Zachary White

Working with Zach and Fortuna was one of the best decisions I made throughout this application process. As a “non-traditional” MBA applicant, I was reticent to apply to reach programs. Zach’s encouraging and introspective comments boosted my confidence and supported me in crafting a wonderful application. On top of the guidance on MBA applications, Zach helped reframe my thoughts on my future career goals and helped me refine my story. Thanks to his insight and thoughtful feedback, I received an admit to the school of my dreams in an extremely competitive year. In addition, I had the chance to interact and work with other Fortuna staff members, who I found to be extremely supportive and professional. Highly recommend working with Zach and the rest of the Fortuna team.

I had a great experience with Zach and was accepted to my top choice schools. Zach was exceedingly helpful in guiding me towards a coherent story that aligned with my past experiences. He helped me understand key selling points and create a plan for communicating these points across my applications. Zach was a fantastic listener and added thoughtful insights at each step of the application process. I would recommend Zach to any prospective business school applicant.

Working with Mr. White was the best decision I’ve made. With a combination of his communication as well as education experience, Mr. White was able to help my application and story on many different levels – levels that I did not know existed.

His leadership style was laissez-faire (at least with me), encouraging me to take the lead and think deep within my life to proactively bring out new, creative ideas while he provided direction. This brought out the best in me and I was able to dig out stories and examples that I would not have otherwise been able to. He competently orchestrated these diverse stories into a well thought out application, as he understood my unique selling points and matched them to the school’s values. He constantly thought about my application at a macro as well as micro level, helping me add valuable details to my application while sticking to a theme – keeping the bigger picture in mind.

He was always available to chat and answer my questions. He understood the complex application process through a student’s lens and therefore was patient with me throughout the journey.

I highly recommend Mr. White for one’s MBA application.

Zach is a fantastic Admissions Consultant. The first thing that struck me about Zach are his strong listening and teamwork skills. Zach listens, considers, contemplates, and raises questions. These skills, coupled with his design and philosophy experience, allows him to bring thoughtful, creative ideas to the table. Zach was invaluable in helping me with tasks both big and small, from refining my story and future goals to word edits and a more effective resume format. His broad experience across many domains really shined through here. Finally, when I had questions about a specific school, Zach went above and beyond to solicit information (and time) from other consultants at Fortuna. In summary: Zach really cares… and that’s important. I give Zach my highest recommendation and am very pleased with my ROI.