Providing
MBA Admissions Consulting
and Seminars

Optimally, we would like to get to know you at least 6 months prior to the application round you are targeting. Most round 1 MBA application deadlines occur in September, R2 deadlines in January and R3 deadlines in February/March.

Expenses vary between clients. We charge $350 an hour, billable in 10 minute increments to ensure that you only pay for time we spend working with you or your materials. Most firms charge a flat retainer fee in the thousands of dollars, regardless of whether you use them for 6 or 60 hours.

Our clients spend an average of 3 to 6 hours with us depending on the nature of their application process. Factors like application volume, mock interview training, or further support in sending additional materials to target schools all determine total billable hours. We charge for time we spend with you on the phone as well as time spent reviewing application materials.

With 35 years of experience, we are quick studies and work very efficiently both on and off the phone. We do not charge for reviewing the items we request you send prior to your first appointment.

Applying to business school has many steps. For some, the process begins a year before they decide to apply — some clients contact us for advice on how to maximize their future chances of success. Most people, however, decide to apply within an upcoming cycle and need help assessing their chances, determining their target schools, and addressing potential weaknesses in their application.

We help applicants understand specifically what each school is looking for and how their own experiences align with these unique considerations. We bring our relative perspective to help clients harvest the most impressive experiences from both their professional and volunteer lives, and frame those experiences in a way that focuses on what matters most to schools.

We address specific essay questions and review drafts. To be clear, applications are always our clients’ own work; we do not write essays nor in any way mold applicants into people they are not. The most successful applicants are those who use their authentic voices to share who they are, why they’ve done what they’ve done, and how their experiences have impacted the organizations where they’ve been.

We help our clients consider their selection of recommenders, hone their interview skills, and craft additional materials should they be put on a waitlist. With our fee-for-service pricing, you decide what support you do and do not need from us.

Our consultants Sally, Beth, and Anita are on the move, but our relationships are all over the phone, email, or virtual meetings; whether we are in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Boston or New York for any given appointment will not matter. We work with each client whether in Beijing or Baton Rouge to find mutually convenient times to have our conversations.

Depending on our workload we may be able to assess past applications, billing on an hourly basis for time spent reviewing (we read very quickly) and discussing on the phone. The best time to request this service is between January and May, before we are fully engaged with new clients.

Unfortunately with looming deadlines and insufficient time for us to get to know these clients are writing about their best experiences, we are unable to have confidence that we would be providing our best guidance. We read past essays as part of our process for reapplicants.

This is part of what we discuss with clients, as well as how to best prepare. Depending on the outcome of the test, we will help explore what additional information clients can give schools to support their ability to compete academically in each program.