Top-10 admit offering to help round three applicants

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Hi all,

I've recently completed my MBA application marathon (phew!) and I was lucky enough to be admitted to several top schools. I have since quit my job to pursue some personal projects, do some traveling, and unwind before enrollment in the fall. As a lurker/casual-poster, I found this community to be extremely helpful in navigating what is a horribly frustrating and stressful process.

Having now been through it, I feel strongly that the MBA admissions process is broken and is being corrupted by an over-priced admissions consulting industry. Coming from an alternative background (i.e. not lucrative), I felt helpless learning that close to 50% of applicants to top schools were coached by "professionals" at rates that I could never afford to pay. It felt as though I were playing a rigged game, and I feel extremely lucky to have made it through successfully. Business school is expensive enough, we shouldn't have to spend our savings just to get in. Therefore, I would like to use some of my new-found free time to give back to the community that has helped me so much -- To do so, I have founded  https://www.mbaediting.com  to provide the lowest-cost essay review and proofing services for round three applicants.

I offer a 100% money back guarantee and a 24-hour turn-around promise - If you aren't happy with my work, consider it on the house. Further, for the remainder of February, I will review your first essay at half price. And finally, because I feel so indebted to this community, I'd like to offer a free essay review to the first three GMATClubbers to sign up (please note that you came from GMATClub when you do). Now that I've removed all of your risk, you have no reason not to give it a try! You can visit  https://www.mbaediting.com  to sign up and to learn more about me and why I am doing this. Prices start at 1/2 of $45 = $22.50. So,  about 1/10th of what you might pay a "consultant"  for similar work...Seriously.

Thanks!

Ian
Founder,  https://www.MBAEditing.com 
Why I think this is needed?  https://www.mbaediting.com/about

danerd · Answer

You have a typo on your site under "Services".

"The affordable option for an independ  a  nt, unbiased review"

istan · Answer

Thanks, Danerd!

bpengage · Answer

Good luck with your company! It's great that you're giving applicants a low cost option for editing. I have 2 suggestions though. For pricing, I would specify a word limit - for example, Berkeley has several essays with a word limit of 250, while most other schools have word limits of 500 or 600. Under your current pricing, a client would feel more inclined to only submit the longer essays to get the most bang for his/her buck. Maybe just price according to number of words?

Second, although your pricing is clearly competitive, people still are not going to throw away money at anyone who says they can edit essays. You may not be able to afford a free consultation, but I would at least send an example of an essay you have edited to someone to give them proof of your abilities (or lack of - one essay editing company sent me an example of an edit, which I thought was not that great so I didn't go with them).

I think you should really highlight your ability to get back to clients within 24 hours. That was a huge selling point for me when I was looking at services. And maybe not use "proofreading" to describe your services since you cover clarity, flow, and relevance to prompt.

Finally, I would list the schools you were accepted into to gain credibility.

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