First let me talk about the results
I got admitted to MIT SDM program (my top choice)
I got interview invites from Stanford MSx, Berkeley Haas.
I applied to these 3 programs taking the help to write my essays from Yaron Dahan (he is a rock star :)). Effectively speaking I got interview invite from ALL the programs I applied to taking the help of Admissionado.
I applied to lower ranked UCLA anderson but was waitlisted without interview and eventually declined offer.

Now that speaks about the value addition I got by approaching Admissionado.

Why did I approach Admissionado? Two reasons
1) It was flexible. I knew I needed help only with my essays. I was confident I can manage the rest of application. They had the option just to do that.
2) Highly responsive. Claudia is a wonderful person to do business with. I had bad experience with other consultants who were not responding on time (it was a busy applications period).
3) Their pricing is very very economical when compared to others.

After talking to a few consultants in Admissionado, I zeroed upon Yaron because I could sense he sincerely believed I can make it to the programs of my choice. That gave me reassurance and I went ahead and selected Yaron.

Did I take the right decision? Oh yes. I can't put it in words but working with him was exceptional. He made me do all the hard work of course. But he perfectly guided me in writing the essays. The promptness with which he will come back to me with his edits is truly professional. He sometimes teared apart my essays and challenged me to come up with something better while giving me honest feedback. I enjoyed his feedback so much that I used to eagerly wait for his next edit. He nudged me back into action when I slacked off. At the end of it, he brought out the best in me. It was an intense journey of almost 1.5 years and working with Yaron made it enjoyable. I highly recommend Yaron.

Last but not the least I appreciate Claudia for being truly flexible with the package. I messed up initially with school selection and missed some deadlines. She was very understanding allowed me to use the package beyond the initial terms. Kudos to her. Nice person to do business with.

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Thank you e-gmat for making this happen, especially after my score of 610 (Q47,V27) in the first attempt. I am glad that I invested in the right course to achieve a whopping 120 point improvement. I give the entire credit to e-gmat course.

You guys are brilliant in analysis of each section in both Quant and Verbal. Your emphasis on attacking the question only after understanding the intended meaning of the question and brilliant explanation of all questions (with AV) in scholaranium really helped me reach my target score. With umpteen questions of excellent quality for practice and awesome analytics I never felt the need to buy any other book other than OG. The strategy sessions also helped me to get my priorities right in the last few weeks before the exam. Last but not the least the live sessions were well designed with very patient and enthusiastic tutors like Krishna, Payal, Rajat, Shradha, Japinder. You guys made me look at the finer details of a question which I completely ignored in my first attempt. Particularly your explanation of all the answer choices and why a wrong answer choice is wrong helped me cement my understanding. I am in a time zone (south korea) where the live sessions start at midnight. Though I could not attend all sessions because of odd timings, I could always catch up with the help of recordings.

Finally big kudos to all of you. You made the course look like some science subject with a systematic and structured content which amazed me. I somehow trusted the course and followed it religiously and it didn't disappoint me. I wish I had known about the course earlier during my first casual attempt. Anyway no regrets. Thank you.

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