A Legacy of Realizing Global MBA Ambitions

It’s simple: Personalized MBA admissions guidance helps you elevate your application. Our expert mentoring team comes with years of top B-school admissions experience and helps aspirants craft compelling MBA essays, refine their stories, and strategize school selection. Past applicants, like Abhishek (IIT 2020), secured an 80% scholarship at UCLA Anderson with our mentorship. We streamline the process, saving time and stress, and ensure your application meets the scrutiny of MBA admissions committees. You can trust the team at LilacBuds to give 100% in boosting your confidence and maximizing your success at top MBA programs.

LilacBuds is akin to your B-School SWAT team, comprising a small highly specialized crew of consultants with several years of MBA admit success. Some team members have been former admissions committee reps and several are MBA graduates from Top 20 global B-schools with inspiring career trajectories.

We match you with mentors who understand your unique goals, whether it’s pivoting careers or targeting top-tier schools. Prachi mentored Harleen, as they both shared a passion for finance, which helped her crack admits to 3 Global T20 programs. Our in-depth profiling ensures alignment with your aspirations. With LilacBuds, you’re paired with experts who guide you confidently toward success.

LilacBuds’ services are an investment in your future. Our comprehensive support, from essays to interviews, has helped our clients not only get awesome admits but nearly 40% also gained scholarships. So, we believe that if we smartly plan the application timing and strategy together, we should be able to save you a ton of money.

Several of our clients had also spoken to “other” consultants, and when we asked them what made them decide to work with us, their response usually revolved around our “team”, “personal touch” and “the clarity with which we evaluated their profile”. And another smart tip, call us early and we may have one of our special early-bird discounts going on for the first 20 enrolments or so.

LilacBuds offers customizable packages tailored to your needs, whether it’s essays, interviews, or hourly consultations. We adapt to your goals, ensuring cost-effective support.

LilacBuds expertly curates your B-school list, balancing dream, reach, and safety options based on your profile. We analyze your career goals, academics, and experiences to recommend programs across the spectrum of Top 100 ranked International MBA programs, where our clients have thrived. With LilacBuds, you can be confident about applying to schools that align with your ambitions and strengths.

Over the years, LilacBuds has mastered the techniques that have helped applicants overcome their profile weaknesses and amplify their strengths. We strategize ways to address low GPAs or GMAT scores through compelling narratives or alternative skills. Namit, came to us with a modest GMAT, and secured an Oxford admit with our guidance. Sanjana got into University of Sydney, with a GMAT Waiver. Our consultants can guide towards submitting a holistic application, where your profile gaps / concerns won’t hold you back from top MBA programs.

LilacBuds ensures your application remains 100% authentic. We never write essays for you but guide you to articulate your voice. Before you start drafting your essays, you have a series of conversations that helps you understand the program’s expectations, and what stories from your personal journey would be ideal to use in each essay. Our collaborative process refines your ideas while keeping your story yours and earning admissions trust.

LilacBuds follows a unique storypooling initiative, where we understand your experiences and then work with you to convert those into authentic, impactful essays. Our consultants guide you to articulate your unique spike factors, ensuring alignment with school values. We provide detailed feedback on your submissions and help you with refining essays over multiple drafts.

LilacBuds consultants are able to ensure you stay on track for your application journey through a structured timeline and our intuitive portal. We track deadlines across multiple schools, ensuring no detail is missed and documents are planned well in advance. Anvi, was applying to seven programs, but she found that the portal made it a breeze for her to be on top of the tasks that mattered. From essays to interviews, we manage the process, reducing stress.

LilacBuds offers tailored mock interviews and coaching to ace MBA interviews. Our sessions simulate real scenarios, providing actionable feedback. We run mocks with ex-Adcom mentors and alums whenever possible, giving additional insights into the school’s vision for their cohort.

We cover behavioral and case-based formats, ensuring you’re prepared. With LilacBuds, you’ll walk into interviews poised and ready to impress admissions committees.

LilacBuds guides you through university offered scholarship applications and negotiations, maximizing funding opportunities. Our client Abhishek secured a full Georgia Tech scholarship, while Sakshi was able to bump her scholarship by 30% with our strategic advice. While we cannot guarantee scholarship outcomes, LilacBuds equips you with tools to confidently pursue financial aid, ensuring your MBA journey is supported.

LilacBuds, one of the leading MBA admissions consultants in India, boasts a strong track record. In 2025 alone, our clients have secured admits to top business schools like Wharton, INSEAD, Darden, Yale, CMU Tepper, Kenan-Flagler, Oxford, IESE, and many more.
While success rates vary by profile, our personalized approach has consistently helped applicants gain admission to M7 and T20 MBA programs. You can hear directly from our successful candidates on our YouTube channel, where they share how LilacBuds played a pivotal role in their MBA journey. With us, you’re in expert hands.

LilacBuds designs a flexible, efficient process tailored to your schedule. Expect 2 hours weekly for collaboration, in the earlier phases and about 4 hours towards the final stretch of your R1 or R2 applications. We understand some of you are juggling a demanding job, and you will sincerely appreciate our streamlined portal for tracking progress. We adapt to your pace, ensuring manageable time commitments.