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Consultant Kate Richardson
I recommend Kate 100%! I signed up for her hourly services as I wanted someone to brainstorm and revise essays with. I applied to 6 schools and got into 4 (3 of them M7), including my dream school. I’m so grateful to have had Kate’s guidance during the process!
Kate adjusted her level of feedback as I would request, depending on what stage the essay would be in (e.g., comments on high-level theme for early essays, phrasing/wording for near-complete essays). She was incredibly efficient and even with the hourly services, I was able to get her input on essays for 3 schools, my resume, and random questions I had about the process and recommenders. Her advice was incredibly helpful and transferable for other schools’ essays for which I didn’t get her direct feedback. Despite going back and forth between multiple topics, Kate was always responsive and thoughtful in her comments.
If you’re looking for an experienced yet approachable consultant, pick Kate!
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Consultant Kate Richardson
Kate was incredible to work with! I signed up for the 3-school package and found her to be very generous with her time. As a younger candidate in management consulting, I worked with Kate to identify my personal strengths that we could highlight throughout the application process.
We mainly worked on essay development/edits together, where I was always impressed by her attention to detail. With every review, we would discuss not only basic revisions but overall application strategy to deliver meaningful and impactful essays. Not to mention that she was incredibly responsive and engaged, with truly impressive turnaround times!
Kate is truly adept at taking the best of yourself and ensuring that it comes across in your application. She was a true partner throughout the entire process, and with every application sent, I felt proud of the quality of the submission.
Thanks to her support, I was able to secure admission to my dream M7 school!
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Consultant Debbie Choy
It was such a smooth and great experience working with Debbie. She is very experienced in what she does having worked with a ton of applicants for different schools. She helped me narrow down on the schools that I ultimately applied to and was also very helpful with the various questions I had when I was choosing my recommenders. When it came to brainstorming and essay writing, Debbie had great feedback on the essays and helped me string my thoughts together into something that was unique to me and really showcased my own voice. I couldn't have done this without Debbie and getting admitted to one of my dream schools! Thanks Debbie!
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Consultant Harshad Mali
Great and thoughtful advice throughout the application process. Harshad reshaped my application to make it more on point and overall it was a great experience to work with him and would recommend him highly to others. He really helped to improve my application which allowed me to get an admit from a top top school and put on the waitlist for the top school! Thanks again Harshad. His advice and feedback was direct, honest and most of all very useful on a holistic basis for the applications. The MBA application is a daunting process so its great to work with someone who knows the ins and outs of the whole process.
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Consultant Debbie Choy
I worked with Debbie on the 3 school package for HSW through mbaMission. Throughout the entire process, Debbie was incredibly thoughtful and responsive and helped me gain admission (with a scholarship to make it even better) to my top school!
Debbie spends a lot of time getting to know you as a person rather than force fitting you into a pre-determined box, and is able to very quickly and effectively recommend what stories I should try to highlight in my essays and resume. She was incredibly thoughtful in crafting an entire compelling narrative and helping edit in ways that still remain completely authentic to who I am. She provided prompt feedback 100% of the time, set very clear deadlines for me to keep my process on track, and was thoughtful from start to finish. I cannot stress enough how helpful Debbie was throughout, and would recommend her to anyone looking to pursue an MBA!
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Consultant Kimberly Hoey
Having had a negative experience working with another consultant previously from another company, I decided to reach out to Kim from MbaMission. Kim exceeded every expectation. She was kind, supportive, and most importantly INCREDIBLY thorough.
She asked all the right questions and answered thoughtfully. Helped frame my applications through the lens of my personal story, and gave me a lot of suggestions that made the difference to becoming accepted at the universities of my choice. Kim went above and beyond to make sure that I put my best self forward to the admissions committees at my university choices.
She even offered to introduce me to an executive in a company and role that fit with my professional experience.
I couldn't recommend Kim enough. She would truly push you from being a possible to definite admit at the school of your choice.
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Consultant Kate Richardson
I did my research when selecting a consultant to help me navigate the MBA admissions process. I read many positive reviews on mbaMission’s Kate Richardson. If this review helps you choose Kate, then I will feel as if I paid it forward!
Kate Richardson is among the best, if not the best. Never did I feel alone during the daunting MBA admissions process. Kate has the unique ability to make you feel like her only client. Kate, of course, provided invaluable feedback during the resume reviews, essay edits and interview prep. But, where I found Kate's guidance most helpful was with the intangibles. For example, no question about logistics or timeline was too small or unimportant for Kate to answer. It was really important for me to have a clear picture of expectations and a manageable schedule to complete all the steps of the application. Kate was a great partner in this. I found Kate was always encouraging while providing realistic perspective. Kate is a serious bright spot throughout the MBA application process. If you want an advocate who will help you realize your goals, look no further than Kate!
