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P&q's 2024 #1 consultant & boutique mba admissions consulting firm.

“ Edinburgh sits atop our list of the most favorably reviewed individual consultants in the past year, with many rave reviews from grateful clients who believe they would never have been able to get into the schools they did without his help. “

– Poets&Quants

Founded by a Wharton MBA and MIT Sloan graduate who sits on the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants Board of Directors,  Personal MBA Coach has the #1 ranked MBA admissions consultant on Poets&Quants.

Our MBA Admissions Consulting team (including former M7 admissions directors, the industry’s leading tutors and former M7 interviewers) has helped hundreds of MBA applicants around the world get into their target schools since 2008.

Whether you want help developing your profile and selecting schools or you have already drafted your MBA application essays, our proprietary approach and insider knowledge will help you to transform your application and strategy.

Work one-on-one with an expert admissions consultant to navigate all aspects of the MBA application process from start to finish including early planning, GMAT/GRE/EA tutoring , application strategy, school selection, essay editing and mock interviews.

Why Personal MBA Coach?

At Personal MBA Coach, we have 17 years of consulting experience, helping clients to reach their MBA goals with a 96% success rate. Our clients earned over $11 million in scholarships last year. We have the #1 ranked MBA admissions consultant globally on Poets&Quants and were named the Top Boutique MBA Admissions Consulting Firm in 2023 & 2024. Get started with personalized admissions support today.

Personal MBA Coach, with a team of former MBA Admissions Directors and admissions interviewers, is here to support you with all aspects of your MBA and graduate school admissions process.

Our MBA admissions consulting services include Early Planning, GMAT/GRE/EA Tutoring, Comprehensive MBA Application Help and Support through our Comprehensive Packages , MBA Application Review, Interview Preparation and More!

Personalized, comprehensive MBA admissions consulting services on your schedule.

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I worked with Scott and was accepted to both GSB + HBS. He's extremely knowledgable about what the schools are looking for and always available to help with any questions or concerns you have. I found our brainstorming calls to be very helpful and the editing team made my applications very sharp.

The first time I applied for business school, I thought I was a shoo-in—high test scores, ample industry experience in managerial positions, and recommenders who loved me. But it turns out that a shopping list of achievements isn’t the secret formula to being a successful applicant. I got rejected from all the schools that I applied to. Back then, I was subscribed to Scott’s newsletter, and to be honest, I was so sure that I would get in that I ignored all the content/tips posted in it. After receiving all the rejection letters, I took a few days to reflect on why I failed and realized I needed a coach. I immediately opened the latest newsletter I had received and contacted Scott. From my first email and call with him, I knew this was the help I needed to turn my great shopping list into a great application. The catalyst for...

It was clear early on that I would be utilizing the services of an admissions consultant. At the time, I didn’t believe I had the confidence necessary to put together my strongest application and felt it was important to navigate the process with a professional. I chose Scott and his team because of the positive feedback I’d heard, as well as having spoken with him directly. He was kind, and believed in me and my story. That was critical. All elements of my application were improved beyond my expectations and somehow along the way, I arrived at a new understanding of myself as a person. I am grateful to everyone who was involved in this process (huge shoutout to MJ for the interview prep, absolutely phenomenal). Starting at Harvard next week!

Looking back on my MBA application journey, I can say with certainty that the best decision I made was to hire Personal MBA Coach. I ended up getting into every single school that I applied to with many full rides. Scott’s expertise, dedication, transparency, and most importantly, patience, allowed for my lofty goals to become a reality. As I was searching for a consultant, I was given an important piece of advice: while consultants can be expensive, so is business school. This decision can make all the difference in the long run. I speak with conviction when I say that you won’t regret hiring Personal MBA Coach.

Fabulous! As a non-native English speaker, I was very worried about applications. Besides putting me at ease, Scott helped me in my crazy dream to attend a top US business school. I didn't know it was possible to get so close to someone personally who is on the other side of the world (11.5 hr time difference), but Scott made it work and got me into Stanford. Every single detail is scrutinized by Scott, even the thank-you letters after the interview. My only regret is not listening to him when he told me to apply to fewer schools. I applied to 7 schools and got into 6 of them. Don't even think about using anybody else. Call Scott before he books up, you won't regret it.

During the early stages of my search, I spoke with several consultants who worked for and promised the resources of a large organization. However, on my call with Scott, he promised me that he would personally review every aspect of my application – from the conversation about picking schools to getting the admit call – and he absolutely did! Writing essays with Scott was incredibly easy – he challenged me to find my motivations and the right personal stories to demonstrate them. He had significant knowledge on what each school was looking for and helped guide my writing accordingly. Although Scott will not write your essays for you, he will push you by asking the right questions and make the writing process much more genuine and engaging. I was eventually admitted to 3 M7 schools and 1 T15 (half-ride) with a mediocre GPA, which speaks volumes about Scott's methods. I would...

Trying to find an ideal MBA coach is a tricky partnership. You need to find someone who is honest, understandable, and is able to work with you to be as creative as possible. I had interviewed a few coaches and instantly felt the connection with Scott. As I made a decision to apply very late into the year and was very close to deadlines, Scott was very specific on the schools that I could potentially get into. As I had a very interesting background, I had gone ahead and wrote my life history – which gave him insight to really dive deep to see what I wanted. He then helped me be more specific with my background and overall achievements and fine-tuned things that were needed to make me a great candidate for these programs. I got tutoring for my EA exam as well as interview coaching. I ended...

