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Sia Admissions Consulting Admission Consultant helping students gain admissions to top-tier institutions. SIA Admissions Consulting is a boutique firm based in New York City.

We specialize in coaching students of diverse background navigate undergraduate, graduate, and professional school admissions applications at top-tier institutions. Our goal is to partner with students to help them characterize and reflect their individuality in all areas of the admissions application. At times, we may commence the strategic university preparation as early as a student’s junior-year in high school (check out our service offerings for more details: www.SIAAdmissions.com)

At SIA, we firmly believe that “one-size” does not fit all—each student has his or her story that, if communicated properly, a university admissions committee is eager to hear; therefore, we coach each student in originally telling his or her story. Our partnership with each student consists of – (i) recognizing the student’s story by asking poignant questions which help us (ii) identify the quintessence of his or her strengths and aspirations, so we may (iii) build an idiosyncratic strategy that helps the student distinctively present his or her story. Our aim is to coach student in showcasing a unique application that communicates their individuality as an ideal candidate for the field and institution of choice. The student benefits from a professional relationship with a counselor committed to coaching him or her from beginning to submission. SIA Admissions Consulting offers services to national and international students. Our methods incorporate in-person, phone, and/or videotelephony servicing clients across the globe. Contact us to schedule a free consultation, and see how SIA can help you achieve your academic aspirations.

10/23/2026

If you're applying to both Harvard Business School and Stanford GSB, consider whether your two applications are making essentially the same argument about your candidacy.

You may have answered every prompt carefully. Your accomplishments may be impressive, and your professional trajectory may be clear.

But have you examined those experiences from the perspective of what each school is trying to understand about you?

Susan Berishaj, founder of Sia Admissions, explores a common mistake among candidates applying to both schools: relying on the same credentials and interpretations of their experiences to make their case twice.

An accomplishment that demonstrates your ability to lead through uncertainty may also reveal how you recognize opportunities, develop independent perspectives, or pursue something that matters deeply to you.
Those dimensions deserve careful examination.

HBS and Stanford GSB may approach the same experience with different questions. Understanding those differences can help you decide which aspects of your candidacy warrant greater attention in each application.
Before submitting, read your two applications side by side.

Are you helping each school understand something meaningful about you, or are you repeating the same argument in different words?

Watch Susan's full discussion:
https://youtube.com/live/lF_Hi6rL1RM?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Sia%20Admissions%20Consulting

10/23/2026

Tomorrow at 10:00 AM ET, Sia Admissions founder Susan Berishaj will work through the prompt Wharton gave Team-Based Discussion groups last year, reading 2 pitches written for it and sharing how each would come across in the real interview.

The session is free and open only to our Wharton TBD waitlist. Everyone who joins and books a spot receives last year's prompt right away, so there is still time to read it tonight.

Wharton sends Round 1 invites on October 28.

Join the waitlist through the link in the first comment.

If you opened the class profile for a target school and found your score above the average, a committee still reads the ...
10/22/2026

If you opened the class profile for a target school and found your score above the average, a committee still reads the score as one input.

Swipe through 7 slides on what the committee looks at.

Request your written profile evaluation through the link in bio.

10/21/2026

Two round 2 candidates can submit similar scores and similar work histories and land very differently with an M7 committee. Why?

Susan Berishaj, founder of Sia Admissions, takes that question, and the question of why a candidate's strongest element is sometimes the one that needs the most work, on two real, anonymized profiles on Thursday, October 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Attendees leave with a clearer sense of how their own MBA profile is likely to be evaluated by M7 and top 15 programs.

Register for the live session. Link in the comments.

10/21/2026

Live MBA profile evaluation for round 2 applicants. Susan Berishaj, founder of Sia Admissions and MBA admissions consultant, evaluates two real, anonymized MBA profiles live and shows what an M7 or top 15 admissions committee would notice that the candidates can’t. An MBA profile evaluation looks at your resume, test scores, goals, and background together. Thursday, October 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Link in bio. Send this to a friend applying in round 2.

Round 2 MBA applicants: a profile can look strong to the person who built it and still raise questions for an M7 committ...
10/20/2026

Round 2 MBA applicants: a profile can look strong to the person who built it and still raise questions for an M7 committee. The candidate knows the context behind every choice. The committee only has the page.

On Thursday, October 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Sia Admissions founder Susan Berishaj evaluates two real round 2 MBA profiles live, anonymized and shared with the candidates' permission. Attendees see what an M7 or top 15 committee would notice that the candidates couldn't, and leave with a clearer view of their own profile.

Watch live and bring your questions about your own profile: [REGISTRATION LINK, in the first comment]

10/20/2026

Last year, Wharton asked each Team-Based Discussion group to design a new leadership program for MBA students on a $25,000 pilot budget.

Every cost had to fit inside that number, and the team had to explain how it would know whether students had learned what the program set out to teach. Each applicant had 1 minute to pitch an idea before the group got to work.

Everyone booked for our October 24 session receives the full prompt on Thursday, and Sia Admissions founder Susan Berishaj works through it live on Saturday at 10:00 AM ET.

Join the Wharton TBD waitlist and book your spot through the link in the first comment.

10/20/2026

You built something significant at work. Which part belongs in your HBS application, and which part belongs in your Stanford GSB application?

In this discussion, Sia Admissions founder Susan Berishaj considers a candidate who developed a new product line inside an established company.

For HBS, she focuses on the challenge, the candidate's decisions under pressure, and their ability to influence colleagues without formal authority. The reflection extends to how that experience shaped their leadership.

For Stanford GSB, Susan explores how the candidate recognized an opportunity others had overlooked, developed their own perspective, and found personal purpose in pursuing it.

The work itself has not changed. The interpretation requires a different set of questions about the candidate behind it.

At Sia Admissions, we encourage applicants to examine their experiences closely enough to understand what each one reveals about their judgment and motivations.

Watch the full discussion:
https://youtube.com/live/lF_Hi6rL1RM?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Sia%20Admissions%20Consulting

10/19/2026

Wharton Round 1 interview invitations go out October 28. If you applied in this round, now is a good time to practice working through a problem with other applicants.|

The Team-Based Discussion (TBD) asks you to do this. You'll join a 35-minute virtual group exercise, followed by a 10-minute one-on-one interview. Wharton sends the details in advance.

As you prepare, focus on how you contribute. Build on a teammate's idea when the group moves away from yours, and help the group reach a decision while leaving room for others to speak.

Respond to what happens in the room. We'd watch for two habits in practice: rehearsing your opening so tightly you struggle with follow-up questions, and planning your next point while a teammate is still speaking.

Our guide covers last cycle's prompt and all you need to know for your prep. Link in the comments.

10/19/2026

HBS and Stanford GSB look for different applicants.

HBS names its ideal candidate in three words: business-minded, leadership-focused, and growth-oriented. Stanford GSB asks three questions: how you think, how you lead, and how you see the world.

Susan Berishaj explains what each committee sees underneath the wording. One finds a deep thinker changed by hard challenges. The other finds a disruptor who spots the opportunity others overlook.

Read your own story against both descriptions before you pick a school.

Watch the full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/lF_Hi6rL1RM?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Sia%20Admissions%20Consulting

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