MBA Admissions Consulting
Most consultants will review your essays. I find the narrative you didn't know you had, build it into a complete application, and won't stop until it's genuinely great.
Results in 25–26 Cycle
Results updated each application cycle.
Why Most Applications Fail
Top MBA programs receive thousands of applications from IIT and NIT graduates with strong GMAT scores and real work experience. That profile alone no longer differentiates anyone.
What separates admits from rejects is almost never the resume. It's a Why MBA essay that actually says something. A career narrative that feels intentional, not opportunistic. Interview answers that are honest and compelling — not rehearsed.
This is harder than it looks. Most applicants have a great story buried in their profile. They just don't know how to find it, or how to say it in a language that top programs respect.
I do both.
About
I'm Kunj and I was trained to tell stories under unusual pressure. An IIT Kanpur graduate (Material Science & Engineering, with minors in Marketing and Psychology) and an exchange alum from Aalto University, Finland, where I trained in storytelling under Bruce Oreck, the former U.S. Ambassador to Finland — on a pedestal, improvising on the go. At Aalto, I also completed courses in Marketing and Strategy through IME — the foundation of what I now call MBA speak.
I do this professionally, at the highest level. Today I lead AI pre-sales at EXL. My job is to walk into a CXO's room and make a strategy deck digestible — AI transformation, digital consulting, operations — pitched to senior leaders at major finance, insurance and retail enterprises. Persuading busy senior people isn't a hobby — it's my job.
I've built things and got them to say yes. Before EXL, I founded Prepleaf's analytics training arm — trained 500+ students, hit 90% placement, and saw it acquired by Masai School. That included running interview and resume training that helped hundreds of students land jobs — the same instinct I bring to MBA applicants today.
I was also selected for IC Square at the Startup Nexus program — run by the University of Texas at Austin, hosted at the U.S. Embassy in Delhi — where I pitched our startup to the U.S. Ambassador to India after an eight-week accelerator. That program, combined with my Marketing minor, gave me frameworks across the full lifecycle of a business — not just how to pitch, but how to think about strategy, positioning, and the story underneath the numbers.
It's one skill, not many. The corporate selling, the startup building, the student coaching — all of it is the same thing in a different room: building a story that gets a senior person to say yes. My psychology minor sharpens the same instinct — understanding how people actually make decisions.
I've turned that instinct into teachable frameworks. Not better sentences. Clearer thinking. I also coach interview answers in what I call MBA speak — the specific logic top programs expect you to demonstrate. It's learnable. Most applicants are just never taught this.
I know what's on the other side. I'm a tech professional who earned his way into a European program on exchange. I know what lands and why.
I work with a small number of clients each cycle so every application gets the attention it deserves.
I will not hand something back until I believe it's done. That's not a promise — it's just how I'm wired. — Kunj Behari Beriwala
What We Do Together
I help you build a balanced mix — realistic schools where you have a strong chance, and moonshot bets worth swinging at — along with a round-by-round plan for how to sequence them. This is entirely free.
From blank page to final draft. I ghostwrite — meaning I dig into your career, your decisions, your ambitions, and find the narrative thread that makes your application coherent and unmistakably you.
I take full ownership. Your resume, essays, and LORs are built together — not in silos — so the same narrative shows up in every piece of your application. That's how adcoms read coherent candidates. You pay once per cycle.
Beyond the essays, there are dozens of small free-form fields — goals, activities, short descriptions — that most applicants treat as filler. I review the full application end-to-end and help you write these so they reinforce your story instead of flattening it. I won't fill forms on your behalf, but every word that reaches the adcom will have been thought through.
Hyper-personalised prep built around your profile and the specific school's interview format. I teach you how admissions committees actually think — the frameworks, the vocabulary, the logic. You pay this only when you get an interview call.
If you've been waitlisted or rejected before, there's a right way to respond. I'll help you do it without panic.
Pricing
| School Selection & Strategy | Free |
| Essay — School #1 | ₹60,000 |
| Essay — School #2 | ₹50,000 |
| Essay — Schools #3, #4, #5 | ₹40,000 each |
| Essay — Schools #6 & #7 | Free |
| HEC Paris / INSEAD & extended European applications Why? | ₹1,00,000 |
| Resume & LOR (once per cycle) | ₹25,000 |
| Interview Preparation (per interview) | ₹25,000 * |
Why European applications cost more
· European applications are substantially longer than US ones — more essays, more short answers, higher total word counts.
· They demand a much deeper, more coherent story built across every piece, not a strong Why MBA alone.
· Positioning has to be more strategic. Schools like HEC and INSEAD read applications with far more care than most US programs, and weak positioning is caught instantly.
Interview prep is billed only when you receive an interview invitation. No interview, no charge.
* If you've already prepped with me for a previous interview, the rate is ₹15,000 — not ₹25,000.
Writing
I write about the frameworks I use with clients, the patterns I notice across applications, and the things about MBA admissions that most people get wrong. No generic tips. No listicles.
Frequently Asked
Premium MBA consultants in India typically charge between ₹1.5 lakh and ₹5 lakh per cycle, depending on the number of schools and services included. AdmissionWant uses an à la carte model — you pay per school, with school selection always free. A typical 3-school engagement runs about ₹1.75 lakh before interview prep. European applications (HEC Paris, INSEAD) are billed at ₹1 lakh each because of the deeper essay work they require.
Ideally six to nine months before your earliest deadline. For Round 1 in September, that means starting work by January or February. The longer the runway, the more we can develop the narrative properly. Last-minute engagements are possible but rarely produce the strongest applications.
A strong GMAT gets you read. It does not get you admitted. The schools you're targeting reject thousands of 740+ applicants every year. The work that makes the difference is on the essays, the recommender strategy, and the interview — none of which a high test score solves.
Editing means polishing what you've already written. Ghostwriting — what AdmissionWant does — means starting from your raw experiences and building the narrative with you, in your voice, from scratch. Most applicants do not need editing. They need someone to find the story they didn't know was there.
European applications are substantially longer than US ones — more essays, more short answers, higher total word counts. They demand a deeper, more coherent story across every piece, not a single strong Why MBA. Schools like HEC Paris and INSEAD also read applications with far more care than most US programs, and weak positioning is caught instantly. The flat ₹1 lakh fee covers this depth.
HEC Paris, INSEAD, ISB, LBS, Yale SOM, and the broader European one-year programs are where most of our work happens. Recent results in the 25–26 cycle include a Yale SOM admit and two interview converts at HEC Paris. We also support Wharton, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, Booth, and other top US programs.
Yes. Reapplications need a different approach than first-time applications — the school will compare your two files and look for evidence of growth. Waitlist responses need to be measured and specific, not panicked. There's a right way to handle both.
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