Has anyone used an mba admissions consulting firm to get into their dream school? If so, what did you use em for (essays, interviews, story creation, etc)? And how much did it cost? Worth it?

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@ATK1, do you have any recommendations for consultants for essays? How much time do you give them to review them?

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Would use it for HSW, I don’t think it’s necessary for any other programs tbh but those are my two cents - others may feel differently

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My goal is Booth, most likely weekend mba too.

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Part time MBA is way easier to get into. If you have decent stats you’ll be fine

3.5 gpa, engineering at UIUC, planning on taking GRE shooting for 80-90percentile...white male... still think I have a shot @D1?

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I used a consultant for my essays only and thought that was worth it. For PT you shouldn’t need it - can get friends from those schools to help out

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