Two times now I did not enjoy working with my very expensive MBA consultants, but I am scared to post bad reviews because 1. They seem to be inside the Adcom circle and I fear retaliation to hurt my chance 2. Both agencies have good review and I wonder if it’s me. Thoughts?

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Have you talked to them about it? To try to understand what happened?

Why did you not enjoy working with them? What are your expectations with consultants? They usually aren’t very helpful besides giving essay pointers or reviewing them and a few other things which anyone can help you with but it’s nicer to have their input

First, they don’t have any inside access no matter how much they try to make everyone believe that do. Also, everyone is going to have a very different experience. The reviews you’re reading are of a handful of people who had success but they work with tons and tons of people. At the end of the day, they don’t care much about you they are there for $$. I’d recommend working with a friend who has been thru the process of an MBA at your target school and if there are some issues with your app like essay that you want expert opinion on, get an hour long session with the consultants. It’ll be a lot beneficial and cost efficient.

Wharton grad, and I promise you they do not have “inside” access to the adcoms at Wharton.

Agree with BCG1 (at GSB)

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