Your Executive MBA Trajectory Starts Here.
Optimize the chances of getting into your target Executive MBA program with an application that soars.
Ascend Admissions is the only application coaching service that works exclusively with high-caliber, mid-career professionals to navigate the competitive Executive MBA admissions process and ensure a successful glide path into an EMBA program.
Founder of Ascend Admissions, Kathleen McGill, is a former recruiting, admissions, and marketing director for a Top 20 Executive MBA program who earned her own MBA at the Wharton School. With more than 30 years of experience at some of the business world’s best known companies including Microsoft, Xerox, Oracle, and SAP Sybase, she is uniquely positioned to provide the advice you need to land in your targeted EMBA program.
Why hire an Executive MBA admissions coach?
Think chief astronaut.
A Chief Astronaut oversees the development and implementation of activities that ensure space flight readiness. An Executive MBA admissions coach does the same but for a different type of mission: the successful submission of an excellent, admission-worthy application.
An experienced Executive MBA admissions coach who knows what EMBA programs look for in potential students can help you improve the overall quality of your application and make you a more competitive candidate, especially if one of the following applies:
Your free time is extremely limited so you need someone to streamline the process and make it as efficient as possible.
You’re applying late in the recruiting season and need to act quickly.
You need an accountability partner to help you stay organized, on track, and motivated.
Your past academic performance doesn’t reflect your abilities.
Exceptional written communication is not one of your strengths.
You haven’t performed well on standardized tests in the past.
Your resume isn’t compelling or is due for an overhaul.
You have gaps in your professional background.
“Kathleen was amazing at guiding me through the application process for my EMBA. She helps you maximize your potential and is always encouraging and positive.”
Anastasia McKinnon
Former VP International Sales
47 Hops
Admission to an excellent Executive MBA program doesn’t have to be a moonshot, but don’t leave your success to chance.
The guidance you’ll get from an application coach can make all the difference.
Ascend Admissions delivers exactly what EMBA applicants need most…
A VIEW FROM THE ATMOSPHERE
There’s a lot more nuance that goes into the vetting of candidates for EMBA programs when compared to the evaluation of traditional MBA candidates. You need a coach who can see the bigger picture, someone who knows how to help you highlight not just your GPA, test scores, and job experience, but more importantly, your life experience and what it’s taught you. As an experienced professional, you already know there’s a lot more to business than just the numbers whether those are a GPA, a test score, or the bottom line.
A FLIGHT CONTROLLER FOR EXPERTISE WHERE IT’S NEEDED
A space mission’s flight controllers are the experts in their specific area of responsibility. Like a flight controller, an Executive MBA admissions consultant offers expertise where other MBA consultants cannot. Despite different admission criteria for EMBA and traditional 2-year MBA programs, most MBA admissions consulting firms don’t differentiate their approach or services for Executive MBA applicants. Ascend Admissions provides advice and support that aligns with what you need as a mid-career professional, not boilerplate “Ivy League-or-bust” prescriptions.
AN ORBIT AROUND YOU
Ascend Admissions isn’t chasing the bigger, lucrative market for traditional MBA applicants and taking on EMBA clients only when business is slow. Ascend recognizes the unique needs and challenges facing EMBA applicants including demanding full-time jobs as well as commitments within the community or with families, young and old. You shouldn’t be anyone’s “extra credit” project. You deserve a level of service that will help you keep all those balls in the air.
…without any of this:
HYPE
You won't find any bragging here about Ivy League placements or the percentage of clients admitted to all of them because, let's be honest: none of that changes the equation for you. You're the one applying; the people featured in success stories are already where you want to be.
FORMULAS
GPA + GMAT scores + perfect essay ≠ Accepted. Enticing as it might sound, a "proven strategy—one that's worked for thousands of applicants!”—isn’t necessarily going to work for you. Ascend Admissions regards each client as an individual. You are not a performer or a package to be presented to an admissions committee.
BULLSH*T
Honesty and transparency require so much less mental effort than trying to remember what you said to whom, and when. Ascend Admissions will always give you the straight skinny and wants the same from you.
“Kathleen helped me to achieve a higher and more polished level of communication than I would have otherwise.”
Sean Shanahan
Enterprise Safety Director Nordstrom
“Kathleen is an ace recruiter who understands what's needed to help others excel. She brings this savviness to every encounter, as well as a wicked wit. Five stars.”
Alicia Kan
Director of Marketing & Communications
Albers School at Seattle University
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Maybe you’ve been thinking about grad school or maybe you’re ready to take the next step in applying to an Executive MBA program and want some advice. Ascend Admissions is here to help with a free consultation.