who is joanne

JoAnne Goldberg first began helping students with applications while still a high school student herself. Later, as a student in the MBA program at Stanford, she interviewed the director of admissions and wrote a feature article about him for the school newspaper, the Reporter. Though her career took her in another direction, her fascination with the admissions process remained undiminished. When she was offered the opportunity to work in the MBA admissions office at Stanford, she took it without hesitation. In her five years at Stanford, she reviewed thousands of applications, led information sessions for prospective students, wrote for the admissions blog, helped develop each year’s application and assess the results of each application cycle, and organized the school’s first-ever recruitment event for women, XX Factor, attended by 150 women from all over the United States.

Realizing that she most enjoyed the individual applicant interactions, JoAnne decided that to transition into admissions consulting. For the last ten years she has been working with applicants from all over the world, facilitating their admission into MBA, other business master’s degrees, and PhD programs, primarily in the United States. Her students have been accepted at Stanford, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania/Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Haas, Tuck, Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Duke Fuqua, UCLA Anderson, USC Marshall, and other top schools. Many still keep in touch

She has been interviewed or quoted by publications including US News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal, and Poets & Quants.

HOW WILL JOANNE HELP YOU?

Five years admissions office experience in the MBA program at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. During that time, JoAnne reviewed over 10,000 applications, led information sessions, wrote for the MBA blog, and organized the first-ever recruitment conference for women.

Seven years as an admissions consultant working with clients from all over the world. JoAnne’s clients have successfully applied to MBA, PhD, master of financial engineering, master of finance, master of business analytics, and related programs.

Professional writer whose work has appeared in publications ranging from Reader’s Digest to the Stanford Business School Reporter. She also has substantial experience editing, which means that she’ll find mistakes your spellchecker misses (like “complement” for “compliment” or “affect” for “effect”).

Sole practitioner. Many agencies will assign you to a person who has no actual admissions office experience or a consultant who helps applicants for extra money. JoAnne is a full-time consultant who is accessible around the clock and always gets back to clients within a few hours.

JoAnne knows that experienced admissions officers can spot an application that’s been created by a professional and advises you to run from any consultant who offers to write your essays and recommendations. Your applications have to reflect your voice. You will be amazed at how much you will learn and grow through the process of creating your applications, the first big step toward earning the degree you want.

CONTACT JOANNE

Creating your application is the first big step toward a successful career. Ensure that you show the admissions office your best possible self. Contact JoAnne for a no-cost consultation.

CONTACT JOANNE