Status: First-time applicant
Pre-MBA industry: Process Integration Engineering
Years of experience at time of matriculation: 5
GMAT/GRE/EA score: 705 (84V 85Q 84DI)
Undergraduate GPA: 4.68/5.00
Admitted to: Fuqua, Haas, Yale
Scholarship(s): $80,000
Service Type: Premium
Square One has been instrumental in guiding my efforts to succeed in my MBA applications. My initial calls with other consultants had been demoralizing because their teams disregarded any chance of me getting into my dream programs because I did not fit their ideal candidate profiles and so they kept asking me to only aim for lower tier schools. With SOP, the first thing I noticed was the care they took into understanding the needs and capabilities of the candidate. Kathryn spent much more than the 30 minutes intro call and was very reassuring and helped me believe in my own chances of getting into the programs that I really wanted to be a part of, as well as charting a plan of action for the schools I should target. I subsequently began work with my dedicated consulting team of Amalia, my main advisor. Kelsey, a partnership manager who helped me with scheduling my application efforts on seven schools, and Wendy, my career narrative expert.
Amalia was an excellent advisor, continually providing me with immediate and pertinent feedback on my essays, application and any doubts I had throughout the process. She helped ensure that my personality came through in my work while suggesting ways I could improve its brevity. Together with Wendy, we first solidified my career pathway from a distant dream goal to one that gave me clarity on how to achieve said dream through concrete career moves. This foundation not only helped with the direction my essays would take but also in being more picky with my schools to ones that would serve these goals well. Kelsey continually kept ensuring I was on track to finish all my applications which was an ordeal with 7 concurrent applications.
I received admissions to both Yale SoM and Fuqua (with scholarship) and am thoroughly satisfied with this outcome. I would strongly recommend this team to anyone anxious about their MBA journey.