Making an unremarkable career path feel unique

Nina learned how to connect “average” past accomplishment to an exciting, far-from-average future career plan.

The Challenge

Nina’s main challenge was just that, on paper, she looked like a LOT of other applicants to top schools. When you didn’t dig deep, she looked like your average hard working, good-at-her-job applicant with a solid GMAT, solid work experience, and solid undergrad GPA. Plain vanilla.

Possible Approaches

There was a typical route one might have chosen:

The Admissionado Approach

Instead, the angle we took was to paint a picture of who she was as a PERSON and show why her courage and character made her a kick-ass business leader. This girl literally landed a job as a financial analyst at GE Capital without a background in finance. After that, she uprooted herself and moved halfway around the world to Paris with no work permit, no job, and rusty French! Within 5 years she had established herself as an expert in French real estate who was fluent in the language and knew how to make a mean beef bourguignon. Needless to say, she knew how to take a risk and make it work and THAT was what made her unique. She pushed herself outside her comfort zone and then KILLED it when she tackled a new challenge.

The Result

She was not only accepted to Wharton but got a generous fellowship to boot! Woo hoo!

Personal Shoutout

“It was not an easy journey for me, I must say and thank God I met the Admissionado team and you. You were my steady and chief motivator whenever I got frustrated and switched off. To think we did it in one try,  is absolutely amazing!!  I give you 6 stars out of 5  and will definitely tell others with big dreams that you guys make them realities.”