We HAVE helped Our Clients get Interviews + admitted to:

• Stanford GSB

• Harvard Business School

• Columbia Business School

• University of Chicago, Booth

• Northwestern, Kellogg

• Yale SOM

• MIT Sloan

• Dartmouth Tuck

• UVA Darden

• Cornell Johnson & Cornell Tech

• New York University

• UCLA Anderson

• University of Southern California Marshall

• Oxford Saïd

• Cambridge Judge

• London Business School

• London School of Economics & Political Science

• INSEAD

• HEC Paris

• IESE

• National University of Singapore

• Fudan School of Management

• Nanyang Technological University

• Duke Fuqua

• Carnegie Mellon Tepper

• Georgia Tech

• Washington Foster

• IE University

• Imperial College

• CITY, University of London

• University College London

• Queen Mary

• Northeastern University

• Boston University Questrom

• Johns Hopkins Carey

• George Washington University

• Parsons, The New School

• Fashion Institute of Technology

• University of California Irvine

• University of Texas Austin

• University of Texas San Antonio

• University of Texas Dallas

• Simon Rochester

• University of San Francisco

• Baruch College

Founder, Principal Consultant

Caitlin Andersen

IECA - Professional Member, Graduate Committee Vice Chair, Business Subcommittee Chair; NACAC - Professional Member

Caitlin Andersen has an MBA from the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School (SBS) in Strategy and Program Management. She received graduate-level writing distinctions on individual essays from Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, and Oxford SBS professors.

She received a 6.0 / 6.0 on the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) section of the GMAT Classic (Graduate Management Admissions Test) and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication and a GPA of 4.0 / 4.0. She ranked 1 of 1668 in her class.

Ms. Andersen has guided graduate school applicants as an academic consultant since 2018. Currently, she serves as the Business Roundtable Chair for the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) Graduate Committee where she leads monthly meetings for independent educational consultants (IECs). At multiple IECA conferences, she presented on Graduate Business School Admissions topics, and last year, Ms. Andersen was featured on GMAT Club’s LIVE YouTube Channel (120K subscribers) where she spoke about MBA Essays and Interviews.

Prior to becoming an academic consultant, Ms. Andersen was a management consultant and a recruiter. In these roles, she enjoyed helping small businesses and individuals build their brands.

On a personal note - Ms. Andersen is a former Professional International Latin Dance Competitor. She placed Top 34 in the World in the Professional Rising Star category at the Blackpool Dance Festival in England in 2022. She still dances for fun!

Education

University of Oxford, Saïd Business School
M.B.A., Strategy & Program Management, 2015

University of Texas at San Antonio
B.A., Technical Communication, 2010

Awards + Presentations + Media Mentions

• Fortune Magazine, Featured Expert, Fortune Recommends, Education: ‘Admissions advice: Which MBA application round should you apply in?’ (August 2024)

• Public News Service, Featured Expert: ‘IN universities see international student numbers rise’ (August 2024)

• Public News Service, Featured Expert: ‘U.S. politics affect school choices of some international students’ (August 2024)

• GMAT Club, Presenter, YouTube Channel Live (115K subscribers): ‘7 Factors of Your MBA Application Profile BSchools Care Most | MBA Essays and Interview Essentials’ (January 2023)

• IECA 2024 Professional Member Business Forum: ‘Expanding Your Horizons: Adding Graduate Advising to Your Practice’ (January 2024)

• Crimson Education, Presenter, Informational Sessions: ‘4 Steps to a Winning MBA Application’ (May 2023); ‘Last Sprint for MBA Rounds 3 & 4: Essay & Interview Essentials‘ (April 2023); ‘Your Path to Top MBA Programs’ (June 2021)

• IECA Spring 2021 Conference, Presenter, ‘Will You Be a Socially Responsible IEC (Independent Educational Consultant)?’ (March 2021)

• Graduate-Level Writing Distinction from Harvard Professor, Catherine Duggan: Business in Africa, Final Individual Research Paper (July 2015)

• Graduate-Level Writing Distinction from Oxford / Stanford Professor, Thomas Hellman: Entrepreneurial Finance, Final Individual Research Paper (April 2015)

• The Emzingo Group Fellowship Scholarship, South Africa (May 2015)

• Oxford Formal Coursework Distinctions: Leadership Fundamentals, Final Examination (February 2015)

• Booz Allen Hamilton, Project Leader, 1st Place Distinction in US$100k Investor Pitch Competition (August 2014)

Associations

• NACAC Professional Member

• IECA Professional Member, Graduate Committee Member & Business Roundtable Chair

• GMAT Club Member & Presenter (January 2023)

• Forté Foundation Affiliate Member

• New York Venture Capital Network

• Entrepreneurship Oxford Business Network

• The Birth Collaborative (non-profit), Researcher

• Dress for Success (non-profit), Researcher & Professional Grant Writer

Partner

Glen Andersen

Dr. Andersen holds a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from MIT and was a professor at Tulane University, Texas A&M, and Michigan State University. He attended MIT on a full ride scholarship for both his Master’s and Doctorate degrees.

As a former professor and current consulting engineer, Dr. Andersen has the dual experience of working in academia and practicing engineering. His world-class expertise in mathematics / sciences and in writing have brought him prestigious awards. He received the rare Hogentogler Award from the American Society for Testing & Materials and the Author’s Award from the Hydro Review Publication. He has written, contributed to, and presented over 30 journal articles and papers. He has written over 500 successful full-length proposals and subsequently, secured over $200M worth of contracts for various engineering firms.