Vani is an economics graduate from Hansraj College. Before joining London Business
School, she was working at Zomato as a Business Analyst. With a firm belief that "having
the right mentor can make or break your application," she helped numerous students
identify their career goals, align them with the best university fit, and support them
through the application process during her time at LBS.
Vani’s hands-on, partnership approach to counseling ensures proactive and direct
engagement with students at every step, guiding them on everything they could
potentially need to know. Her dedication to being more than just a counselor, but a true
partner throughout the journey, encapsulates the vision of UniAdvise.
Aanya graduated with an Economics degree from NMIMS University before embarking on a
career in Corporate Banking. During this time, she decided to pursue a Masters abroad
but struggled to find a counselor to support her goals. Most were simply editing student
inputs without value addition or prioritizing university partnerships over student
interests.
At London Business School, Aanya strove to become the counselor she wished she had by
thoroughly analyzing university-specific commonalities of successful admits to top
universities and identifying exactly what admissions committees look for. She devoted
her time to building the foundations of a study abroad consultancy that would cater to
every possible aspect of the application process for students applying for a
Masters, thereby making the journey as smooth and stress-free as possible.
The endless open tabs. The friend who somehow seems to have it all figured out while you're still not sure you're even aiming at the right schools. The essay you've rewritten five times that still doesn't sound like you. We know that feeling because in 2021, we lived it. When we were applying abroad, there was no one to tell us honestly whether we were good enough or whether we were quietly making a mistake we'd regret for years. We spent 3 to 4 months researching alone, doubting every decision. We made it through, but we never forgot how lonely and uncertain it felt to do it without anyone who truly understood.
At LBS, more than 5 students started finding us on LinkedIn every single day, asking the same questions we once had and carrying the same quiet fear that maybe they weren't enough. Bright, capable people who simply had no one in their corner being honest with them. So we started helping, not with templates or sales pitches, but with the guidance we wished someone had given us. We sat with their stories and pushed them to aim higher than they thought they could. Every single one of them got into a top 30 university they once thought was out of reach. That was the moment we knew: this was the thing.
We wrote one post about what we were building, and 150 students reached out almost overnight. In our very first cycle, we mentored 80 of them, and every single one was admitted into a global top 30 university, with 100% getting into one of their top 3 choices. Not because of a formula, but because we treated every application like it was our own future on the line. From day one the promise was simple: you would never be just another applicant, and you would never feel alone in the process the way we once did.
What started as the two of us helping students from our laptops grew faster than we ever imagined, but the promise never changed. We expanded into undergraduate admissions and kept that first batch intentionally small, just 10 students, because we were never willing to trade the quality of attention each student deserves for the sake of growing faster. That year we mentored 150 students through the 2024-25 cycle, built a full-time team of 7 across mentorship and content, and helped all our students secure places across the top 30 universities in the world.
Today we've mentored 400 students across Masters, MBA and undergraduate. From 2 Harvard MBA to 3 Cornell undergraduate admits, we've cracked it all. We've helped our students secure millions in scholarships, and 100% of them got into one of their top 4 choices. We are still personally involved in every single student's journey, because that is the entire reason we started. When you work with us, you're not handing your dream to a company, you're trusting two people who have sat exactly where you're sitting now, and who will treat your application like it's the most important one we've ever worked on. Because to us, it is.
An application to the top universities involves multiple things to be taken care of:
Through our experience at London Business School, we know exactly the kind of keywords, comprehensiveness, format, and pointers they are looking for! We don’t only completely transform your CV to market you well, but we also add content to your profile in multiple ways.
Some schools prefer an academic LOR, while some seek a professional one. Having researched well into this through students in top unis across the world, we offer full support in drafting a standout LOR. From selecting your recommender to drafting the LOR.
These are probably the most important part of the application. Most counsellors in India have no clue about what the adcoms really want to read and they simply improve the language of the stuff you submit in. This is an issue that 100% of our friends at LBS faced and a prime motivation of us starting this consultancy. We sit for hours to make your story line make sense and impressive. Multiple edits, continuous suggestions, reviews from a panel of experts until all of us are satisfied with the essays. Even the smallest of the blank in the application form is our responsibility, you won’t ever be alone in anything. On an average, top universities have atleast 5 essays. Hence, doing a brief research by checking the university website and simply talking to 2-3 alums won’t make the cut.
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