Matt Bieber wrote speeches for the Obama White House. He has also written essays for a wide variety of magazines, newspapers, and online outlets.
Matt has a decade of experience as a teacher – from primary school through university. Before joining Stratus, he lived in Vietnam and Thailand, where he designed and taught courses on critical thinking and persuasive writing to students and professionals. He also served as a college and graduate admissions counselor to dozens of students, all of whom are now studying in college or graduate programs in the United States.
What I like most about being a Stratus Graduate Admissions Counselor:
Writing about your own life can be hard – especially in the context of an application. But it can also be an opportunity to get to know yourself more fully, and to chart the next stage of your life.
I feel honored that I get to participate in this process, and I love helping my clients find ways to tell their stories as clearly and powerfully as they can. If you’re considering an MPP/MPA or a graduate degree in the humanities – my areas of interest and expertise – all the better!
3 Random Facts:
– I’m an obsessive reader. (Some days, it’s more important than breakfast.) Right now, I’m diving into Trollope and John Fante for the first time.
– I’m learning to box – a very different skill for a bookish guy like me!
– I spend most of my free time with my wife Nhung and my daughter Addy.
I initially started trying to tackle MBA applications on my own. Right before Round 1 deadlines I realized my applications were not nearly the caliber they should be to get into one of my ambitious schools. I was initially very shocked at how expensive an admissions consultant could be but settled on Stratus Admissions quickly after talking with some of their staff and appreciating how easy they were to talk to.
I worked with Harold Simansky and immediately we began crafting my story. His push to make me dig deeper was a tough experience, but ultimately so rewarding as we were able to create a solid framework for my strengths, story, and where I’m looking to go. The experience itself really helped me understand why I wanted an MBA and what some realistic goals were.
Harold was able to help me write and shape essays that were light years ahead of the essays I wrote by myself. He helped me shape each essay for what the school and prompt were looking for, and cut out any material that really didn’t provide a purpose or differentiating factor. I was nervous about how quickly I would receive feedback, but always impressed by the speed and quality I received, even as I was finishing applications around Christmas time.
In the end, I got into a great program I really didn’t think I had much of a chance with. I’m so grateful for the help that Harold and all the Stratus Admissions team was able to provide
Andy L.
Stratus is a premier admissions counseling firm committed to helping clients achieve their dreams of going to college, business school, law school and graduate school. Stratus has served thousands of clients from over three dozen countries.
Our three-pronged approach provides each candidate with a counselor who will act as his/her “coach” throughout the process, a team of admission experts to help support the process and a client relationship manager to provide the highest level of customer service in the industry. This approach has helped students gain admission into all of the top schools worldwide for undergraduate and graduate work including: Columbia, UCLA, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT, as well as dozens of others.
Our team of expert counselors are graduates of Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, MIT, and other top schools. Many of our counselors have direct admissions experience from these top rated schools and all of our counselors have at least two years of teaching experience.
Numerous major publications have sought Stratus’ expertise on admission to graduate schools and test prep, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Fortune, and Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News and World Report.
We believe that every student deserves a personalized approach, efficiently developed and strategically tailored to make his/her application stand out amongst the thousands of other applicants from around the globe. We are committed to helping every client present his/her best self in order to stand out.
Matt offers the following services:
Matt Bieber wrote speeches for the Obama White House. He has also written essays for a wide variety of magazines, newspapers, and online outlets.
Matt has a decade of experience as a teacher – from primary school through university. Before joining Stratus, he lived in Vietnam and Thailand, where he designed and taught courses on critical thinking and persuasive writing to students and professionals. He also served as a college and graduate admissions counselor to dozens of students, all of whom are now studying in college or graduate programs in the United States.
What I like most about being a Stratus Graduate Admissions Counselor:
Writing about your own life can be hard – especially in the context of an application. But it can also be an opportunity to get to know yourself more fully, and to chart the next stage of your life.
I feel honored that I get to participate in this process, and I love helping my clients find ways to tell their stories as clearly and powerfully as they can. If you’re considering an MPP/MPA or a graduate degree in the humanities – my areas of interest and expertise – all the better!
3 Random Facts:
– I’m an obsessive reader. (Some days, it’s more important than breakfast.) Right now, I’m diving into Trollope and John Fante for the first time.
– I’m learning to box – a very different skill for a bookish guy like me!
– I spend most of my free time with my wife Nhung and my daughter Addy.
I initially started trying to tackle MBA applications on my own. Right before Round 1 deadlines I realized my applications were not nearly the caliber they should be to get into one of my ambitious schools. I was initially very shocked at how expensive an admissions consultant could be but settled on Stratus Admissions quickly after talking with some of their staff and appreciating how easy they were to talk to.
I worked with Harold Simansky and immediately we began crafting my story. His push to make me dig deeper was a tough experience, but ultimately so rewarding as we were able to create a solid framework for my strengths, story, and where I’m looking to go. The experience itself really helped me understand why I wanted an MBA and what some realistic goals were.
Harold was able to help me write and shape essays that were light years ahead of the essays I wrote by myself. He helped me shape each essay for what the school and prompt were looking for, and cut out any material that really didn’t provide a purpose or differentiating factor. I was nervous about how quickly I would receive feedback, but always impressed by the speed and quality I received, even as I was finishing applications around Christmas time.
In the end, I got into a great program I really didn’t think I had much of a chance with. I’m so grateful for the help that Harold and all the Stratus Admissions team was able to provide
Andy L.
Stratus is a premier admissions counseling firm committed to helping clients achieve their dreams of going to college, business school, law school and graduate school. Stratus has served thousands of clients from over three dozen countries.
Our three-pronged approach provides each candidate with a counselor who will act as his/her “coach” throughout the process, a team of admission experts to help support the process and a client relationship manager to provide the highest level of customer service in the industry. This approach has helped students gain admission into all of the top schools worldwide for undergraduate and graduate work including: Columbia, UCLA, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT, as well as dozens of others.
Our team of expert counselors are graduates of Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, MIT, and other top schools. Many of our counselors have direct admissions experience from these top rated schools and all of our counselors have at least two years of teaching experience.
Numerous major publications have sought Stratus’ expertise on admission to graduate schools and test prep, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Fortune, and Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News and World Report.
We believe that every student deserves a personalized approach, efficiently developed and strategically tailored to make his/her application stand out amongst the thousands of other applicants from around the globe. We are committed to helping every client present his/her best self in order to stand out.
Matt offers the following services:
