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Stratus Admissions Counseling is an MBA admissions consulting firm that has helped MBA applicants gain admission to business school since 2006. The company uses a team-based approach, which differentiates itself from other admissions consulting firms. Stratus also offers a four-school guarantee, where they will work with you on two schools for free if you don't get into at least one business school and have worked with them on at least four schools.

Team

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Stratus has a dozen MBA admissions consultants on its team, including its MBA Director Susan Cera, a Fuqua School of Business graduate and former admissions committee member.

MBA applicants working with Stratus are assigned a primary counselor, an MBA strategist, a school-specific reviewer, and a proofreader.

Stratus counselors are members of AIGAC, the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants..[1]

Services

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Stratus offers a free consultation as well as comprehensive and hourly paid packages, working on introspection, personal strategy creation, school selection, brainstorming, essay development, resume strategy, recommender/short-answer coaching, interview prep, and waitlist navigation.

Awards and Recognition

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In 2024, Poets&Quants named Stratus the top medium-sized MBA admissions consulting firm[2] and recognized Stratus counselors Donna Bauman and Melisa Prevost for having perfect client satisfaction scores[3].

In 2023 and 2022, Susan Cera was named the third best MBA admissions consultant by Poets&Quants and recognized for having a perfect 10.0 client satisfaction score[4].

In 2021, Susan Cera was named the top MBA admissions consultant by Poets&Quants and recognized for being the only consultant to have a perfect 10.0 client satisfaction score[5].

Partnerships

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Stratus works with the Forte Foundation MBALaunch program to help women achieve their dream of attending business school[6]

Stratus counselors regularly appear on the GMAT Ninja YouTube channel.[7]

Stratus has also worked with Out for Undergrad, Service 2 School, Inspirica Pros, and College Prep 360.

References

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  1. ^ "AIGAC Members".
  2. ^ "The Top MBA Admission Consulting Firms Of 2024". August 2024.
  3. ^ "The Top MBA Admission Consultants Of 2024". 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The Top MBA Admission Consultants Of 2023". 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ "The Top 20 MBA Admission Consultants Of 2021". 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Forte Partners".
  7. ^ "GMAT Ninja Tutoring YouTube Channel". YouTube.