Paul Bodine

Paul was a tremendous writing coach and thought partner, helping me gain admission to Tuck – as a finance candidate in an especially competitive admissions year (2008-2009). Paul helped me craft a compelling story to differentiate myself and articulate my career goals. Tuck was a transformative experience and I’m grateful to Paul for helping me get there!

Paul was instrumental in getting me accepted to Kellogg’s 2-year full time MBA program, as well as securing interviews at Wharton and CBS. At the start of the process my admissions “story” was not defined very well at all. Paul worked with me over the course of several months to fine tune the story for each programs I applied to. Unlike other consultants, Paul is willing to dive into the weeds with you and work on essay editing, redlining, etc. He is also enjoyable to work with and I would highly recommend his services.

I worked with Paul back in 2012 for my Master’s application to Stanford Law School. I first got to know him through the books he published and contacted him via e-mail. The application to Stanford Law School was extremely competitive. The class I applied only enrolls 11 persons each year all around the world. Thanks for Paul’s hard work and abundant experiences, I became one of the lucky eleven. As English is not my first language, Paul not only helped me with the essay structure but also corrected my language usage which I benefited even until now. I was on a rather rushed timeline. Although he had several projects on hand at the same time, he was very efficient and always on-time to return me his comments and mark-ups the next working day. He recorded his time sheet accurately and kept me fully informed how he spent his time on my work. I highly recommend Paul, a very professional, efficient and excellent consultant. He will help you to realize your dream.

After extensive reading of MBA consultant online forums, I shortlisted a few and did initial chats/emails to try them out. Paul was by far the best. Some tried to scare me into using their services by pointing out all my weaknesses. Others complimented me while missing my specific questions. Paul gave me concise, authentic feedback – with no obligations.

Paul helped me brilliantly with school selection. He convinced me to consider Oxford (one of my initial choices that I wanted to drop), given my focus on Asia. I ended up getting accepted to Michigan Ross, UCLA Anderson and Oxford Said – and chose Oxford. No regrets now having almost completed the MBA. Without his input, I would have had a completely different experience.

Paul was also efficient, gave superb and realistic feedback, focused on my strengths and exhibited integrity. Very prompt replies, time sheet for recording consulting hours, an extensive questionnaire to really get to know my background and aspirations.

He connected me with desired school alumni to hear real, authentic feedback on the schools. Also provided insightful advice during mock interviews.

Overall, a highly personalized, reliable, competent and authentic experience. My two cents worth – avoid large consulting practices that serve clients by the masses. Go for an experienced professional who helps you end to end in a personalized way, and is authentic, someone you find you can trust.

All the best!

I considered an MBA for a few of years before deciding it was the right time in my career to pursue one. I had originally talked to Paul about different programs and ultimately decided on Michigan Ross that fit my needs and requirements. He helped me craft my application and essays to a concise and pointed story about my experience, accomplishments and objectives. After receiving an invitation to interview, we scheduled a couple Skype calls to go over potential questions and practice my responses.

Could I have gotten accepted without using a consultant? Probably. But with Paul’s help I felt secure in knowing I put my best foot forward.

Paul is a consummate professional, his timely help got me a admit to the Duke EMBA program. I was very late into the application process and clueless when I reached out to Paul. He promptly helped me with the edits and polished the essays since I was having trouble to meet the word limits so that I could meet the final round deadline.

I had a challenging application profile to say the least with a GPA under 2.5 from a state university. My work experience and GMAT were average for the schools on my list (top-20 full time MBA programs), but I knew I had to knock it out of the park with my essays. Some admissions consultants even went so far as to tell me I had no shot at Stanford. Paul was incredibly helpful in helping me develop and refine my overall essay and application strategy. I appreciated his honesty and insight into how to best piece together the best parts of my story into a coherent (and ultimately successful) application. I applied to 7 top-20 schools in the first round. I was admitted to 3 (including Stanford GSB) and waitlisted at another.

I had the pleasure of meeting Paul and using his services when I was applying to several top MBA programs. With Paul’s coaching, I was able to provide in depth details and insights from my experiences to fully capture the best picture of me as candidate. I’m pleased to say that I was accepted and graduated from Chicago Booth. I highly recommend Paul’s services.

I’m the non-native English speaker with the average GMAT score. Paul helped me to refine the tone of my essays by countless hours.

He put in his thoughts and experience / knowledge of the school’s style and helped me to get in the top MBA program in USA.

Paul was the first person to tell me that I should aim for the top 3 schools in the US. As a very non-traditional candidate, I didn’t even think my profile might even slightly be interesting for the admissions team at Harvard, Wharton or Stanford. I got into Wharton, and the rest is history.

Get his book, read it, do everything as he advises there – that’s the best and clearest formula for putting together a successful MBA application package.