Introducing Military MBA Admit: MBA Admissions Support Built for Veterans and Service Members
We’re proud to announce the launch of Military MBA Admit, a boutique admissions-advising service for enlisted and officer candidates seeking entry to the world’s top business schools. It’s powered by Stacy Blackman Consulting, so military applicants now have a dedicated home for their MBA journey, backed by more than two decades of admissions expertise.
Why a service built specifically for military applicants?
Military candidates are among the strongest applicants in any MBA pool. After all, leadership under pressure, global experience, and the ability to make high-stakes decisions with limited information are exactly what top programs look for. Yet many veterans and service members undervalue that experience, or find it hard to translate into language an admissions committee immediately understands. That translation is where Military MBA Admit focuses. We help you communicate the impact behind your service, skip the jargon, and turn complex military achievements into a story that resonates in a business context.
Powered by SBC
Military MBA Admit leverages the full resources of Stacy Blackman Consulting. That includes former admissions officers from every leading MBA program and SBC’s renowned Flight Test, a comprehensive application review conducted by a former MBA admissions officer that mirrors a real committee evaluation. You work closely with one dedicated consultant who offers unlimited support throughout the process, and you also benefit from the collective knowledge of hundreds of successful admissions engagements happening behind the scenes.
Meet your consultants
Two consultants lead the work, and both focus exclusively on military applicants. Additional consultants are available to support candidates based on their individual backgrounds, goals, and target programs. Margaret earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and built a career spanning consulting, investment banking, and operations leadership. As the daughter of a Coast Guard captain and sister to service members in the Army and Navy, she’s especially passionate about helping military candidates gain admission to top programs. Alex earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and specializes in positioning military and veteran leaders for programs at Stanford, Harvard, and Wharton.
How Military MBA Admit works
The engagement runs in five steps, from your first strategy session to your final admit.
- School and career strategy. Translate your service into a clear post-MBA direction and build a target school list.
- Positioning. Shape the leadership stories and differentiators that set you apart from other military applicants.
- Application execution. Resume, essays, and recommenders, all focused on translating military experience into business language.
- Pressure-test. A former AdCom-style review and a final positioning check before you submit.
- Interview and admit. Mock interviews with military-specific framing, plus waitlist and school-selection strategy.
Ready to start?
If you’re a service member or veteran planning to apply to a top MBA program, visit Military MBA Admit to learn more and request a free consultation.
MBA Launchpad
Don’t sleep on our latest product, MBA Launchpad by SBC. It’s your AI-powered admissions assistant, built on 25+ years of real SBC data. For service members and veterans, that means candidacy assessment, school list strategy, and essay guidance to help you translate your military experience into a competitive application, available 24/7 in your pocket wherever your service takes you. All premium features are free until September 1, 2026. Download now on the App Store and Google Play.
Here’s a snapshot of the caliber of expertise on our SBC team.
Ashley
Ashley is a former MBA Admissions Board Member for Harvard Business School (HBS), where she interviewed and evaluated thousands of business school applicants for over a six year tenure. Ashley holds an MBA from HBS. During her HBS years, Ashley was the Sports Editor for the Harbus and a member of the B-School Blades Ice Hockey Team. After HBS, she worked in Marketing at the Gillette Company on Male and Female shaving ...
×Pauline
A former associate director of admissions at Harvard Business School, Pauline served on the HBS MBA Admissions Board full-time for four years. She evaluated and interviewed HBS applicants, both on-campus and globally. Pauline's career has included sales and marketing management roles with Coca-Cola, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and IBM. For over 10 years, Pauline has expertly guided MBA applicants, and her clients h ...
×Laura
Laura comes from the MBA Admissions Board at Harvard Business School (HBS) and is an HBS MBA alumnus. In her HBS Admissions role, she evaluated and interviewed hundreds of business school candidates, including internationals, women, military and other applicant pools, for five years. Prior to her time as a student at HBS, Laura began her career in advertising and marketing in Chicago at Leo Burnett where she worked on th ...
×Andrea
Andrea served as the Associate Director of MBA Admissions at Harvard Business School (HBS) for over five years. In this role, she provided strategic direction for student yield-management activities and also served as a full member of the admissions committee. In 2007, Andrea launched the new 2+2 Program at Harvard Business School – a program targeted at college junior applicants to Harvard Business School. Andrea has also served as a Career Coach for Harvard Business School for both cu ...
