Any good professional editing service out there?

Lala10, thank you for your reply. I will look into the ones you recommended.

I’m a native English speaker. I majored in Finance and I need professional help too. I used this service UniEdit. https://www.uni-edit.net/content/view/3/ ... nglish_us/
These are people who have advanced academic English writing skills because they’re academics, people who spent years obtaining those skills, or whatever.

It seems like this thread has not received any new reply for a while. I basically opted out from hiring a big consulting firm, and instead did my own applications with the editing services from various professional writers/companies. And here are reviews.

1. Essayedge.com - A complete waste of money. Their supposedly MBA essay experts generally don't have much experience in editing the MBA essays. They may have some WE in finance, but they are mostly just professional editors who may be good at general writing, but not specifically for the MBA admissions essays. I was so displeased with the service that I filed a complaint, not to ask for a refund, but just to let them know that they suck. I get an email response from a college student who works at their front desk, stating that she has reviewed the edited version and found it to be impressive. I mean… seriously??? A second year local college student is gonna make a decision on the quality of my MBA essays?? I even asked the kid what was the qualification for my editor. She basically ignored my question, and repeated that there was nothing wrong with the editing. If anyone is interested, I'd be willing to send you my original essay and the edited one to show how ridiculous it was.
2. Local university writing center: I happen to live by a top 10 college with a very good writing program. It was FREE! But while the editors were all talented writers (mostly graduate students), they just made my essays stylistically fancier. I felt like their writing styles buried my voice and character as a unique applicant.
3. Gurufi.com: I've only used Brian so far. But man… he is awesome. He not only polished my writing with a style, but also made my voice more clear and easily understandable. He made any further editing or proofreading pointless. His fee was reasonable, and he was also very quick in responding to my msgs. I'd highly recommend Brian. If I end up using any other editor besides Brian, I will update this post with that info as well.
4. Essaysnark: My co-worker who is also applying for MBA used Essaysnark. They usually offer the service per school or as a four school package. He really liked their editing. I took a look at his final essay, and I was pretty impressed too.

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Thank you chewme85 and sachin6016 for recommending Gurufi and Brian. Brian service is awesome as you mentioned.

I recently used Brian on Gurufi and he did an excellent job. I am working on my applications to law school and had him edit my personal statement. He was very thorough and edited not only for grammar, but content as well. I liked that he made the changes to the paper instead of sending a list of changes for me to make. He made my paper sound very fluid and elevated the writing to a professional level. I am using him again to edit another law school application essay. He completed the editing in the time he said he would as well. Great experience!

I completely agree with the reviews here about Brian. He edited my B-school essays beautifully without leaving out my original tone. He made the flow much better. I would definitely recommend Brian from Gurufi to everyone.

Writing on behalf of a friend who is currently engaging with Brian. He has done a fantastic job and helped the essays come out very impressive indeed. Additionally, he has provided valuable inputs on how to structure the essay and what portions to omit or cut down. I will fully and wholeheartedly recommend his services to anyone.

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I used Brian from Gurufi and I must say he is one of the best editors! I was very happy with his work, will definitely go back to him in the future.

Hope this helps.

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I wanted to say "THANK YOU" to those recommended Brian at gurufi. He helped me accomplish a sophisticated and well-structured essay with a vivid theme. I will recommend him as well.

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