Julia McInnis

Consultant

Admitify

United States

Consultant Bio

Julia received her MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, and her B.A. in English Literature and International Economics from Trinity College, CT. Her diverse career has focused on the intersection of business and storytelling. She has worked as a film producer for the award-winning directors, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, and her films have been shown on HBO, the BBC, and at the Sundance Film Festival. Today Julia is the co-founder/CEO of Lancealot, a marketplace for content creators specializing in sports and lifestyle brands.

At Booth, Julia was the senior associate for the Chicago Media Angels Investment Group, a finalist in Booth’s New Venture Challenge, and a teaching assistant for courses on startup investing. She also joined the Second Year Admissions Interview team and interviewed full-time candidates throughout 2016-2017. She captured all of her MBA experiences and more in articles for the Financial Times.

Julia brings her expertise in admissions interviewing and the power of good writing and storytelling to her Admitify clients. Her clients have been successfully admitted to Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Sloan, Columbia, Haas, Tuck, Stern, Fuqua, and more.

Company Information

Admitify offers you industry-leading experience and dream-school outcomes. Because we’re a boutique company, you’ll work with a dedicated coach for a truly personal, end-to-end experience. Our coaches are mentored by Paul Bodine based on his book Great Applications for Business School. Through intensive get-to-know-you interviews and rigorous macro and micro feedback, Paul and his team of expert coaches—including Harvard, Stanford and Wharton MBAs—guide you gently through the journey of crafting compelling, memorable essays that show your passions, personality, and self-awareness.

Leave the angst and stress behind. Trust Experience, Trust Integrity, Trust Success.

Admitify is a longstanding member of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants; integrity matters to us.

In Round 1 of the 2021-22 application cycle 87% of our Harvard applicants advanced: 67% either admitted or invited to interview, 20% stayed alive with a wait-list. In Round 2 88% of our Wharton applicants were either admitted or invited to interview. And we helped our clients win almost $1.5M in scholarships!
 
In Round 1 of the 2022-23 application cycle, 80% of Paul’s Stanford GSB clients advanced, as did 50% of his HBS clients, 71% of his Wharton clients, 75% of his Columbia Business School clients, and 100% of his Booth, Kellogg, Sloan, Haas, Ross, Tuck and Yale SOM clients.

Menu of Services and Associated Costs

Menu of Services and Associated Costs

All In School Package
Clients who choose Admitify’s All In School Package work with a dedicated expert coach and receive comprehensive help on every aspect of the application process. You and your coach are backed up by the Admitify team and overseen by Paul Bodine. The package provides:

  • Unlimited Discussion (by phone, email, or in person – whichever you prefer) on school selection, application strategy, positioning, and client discovery (getting to know your story). Unlimited means unlimited.
  • Unlimited Editing of All Essays for that school including optional essays, from the most microlevel (grammar, etc.) to the highest macro level (themes, etc.). Unlimited means unlimited.
  • Unlimited discussion of recommender selection. Also includes specific feedback on all recommendation letters for one school (interacting directly with the recommender): concrete, point-by-point suggestions for improving each letter. Unlimited means unlimited.
  • Review and edit of application resume.
  • Review of your Internet and social media presence.
  • Review of entire data section of application (the non-essay portion of the application).
  • Mock interview session using actual school interview questions, followed by detailed feedback on what you did well and how you can improve for each school.
  • Advice on weighing and selecting from your school admission offers. Help with your wait-list campaign, if needed.

90/60 Strategic Planning Service
New clients can schedule a 90-minute brainstorming/strategy session to discover application themes and best stories, goals, recommenders, timelines etc., for the price of a 1-hour session. After this first call, Admitify will credit the first hour toward any other service purchased with the same coach, so you get the lower rate.

Hourly Coaching
Hourly coaching is ideal for applicants who need help on specific parts of their application. Most of our clients ask for help with essays, recommendations, and interview preparation. We’ll charge you only for actual minute-by-minute time spent working on your application (no ’rounding up’). And each time we send you work, we’ll tell you exactly how much time it took. You’ll always know where you stand.

Interview Prep
In your Interview Prep session, you’ll get a one-on-one 60-minute mock interview on Zoom with one of Admitify’s top coaches. Using actual school interview questions, your coach will provide personalized feedback on your interview content and delivery, so you can feel confident on interview day. We also offer specialized interview prep packages for Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, and Wharton’s Team Based Discussion that are geared specifically to their unique requirements.

Early Planning Package
If you’re planning to pursue an MBA or specialized business master’s but you’re a year or two away, now is the perfect time to engage one of our expert coaches to help you develop a strategic plan to improve your candidacy. Admitify’s Early Planning package begins with a detailed questionnaire devised to discover your most important stories and what drives you. Next, your coach will conduct a comprehensive assessment of your strengths and weaknesses and give you a targeted list of schools, including ‘reach’ programs and what you need to do to get into them, as well as an action plan to help you strengthen your overall candidacy.

Other Services
We also offer Specialized Business Master’s packages for programs including MBAn, MCSci, MFin, and MiM, as well as other á la carte options such as Ding Analysis and Waitlist Strategy & Support.

Please visit our website for more information and pricing.

Location: La Mesa, California, United States
Phone: 619-609-7175
Email: paul@admitify.com

Location: United States

Phone: 619-609-7175

Email: julia@admitify.com

Website: https://admitify.com/

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P&Q Consultant Reviews

  • Extremely Useful, Valuable Advice
    2 years ago
    I've had the pleasure of working with the Admitify team and Julia in particular for my INSEAD MBA application. The whole process was smooth, with significant efforts made by Julia to be accommodating in finding the best course of action for my specific requirements. Julia's work on my essays was relevant and impactful. She took the time to layout the weaknesses of my essay from a structural and narrative point of view, guiding me into developing a stronger story that better reflected my experiences. Grammar and sentence tweaking was left as a footnote at the end of the process, as opposed to other consultants I've worked with who spent most of their time focusing on this, less relevant, aspect. Julia was extremely responsive and available ...
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  • Miracle Worker Was A Huge Help For Fuqua Acceptance
    3 years ago
    Working with Julia and Paul's Admitify team was a huge reason as to why I got accepted to my top choice program, Fuqua. What sets Admitify aside from all the other competitors is their no-hassle, no-pressure approach to onboarding you as a client. As part of my due diligence, I contacted many of the large, well-marketed admissions consulting firms. The big names were nice, but I found the initial consultation off-putting. While my stats are generally considered average for top MBA programs, the big-name firms made me feel like I would be a failure without their help. Their pricing was also very do-or-die. Admitify changed that. I purchased hours a la carte from Paul's team and was paired up with Julia M, who was the perfect ...
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