Coming from Europe with little knowledge about the US admissions process and what it takes to get in, I googled and ultimately contacted six admissions consultants. Scott and his team were by far the best – the personal touch in the very first conversation makes you quickly feel at ease. Even within our first conversation, he could already tell where I should put my focus and suggested a timeline I should pursue. He always pushed me to deliver quick turnaround times to 'consume' my mind and craft the best possible essay. With his incredible turnaround time of usually less than 24 hours, it was amazing to see how my essays completely transformed from ’something’ to ‘great’ while still clearly being my own. I am now attending my dream school, Stanford GSB, something that would not have been possible without this fantastic help. Stop looking, hire Personal MBA Coach -...

Personal MBA Coach was an incredibly smart and rewarding investment. Scott couldn't have been more helpful and supportive throughout the entire application process. He took the time to understand my whole story and helped solidify my ideas into a very compelling narrative. …. He truly made this whole application process much less daunting and I can’t thank him enough for that. I would enthusiastically recommend Personal MBA Coach and can’t speak highly enough of Scott. Thanks for everything!

I highly recommend working with Scott and the team! In addition to being incredibly knowledgeable about each school’s admissions process, Scott spent the time to listen and internalize my story. Ultimately, he helped me to identify and highlight my most relevant experiences to appeal to each school. Personal MBA Coach is also extremely organized and has fantastic response times. To that end, after deciding to apply very late in the process, I applied to 5 schools in an approximate 45-day span and finished with plenty of time to spare. The team kept me on track with specific due dates for requesting (and following up on) recommendations, brainstorming, and submitting essay drafts. Finally, Scott found the time to jump on impromptu calls to calm my nerves more than once. I was accepted at my dream school and could not be more pleased with my experience working with Personal MBA Coach.

If you're going to hire a consultant, hire Scott. Hands down, he was the most straightforward and helpful of the 10+ consultants I spoke with on the phone for initial intro calls. He also always kept his word and was very responsive, kind, and fair. I was hesitant to hire a consultant at first, but after speaking with him (and meeting him in person at an MBA fair - a huge plus, as he does speaking engagements across the country), I knew I had made the right choice. From day 1, Scott was a value add and clearly very smart, and really helped me craft the best possible version of my story. He will not do the work for you but will guide you towards your best work product and help your authentic voice shine through, which is really the best you can ask for in an admissions consultant!...

MBA Admissions Updates

MBA Admissions Success Stories

Years of Experience: 4

Gender: Female

Pre-MBA Industry: Finance

Ethnicity: White

Undergrad: Ivy League

Schools Accepted To: HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Columbia Business School, Kellogg, UCLA

Gender: Male

Schools Accepted To: Harvard Business School, Wharton, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck

GPA: 8.9/10

Years of Experience: 5

Pre-MBA Industry: Telecommunications

Ethnicity: Indian

Undergrad: Public Technical University

Schools Accepted To: Wharton, Columbia Business School, London Business School

Years of Experience: 6

Ethnicity: Asian

Undergrad: State School

Schools Accepted To: Wharton, UCLA

Undergrad GPA: 3.7

GMAT/GRE Score: 315-320

Years of Experience: 4.5

Pre-MBA Industry: Management Consulting 

Undergrad: Small Liberal Arts

Schools Accepted To: Wharton, Kellogg, Michigan Ross, Fuqua, and Emory

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Personal MBA Coach’s Story

Scott Edinburgh founded Personal MBA Coach in 2008 to offer a boutique and personalized level of MBA application support that was unavailable at other firms. While pursuing his own MBA at Wharton, Scott’s best friend, Raja, who was unsuccessful working with other top MBA Admissions Consulting firms, approached Scott for MBA application help. Scott helped Raja get accepted to Harvard Business School. After guiding other friends through successful HBS, Wharton and Stanford MBA applications, his MBA Admissions Consulting business quickly grew by word of mouth. Soon after, Scott turned this love for MBA Admissions Consulting into his full-time job, and 17 years later Personal MBA Coach remains his passion.

Personal MBA Coach is now a family-run business. Scott’s sister, Erin Edinburgh Wand, a Yale SOM MBA graduate and former Bain & Co. consultant, left her successful consulting and marketing career eight years ago to join Scott in running Personal MBA Coach. Our MBA Admissions Consulting team has since grown to include two former M7 admissions directors. All Personal MBA Coach clients work directly with Scott or a former M7 admissions director. We have no junior consultants on the team. These talented MBA admissions consultants are supported by a team of former M7 and T10 admissions interviewers, expert GMAT, GRE and EA tutors and a small boutique team of seasoned writers and graduate professors with PhD and master’s degrees from leading universities including Harvard, Yale and Columbia.

Reach out today to schedule your initial consultation . We promise you won’t regret it!

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Personal MBA Coach Founder, Scott Edinburgh , serves on the Board of Directors for AIGAC, the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants, and is invited to speak to MBA Admissions Directors and prospective MBA applicants globally.  Check back here for our upcoming events!

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