Strategy and Storytelling vs. Essay Editing
Brainstorming and Collaboration vs. “Fix this/change that”
Career Coaching vs. “You’ll figure it out”
Active Project Management vs. “Send me stuff whenever”
Interactive Phone/Video Meetings vs. “Email me”