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Consultant Jessica Shklar
Working with Jessica was my highlight of not only this whole process, but my year. Jessica takes an incredibly stressful, arduous, and long process, and simplifies it into something that is so manageable and easy to follow. Going into working with a consultant, I had no idea what to expect, but Jessica makes you feel so comfortable and right at home from the moment you she picks up your first phone call for the 30 minute free consultation. Just after those 30 minutes, I knew that she was the right person to work with. We connected so easily, and she really expresses her excitement and enthusiasm from the moment you meet her. She is a gold mine of knowledge of every school, and really understands the intricacies of each application and what to highlight to make you shine. I can say without a doubt that I would not have made it to this point without her.
Jessica listens to your story, understands the smallest details, and knows how to ask the right questions to really dive deep and get to the core of what's important. She also never tries to change your story, she only works towards getting every detail out so it sounds as strong as possible. As someone applying on the younger side, I was a bit worried but Jessica was so motivating and encouraging along the way that I really never felt that it was a weakness in my profile. She had encouraging but honest answers to every question I asked, and even was there for me to get me back on track when I was lagging behind in the early stages of essay writing.
Jessica is truly your champion, and supports you like no other. She holds your story and profile so close to her heart and you can see the time, effort, and care she puts into making it become the best it can possibly be. She is tough at times, and is very direct and candid with her feedback -- but this is what I was looking for in a consultant and what I believe made my work the best it could be.
If you want someone who is truly on your team, who supports you through all the highs and lows of the process, and really cares about you, Jessica is all of this, and more. There is no end to what I could say about how great of a consultant, and even more than that, person, she is.
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Consultant Kate Richardson
Kate was an amazing consultant and delivered all the guidance I needed throughout the entire application process. I spoke to a few consultants but I think what separated Kate was I could tell she was not just in it for the business but genuinely cared about her clients.
I ended up getting into my top choice school and attribute a lot of the success to Kate's help. While I used much of the time available for essay editing, Kate was always around to answer any questions that I had. Would 100% recommend anyone who is considering business school to consider Kate as a consultant.
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Consultant Kimberly Hoey
I would highly recommend Kim to anyone on the fence about hiring an admissions consultant, or unsure of which consultant to work with. I took a chance on Kim and mbaMission after a brief phone consultation, and will be forever grateful that I did. Kim invested an extraordinary amount of time and energy into getting to know me as a candidate (and person), and channeled that understanding into helping me craft an incredibly well-packaged narrative highlighting my strengths and personal brand. Kim guided me through the admissions process every step of the way, acting as a coach, cheerleader, and teammate in one from our kick-off call to the day I received my acceptance letter from CBS. Most importantly, Kim clearly believed in me as a person and cared deeply about my success. As a result, the application I submitted was distinctly my own, rather than a contrived attempt at following some prescribed “CBS formula,” and this fact gave me a great deal of confidence going into my interview. Overall, working with Kim was an overwhelmingly positive experience, and it is safe to say that I would not be headed to my dream school next fall were it not for her guidance.
One final note: I myself was a skeptic of admissions consulting prior to working with Kim and mbaMission. After all, how much value could a consultant really add on top of what I would gain from completing a “self-guided” tour of the latest admissions literature and MBA applicant forums? As it turns out, a great deal. For example: I was by no means the perfect applicant, and had a gaping hole in my application in the form of a 710 GMAT score with a 40 on the quant sub-section (yikes). Although I had decided to hang up my cleats on the GMAT after several failed attempts at improvement, Kim talked me out of testing retirement for one last Hail Mary on the Executive Assessment. After two weeks of brush-up studying, I took the home version of the EA and walked away with a 95th percentile score. Instantly, the biggest weakness of my application transformed into a strength; not only did my EA score represent an improvement on a percentile basis, it also enabled CBS to focus on the other, stronger aspects of my profile, since EA scores aren’t factored into school rankings. Despite the confidence I placed in my own “self-guided” admissions research, I had somehow missed this incredible opportunity that ironically exists somewhat uniquely for CBS (that is, applying with the EA for the full-time program). That Kim was familiar enough with the school to catch this technicality (along with the fact that she was able to coach a very reluctant standardized tester back into the game) speaks volumes about her abilities as a consultant. If you were initially skeptical about bringing in outside help for your applications, I hope that I’ve now convinced you.
