Silpa Sarma is amazing!

Strengths:

Professional
Friendly
Efficient
Highly Experienced
Responsive

Would make the product better:

N/A

Silpa is an incredible asset to have in your toolkit for navigating the b-school application process. She’s professional, friendly, incredibly efficient, responsive, and thinks deeply and critically about how to ensure your narrative shines through your application materials.

I purchased an hourly package (10 hours) for ad hoc support with different parts of my applications that I wanted a second pair of eyes on. I especially appreciated how mindful Silpa was of my time and budget, in that she was very efficient with our meeting time and her review of materials, and she helped me prioritize how to use her support so I could get the most value from the package (I’ve heard of other admissions consultants that are much less considerate and quick to push clients to re-up and purchase additional hours, and I did not have that issue working with the Fortuna team). I also really appreciated having Silpa to promptly answer the countless one-off questions I had that inevitably arise when completing the many fields in each application’s portal.

Also, while tools like AI and ChatGPT can certainly help you to an extent with organizing your thoughts, I think there is value in working with a trusted human advisor who can help ensure your authentic voice shines through and offer credible coaching throughout the process. My advice would be to not expect any admissions consultant to do the work for you, but rather plan to do 80-90% of the work yourself: research schools and your industry, articulate your narrative and goals, draft a few potential topics for each of your essays. Then if you’re able to make the investment, work with someone like Silpa to help bring you that final 10% - to pressure-test your written materials from an outside perspective, prep for interviews, and provide some emotional support and reassurance during what can be a demanding and high-stakes journey.

Thank you Silpa & the Fortuna team!