About Cassandra

tl;dr: — Currently: MBA-MPP candidate at Stanford & Harvard; summer internship at McKinsey; currently working at OpenAI and with a VC — Accepted to 9/9 top MBA and 3/3 MPP programs, received merit-based scholarships for all relevant programs —Received offers from BCG and Bain — Past life: Google.org, entrepreneur and creating community development research and policy for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors — Academic background: University of Colorado Boulder, Economics, 3.3 GPA // GRE, 165V and 161Q (not astounding!) If you have time: I'm a concurrent MBA-MPP candidate at Stanford University and Harvard University! I spent my time as a Federal Reserve researcher and a small business entrepreneur before my time in school (I did a stint at Google when I took a year off from my programs), so I will help you craft an app that tells a compelling story, especially from non-traditional backgrounds. Additionally, I went to a state school (University of Colorado Boulder) that could be considered non-prestigious, and I studied social sciences, so I have experience making an application stand out from that perspective. I am a Black Latina first gen MBA passionate about helping others from marginalized groups. Finally, as an MLT alum, I know the ins and outs of the process. I wrote essays and interviewed for different top MBA (Stanford, HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Sloan, Yale SOM, Haas, Tuck, McCombs) and MPP (Harvard, Princeton, UT Austin) programs and received admissions invitations from all of them. I received merit-based funding (Harvard Zuckerman Fellowship, Graduate Consortium Fellowships, other merit-based free ride scholarships) to programs that offer merit-based funding. I also helped my peers get into top MBA and MPP programs through their essays and applications throughout the graduate application process. Moreover, I have been revising grad school applications for peers in the US and China over the past 5 years for Ph.D. programs in Economics, Finance, Public Policy, & Sociology and Masters in Public Affairs, Policy, Business, & Speech Pathology. I look forward to helping you tell your story and differentiate yourself from other candidates!