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Nils O.
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HBS MBA '26 | Comprehensive MBA Coach
Studied at Harvard Business School
Worked at US Army
I can be a bit flexible to suit your schedule best or accommodate time zone differences!
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Nils’s MBA Qualifications
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
Extensive MBA and MPP application consulting experience. Assisted more than 15 applicants applying to M7 schools. Current Harvard MBA/MPP student. In Fall 2023, I assisted 4 applicants to gain admission to HBS (80% success rate). I was accepted into Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley Haas, and Michigan Ross Business Schools.
Nils can help with:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Recommendations
School Selection
Application Strategy
Interviews
Essays
Resume
About Nils
Extensive MBA and MPP application consulting experience. Assisted more than 20 applicants applying to M7 schools. Current Harvard MBA/MPP student. In 2023, I assisted 11 applicants to gain admission to HBS (85% success rate); all clients were accepted into M7 schools. Before coming to Cambridge, I served nine years as an active-duty infantry officer in the U.S. Army, serving in Europe and East Africa. Originally from Massachusetts, I graduated from West Point in 2014.
Why do I coach?
Formal or informal coaches were instrumental in my academic and professional success. I look forward to helping others pursue their dreams!
Work Experience
Company Commander
US Army
May 2014 - August 2023
Education
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Harvard Kennedy School
Master of Public Policy, International and Global Affairs
2023 - 2026
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration
2023 - 2026
United States Military Academy
Bachelor of Science, Political Science & Portuguese
2010 - 2014
Double major in Comparative Politics and Portuguese with a Systems Engineering minor. I was an honor graduate and the top cadet in both of my majors.
Nils was also personally admitted to
Columbia Business School
Stanford University
Michigan's Ross School of Business
Haas School of Business (Berkeley)
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Nils has helped Leland clients get into Harvard Business School