Status: First-time applicant
Pre-MBA industry: Healthcare Consulting
Years of experience at time of matriculation: 8
Career Gap(s): 19 months
GMAT/GRE score: 328 (V:170 Q:158)
Undergraduate GPA: 3.10/4.00
Admitted to: Columbia EMBA, Stern Part-time
Service Type: Premium Need-based
I had an excellent experience working with the Square One team! Kathryn was a wonderful guide, and I appreciated her honesty and candid advice throughout the process. Torey was a great advisor as well – he kept me on track, offered good guidance and we developed a really productive collaborative relationship. He took the time to get to know me on a deeper level, which became helpful when thinking through my goals and developing my essays.
Square One’s initial career narrative exercise was very helpful, as it really solidified my career goals and reasons for doing my MBA, and became the groundwork for both my essays and interview. I don’t know if either would be as refined if I hadn’t created the narrative beforehand. Torey was also great at keeping me on schedule and holding me accountable for completing work on time – with all that goes into business school applications, this was probably the most valuable part of working with Square One.
I’d definitely recommend Square One to anyone seeing help with their applications. I got into both the schools I applied to and couldn’t do it without them!