Joy Chen

I’m so grateful I got to work with Joy! She offered deeply personalized feedback and coaching and helped me bring out the strongest version of my story during interviews. She has an impressive grasp of the characteristics that each school emphasizes and how to align your strengths with that. Her support played a critical role in my admission to Stanford GSB. She was also simply wonderful to work with- I can’t recommend her highly enough!

Working with Joy made all the difference in getting admitted to my top choice program, HBS! Though I had a tight timeline, Joy graciously worked with me to develop an R2 strategy and craft compelling essays I felt proud of. She maximized the value of our time together—with every essay turnaround, her insightful feedback helped me see my application in a new way and unlocked opportunities to create clarity. Beyond essay support, Joy’s coaching helped me prepare for HBS’s unique interview format by anticipating deep-dive areas. Her empathy and positive energy made the application process far less stressful. For anyone looking to put their best foot forward in their MBA application, I would highly recommend working with Joy and Vantage Point!

Joy’s HBS Review product, through Vantage Point, helped me tailor and get my essays over the finish line from an AdCom lens. While I worked with another consultant for most of the application process, her granular, tactical, and fully-explained feedback made a huge difference for me. Her insights went far beyond surface-level suggestions; she delivered a comprehensive, three-page PDF with detailed, paragraph-style feedback that looked across my essays to understand if the full picture represented me. She also reviewed a PDF of my full application mock, including short answer questions. Every comment was thoughtfully contextualized, helping me understand exactly how my writing might resonate with a first-time reader or the admissions committee.

I used her feedback document as my final edits guide, and color-coded it to organize the action items. She was clear about necessary vs. optional changes and the tradeoffs between different paths. It was very easy to implement her feedback, and she worked with me on a quick timeline in the last week before essay submission.

In my actual interview, my future plans were barely asked about – a testament to how well my essays captured and clarified my story. It was clear to me that the essays had left no lingering doubts or unanswered questions about my goals or motivations.

Though I worked with Joy specifically for the final stages of my application review, her expertise and professionalism are so exceptional that I would recommend her for the full lifecycle of MBA consulting. I think in total I used 10 hours with Vantage Point, plus this review, to get into two top schools – and the thought partnership (for someone with very little free time) was top-notch.

I absolutely loved working with Joy Chen from Vantage Point during my MBA application process! She helped me think through each step of the journey, from understanding the key differences between business schools and developing an action plan to crafting my story and sharpening my interviewing skills. I came away from each conversation with Joy feeling more invigorated, thanks to her positive energy, useful advice, and thoughtful questions. After a few months of working with Joy, I was thrilled to be accepted to my top two schools (HBS and Wharton). Joy challenged me to put my best foot forward, always in a kind and encouraging way, and I can’t recommend her enough to anyone who is preparing for business school!