Samantha, Stanford MBA

Hillary and her team at Shine were an instrumental part of my MBA application journey. Though I entered with a vision as to what I wanted to accomplish, Hillary helped me articulate that vision and helped me to explicitly define why an MBA was necessary to achieve my...

Linda, Stanford MBA

Despite deferring my application for years, Hillary always stayed in touch and continuously encouraged me to apply. She gave the confidence to believe that the impossible was indeed possible and I am so glad to have had Shine Admissions on my side when I finally did...

Samantha, Stanford MBA

It was such a blast working with Hillary. She was extremely organized throughout the process, which helped to guide me to stay on top of each step during the application process, despite my crazy work schedule. Her openness and constructive feedback also allowed me to...

YM, Stanford MBA

Shine came highly recommended from a dear MBA friend who had gotten into both HBS and Stanford. Hillary was particularly helpful during the early stages of my applications as I struggled to imagine how the different pieces of my application would coalesce to paint the...

Networking and the MBA admissions process

Does networking with the staff, students or alumni of your target business schools help you in the admissions process?   The answer is, it depends why you’re networking. If you’re interested in meeting school affiliates to help sway the admissions committee, you’re...