Status: First-time applicant
Pre-MBA industry: Software Engineering/Entrepreneurship
Years of experience at time of matriculation: 5
GMAT/GRE score: 735 (V:87 Q:90 DI:82)
Undergraduate GPA: 9.5/10.0
Admitted to: Kellogg, Sloan
Scholarship(s): $45,000
Service Type: Premium
I worked directly with Kathryn and can’t recommend her enough!
She has 17+ years of experience and that totally reflects when you work with her. I got connected with her via a free review of my profile and she knew exactly what I am capable of. To help me build faith in choosing her, she also connected me with a few of her previous clients from my background.
She gave me a pretty honest review of my situation and advised me to reappear for GMAT. I took her word and my score improved drastically. While writing essays/building resumes – she has a strong work ethic and works really hard on you, gives realistic goals (in terms of timelines) to do your homework and is super active in communication.
2 moments that stood out for me were first when I went through a crisis in my personal life 4 weeks before R2 deadlines and second when I was anxious before one of my interviews. She was able to calm me down in both cases and got me through that phase. Later, when my partner needed some advice, she helped both of us as well. Beyond being a great MBA coach, she is an amazing human being!
Another advantage of going with SOP is their team: they have folks who were on various adcoms. Also, they have a solid portal with lots of data (resumes, essays etc.) of past successful applicants.
All in all, I am very happy that I went with Kathryn and would recommend her to everyone!