Best possible admissions consultant out there

With Alice as your consultant, you are going to bring out your best possible self in your applications, and your applications will simply be at a different level than they would be without her help. I can confidently say there is no other person I would rather have worked with than Alice – I’m just lucky to have signed up as her client before she got fully booked for Round 2 applications. Some quick info about me: I am a reapplicant to HBS: I applied two years ago and got dinged. With Alice’s help, I was able to get the acceptance this time around with what I consider to be a far stronger application. I knew from the start I had made the right choice. Her first phone call is all about information gathering, and she really gets to know you as a person. She doesn’t just care about the written materials and making sure the drafts read well – she cares about understanding you as a person to make sure your best qualities and stories get to shine in the application. She will dig into your previous jobs, college experience, high school experience, and even your childhood to make sure she gets the full picture. When it came time to write a draft, she helped narrow in on the right themes and helped me outline a compelling story to tell. After I had written my first draft of my HBS essay, before sending it to Alice, I thought to myself “wow, this draft is looking really good.” I sent it to Alice thinking there would be minimal feedback and changes since the first draft was already in pretty good shape (largely thanks to the outline and other pre-work leading up to the draft). HOWEVER, while Alice agreed it was a strong draft, she had tons of feedback and had made significant edits throughout the essay! After a couple more iterations, we ended up with a draft that was far stronger than the original, leaving HBS no choice but to interview me. When it came time for interview prep, Alice was again terrific. She asked me several questions to poke holes in my story, and several of the questions/answers we talked about in our interview prep actually came out during my 30 minute HBS interview. I often struggle with high pressure interviews, so her help with the interview process really made a difference. Alice also coached me in a number of ways I wasn’t really expecting – helping me navigate the nuances around asking for recommendations, talking to potential influencers about my application, and a few other tricks that I won’t be mentioning in too much detail here. Any time I had a question about how to approach a certain situation, Alice would have the right answer and explain why I should handle it a certain way. Again, I’m someone who is terrible at figuring out the right way to ask for recommendations (should it be an email or a phone call? How frequently should I pester my recommenders, what materials should I give them, etc.), how to talk to current students / alumni about their experiences, and other “networking” like activities – so having Alice there to coach me and guide me really helped. Working with Alice is great if you want someone who really cares about your application, makes sure you stay focused, and forces you to truly bring out the best possible application you are capable of building. Plus, her rates are very reasonable and were competitive with other admissions consultants I interviewed – but why spend the money on anyone else when you can get the best with Menlo Coaching?