×Jennifer
Jennifer served as Admissions Officer at the Stanford (GSB) for five years. She holds an MBA from Stanford (GSB) and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Jennifer has over 15 years experience in guiding applicants through the increasingly competitive admissions process into top MBA programs. Having read thousands and thousands of essays and applications while at Stanford (GSB) Admiss ...
×Davina
Davina received her MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business (GSB), with a certificate in Public Management, and her BA in Psychology from UC Berkeley. Davina is an experienced strategic planning leader, facilitator, and business case writer who spent more than 15 years building culture, entrepreneurship, and leadership initiatives across Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She designed ...
×Erin K.
Erin served in key roles in MBA Admissions--as Director at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and Assistant Director at Stanford's Graduate School of Business (GSB). Erin served on the admissions committee at each school and has read thousands of applications in her career. At Haas, she served for seven years in roles that encompassed evaluation, outreach, and diversity and inclusion. During her tenure in Admissions at GSB, she was responsible for candidate evaluation, applicant outreach, ...
×Susie
Susie comes from the Admissions Office of the Stanford Graduate School of Business where she reviewed and evaluated hundreds of prospective students’ applications. She holds an MBA from Stanford’s GSB and a BA from Stanford in Economics. Prior to advising MBA applicants, Susie held a variety of roles over a 15-year period in capital markets, finance, and real estate, including as partner in one of the nation’s most innovative finance and real estate investment organizations. In that r ...
×Dione
Dione holds an MBA degree from Stanford Business School (GSB) and a BA degree from Stanford University, where she double majored in Economics and Communication with concentrations in journalism and sociology. Dione has served as an Admissions reader and member of the Minority Admissions Advisory Committee at Stanford. Dione is an accomplished and respected advocate and thought leader on education and diversity. She is ...
×Anthony
Anthony served as the Associate Director of MBA Admissions at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he dedicated over 10 years of expertise. During his time as a Wharton Admissions Officer, he read and reviewed thousands of applications and helped bring in a class of 800+ students a year. Anthony has traveled both domestically and internationally to recruit a ...
×Meghan
Meghan served as the Associate Director of Admissions and Marketing at the Wharton MBA’s Lauder Institute, a joint degree program combining the Wharton MBA with an MA in International Studies. In her role on the Wharton MBA admissions committee, Meghan advised domestic and international applicants; conducted interviews and information sessions domestically and overseas in Asia, Central and South America, and Europe; and evaluated applicants for admission to the program. Meghan also managed ...
×Amy
Amy comes from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she was Associate Director. Amy devoted 12 years at the Wharton School, working closely with MBA students and supporting the admissions team. During her tenure at Wharton, Amy served as a trusted adviser to prospective applicants as well as admitted and matriculated students. She conducted admissions chats with applicants early in the admissions ...
×Ally
Ally brings six years of admissions experience to the SBC team, most recently as an Assistant Director of Admission for the full-time MBA program at Columbia Business School (CBS). During her time at Columbia, Ally was responsible for reviewing applications, planning recruitment events, and interviewing candidates for both the full-time MBA program and the Executive MBA program. She traveled both internationally and dome ...
×Emma
Emma comes from the MBA Admissions Office at Columbia Business School (CBS), where she was Associate Director. Emma conducted dozens of interviews each cycle for the MBA and EMBA programs, as well as coordinating the alumni ambassador interview program. She read and evaluated hundreds of applications each cycle, delivered information sessions to audiences across the globe, and advised countless waitlisted applicants. ×
Dana
Dana served as Assistant Director of Admissions at Columbia Business School for the Full-Time MBA program and has over 10 years of experience working in higher education. Known as a scrupulous file reader, Dana reviewed countless applications and assisted in rendering final decisions for the Admissions Committee at CBS. While leading information sessions at Columbia and on the road, Dana met and advised myriad applicants� ...
×Holly
Holly worked as a member of the NYU Stern MBA Admissions team for seven years and holds an MBA from NYU Stern. In her tenure as Director of NYU MBA Admissions, Holly worked closely with admissions teams from Columbia, Michigan Ross, UVA Darden, Cornell Johnson, Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM, and Duke Fuqua on recruiting events domestically and internationally. On the NYU Stern admissions committee, Holly conducted interviews, planned and hosted events, and trained staff on reading and interviewi ...
×Written by Yvonne Milosevic. Reviewed by Stacy Blackman. Learn more about our former admissions officers on the SBC admissions team page.
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