Joseph Cruz

Admissions Advisor, MBA programs

Senior Associate Director of Admissions

Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Management Master's Programs

Senior MBA Admissions Consultant

Offer personalized admissions coaching for candidates applying to top world-wide business and other graduate programs. Develop application strategy and messaging in partnership with applicants. Counsel through school selection process. Edit, review, and advise applicants throughout essay, resume and application preparation to gain admission to top MBA (and other graduate) programs. Conduct interview preparation, offer waitlist guidance, navigate scholarship offers and financial aid process, and guide selection process. I have enjoyed 100% success rate for clients receiving offers from at least 1 (or more) of their top three programs. To date, I have counseled over 60 clients, receiving over $3.3M in scholarship offers.

Marketing and Admissions Consultant

Read applications and made admission decision recommendations, managed waitlist process for up to 10% of the 7,000 person applicant pool. Conducted freelance marketing projects for the admissions and enrollment team across full-time undergraduate and continuing studies programs for children through adults.

MBA Consultant

Coached candidates applying to top world-wide business schools. Developed application strategies and messaging in partnership with applicants. Counseled, edited, reviewed, advised applicants throughout essay, resume and application preparation to gain admissions to top MBA programs. Conducted interview preparation and guided selection process, counseled through waitlist and scholarship/financial aid offers. Enjoyed 100% success rate of admission for all clients to at least one of their top 3 preferred schools.

Senior Admissions Advisor

Read and evaluated admissions applications in each of 4 yearly rounds for the full-time MBA program.

Founder, CEO and Chief Organizer

Owned and operated professional home and office organizing business. Managed team of 4 organizers, administrative staff and tradespeople (handymen, carpenters, painters, contractors). De-cluttered, discarded, re-organized, and devised space saving solutions for busy families across the London metro area. My mission was to take care of life's nagging to-dos and never ending projects to make day-to-day family life simpler, calmer, and more fun!

Senior Advisor, Career Services

Managed on-campus corporate, alumni, and student networking programs. Wrote and distributed monthly careers newsletter to London campus Executive MBA population. Liaised with corporate partners to engage with students.

CEO, Founder and Admissions Consulting Director

- Personalized admissions coaching for candidates across the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia applying to top ranked world-wide undergraduate and graduate schools to find the right program to fulfill their goals. - As a first generation college student, I am passionate about diversity, inclusion, equitable education opportunities and helping candidates craft a complete story that is authentic and shows unique strengths and areas of differentiation. - Through individual one-to-one coaching, I develop application strategy and messaging in partnership with applicants seeking to gain admission to top undergraduate (including ivy league), MBA/EMBA (top 25 globally) and other specialized graduate programs (business, law, clinical psychology, physician assistant, medicine, etc.), including joint degree and international programs. - Edit, review, and advise clients regarding essay topics, writing and resume preparation. - Conduct interview preparation, guide selection process, counsel about standardized testing, and manage waitlist process. - Aid with financial aid/scholarship negotiation and searching. - Committed to providing a personalized and hands-on coaching experience that is second to none.

Associate Director of Admissions

Served as primary recruiter and contact on team of 6 for #1 ranked full-time MBA program. Travelled extensively representing and marketing program to global audience. Reviewed applications, evaluated credentials, conducted interviews and rendered admission decisions for thousands of candidates. Spearheaded women's recruitment initiatives, managed graduate assistants and student support staff, oversaw dean's student admissions committee board (50 members), developed and managed all on-campus recruitment events hosting as many as 400 students for each of our 7 yearly events. Created and managed admitted student website development, content, and maintenance.

Marketing Manager

Served as project manager for all marketing initiatives for all departments within the university. Acted as liaison between program departments and Associate VP of Marketing for all marketing needs- including print media, direct mail, television, digital, radio, and internet. Developed streamlined project management program, oversaw work flow, materials editing and printing, devised marketing campaigns in partnership with individual program offices across the University, and guided development process for all marketing materials and campaigns.

Assistant Director of Admissions

Managed Northwest Chicago and Eastern US recruitment areas as key member of admissions recruitment staff. Conducted on-campus interviews, evaluated applicants, and packaged financial aid awards for admitted students. Planned and oversaw admitted student events, managed on-campus visit events and student employees, and served as liaison with career services and marketing departments for recruitment outreach.