Essay & Resume Editing From Top MBA Alumni
Every one of our business school essay & resume evaluators is a current student or recent graduate from a top-ten business school. They've been in your shoes, they've gotten into the top business schools, and they're here to help you succeed. We have carefully selected and trained them using the principles outlined in Your MBA Game Plan, the definitive book on MBA admissions that has helped thousands of applicants around the world.
We've set the bar high for becoming an Evaluator at Veritas Prep. Potential evaluators are eligible to apply only if they are current students, or recent alumni, from the MBA program at Harvard, Kellogg, Stanford, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Chicago, Michigan, INSEAD, or the London Business School. In addition, successful candidates must demonstrate a professional writing background. Next, candidates must prove their competency through submitting several sample evaluations of an MBA resume or essay. Finally, Evaluators must complete Veritas Prep’s comprehensive training program with the two foremost experts on the subject, Scott Shrum and Omari Bouknight, the authors of Your MBA Game Plan.
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Lauren Capitani is an accomplished writer, teacher, and entrepreneur. After earning her BA at Georgetown University and her Masters in Journalism at Northwestern University, Lauren started her career in the publishing industry, putting her writing chops and business smarts to use in the marketing department at Chicago Magazine. Subsequent to obtaining her MBA at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and getting a taste of banking and management consulting, Lauren realized that what she really wanted to do was teach. She went on to earn her teaching credentials and spent the next few years teaching kindergarten through fourth grade on both coasts. She has also worked as an essay and resume editor for MBA Game Plan. Most recently, Lauren sensed an entrepreneurial opportunity providing cool diaper bags for new dads, and so she launched Dad Sac in 2004. Hip fathers everywhere rejoiced! When she's not teaching or launching new businesses, Lauren loves to jog and fly airplanes.
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Diana Cirillo has assisted MBA hopefuls with application strategies for many years and has seen her clients gain acceptance to top programs such as Stern, Wharton, Columbia, and INSEAD. Diana's combination of experience in retailing, consulting, marketing and corporate strategy give her a unique perspective on how candidates can best position themselves and communicate their value in crisp and powerful ways. Her combination of creativity and business savvy reaches back to her undergraduate career at Wellesley College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in Economics with concentrations in writing and psychology. Diana also boasts an MBA in strategic management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where she served as a Leadership Fellow. Her desire to help others has also extended into the non-profit sector, where she has tutored individuals in a variety of topics including English, math, science and social studies.
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Darren S. Kowitt is an accomplished professional equally at home in the quant and verbal worlds. After receiving his BA in Art History at Yale, Darren put his Japanese skills to work in Tokyo as an institutional equity salesperson. Darren also boasts an MBA in marketing from Columbia (with a one-semester exchange at SDA Bocconi, in Milan), which garnered him entrée into Donna Karan International and Coach Leathergoods. His ability to embed a strong quant model in a compelling prose story led him to fundraising donor database analytics for organizations such as the ACLU, and to his current pursuit, US Surgery Statistics, the first-ever commercial model of the annual market for surgery in the US. Residing in DC, and no stranger to MBA-hopefuls, Darren also tutors GMAT for Veritas Test Prep. Outside of work, you might find Darren at the gym, and/or jetting off to opera and museums exhibitions in world capitals.
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Mary Lynch is a skillful writer and communicator who taught English overseas and served as the editor for a monthly publication in Europe before becoming a Project Manager overseeing the opening of new office facilities in Central Europe and Russia. Mary has a bachelor's degree in Art History from Northwestern University and has recently returned to the U.S. after ten years abroad in order to get her MBA at the University of Chicago. Mary plans to remain in the U.S. and continue her career in real estate development, focusing on urban redevelopment and adaptive reuse projects. When not helping applicants craft winning essays, Mary enjoys cooking, free weights and interior design.
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Emily Moyer is a former magazine journalist and editor who now works at the New York Times as a Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development. After graduating magna cum laude from Bowdoin College with a B.A. in philosophy and religion, Emily received a certificate from the Radcliffe Publishing Course and worked as an Editorial Researcher for Ziff Davis Media's PC Magazine. She then joined Time Inc. Strategic Communications, a division of Time Warner, as a Project Editor. Emily studied for her MBA at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in Strategic Media Management. Before moving into her current role at the Times, Emily was a Business Development Manager in Circulation Finance and a Marketing Manager of national direct mail and freestanding insert programs. Emily is a professional member of The Direct Marketing Association, the Wharton Club of New York, New York Cares, and Ladies Who Launch. She enjoys vinyasa yoga and lives in New York City with her husband, Jason.
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