Hello,
I am an MBA grad and I like to contribute to this forum because I was in the same positon a year ago. I remember when I read these stuff last year, I wasn't sure if it was genuine but you can find my profile, pm me and verify that I'm a real person who actually got admitted to INSEAD, LBS and Oxford with scholarships.
So let me share my experience, hopefully it would be helpful. I worked with both
Fortuna and Laura Freedman from Access Education and let me get it straight, Laura is the best, period. If you did a fair bit of research, you probably came up with these 2 companies mainly for European schools.
Although I didn't have a bad experience with
Fortuna, I found that I got way more for my money with Laura.
Fortuna is the big firm, where you're just a dollar, I was surprised by the amount of things I was supposed to do for the money, for $5000, I don't want just an opinion, a review or a plan. I wanted someone who was with me, involved, with a lot of experience and who helped me frame my story and sell myself, Laura did it way better than
Fortuna. Laura gets personally involved with all her clients, is very honest about their potential and work relentlessly until it's perfect. I needed this kind of intense support that only Laura was able to give me.
My profile was ok, nothing spectacular and I did the essays, the CV review and the interview prep for LBS, INSEAD and Oxford and got admission and scholarships everywhere. The prep I did with Laura even helped me during my job search during the MBA. Laura is an expert at European schools and she's simply the best. I know you might think this review is overly positive, but Laura helped me so much get into my MBA that I really wish I knew all of this before.
If you want to check-out her company, it's
https://www.accesseducation.com/ Always glad to answer private messages if needed.
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