"She Kept My Story Mine, And Made It Stronger"

“I worked with Petia through MBA ABC, and it was one of the best decisions I made in the whole process. I had worked with other advisors the year before, but the depth Petia goes into is just on another level. She never tried to rewrite my story for me. She kept it mine, respected it, and pushed me to tell it in a way that actually landed, and that’s really what made me choose her.

From the very beginning she made us dig into our real “why,” and that ended up shaping everything else.

I was part of the cohort, not a 1:1 program, and it still felt super personalized. She answered every single question I would’ve asked in a one-on-one, with the same quality but at a much more reasonable price. She also has a forum where you can ask her anything, even the administrative stuff and she actually helped me through that with her advice. And being in a cohort has its own upside: you get to see other people’s work and how they’re building their own stories, and that feedback really helps with your own application.

The process wasn’t easy for me, I had a lot going on at the same time, and Petia is just genuinely kind. In a moment that hard, encouragement and kindness are exactly what you need, and she gave me that the whole way through.

In the end I got into UCLA Anderson, Duke, McCombs, and Goizueta, all with significant scholarships. I chose UCLA, where I later earned an additional fellowship, and I used so much of what I learned with Petia and ABC even for that scholarship essay.

I’d recommend Petia and MBA ABC to anyone, without thinking twice. She really cares about you and your goals, and you feel it in everything she does.”

—Admitted to UCLA Anderson, Duke, McCombs, and Goizueta, all with significant scholarships, Poets & Quants verified review