Since packages can be a little vague, I like to break down exactly what I offer in this essay-focused package: Reviews: • Unlimited essay drafts & revisions: I don't like limiting people on this — we're going to work on them until they're ready to submit. These essays have evolved into the most significant part of the application, and short-changing those isn't an option in my book. As a former speechwriter, I also don't know how to leave a piece of writing unfinished. • For example, for GSB, you would get unlimited reviews of the: (i) What Matters Most Essay (ii) Why GSB Essay (iii) GSB's 3 Impact Essays Sessions: • A 90-minute personalized 1:1 essay workshop: this is a 50-slide class I prepped for Leland which received a good deal of positive feedback in my 10-12-group sessions, so I decided to turn this into a 1:1 offering. This will help get you started, and you'll see example essays that bring out best practices for tackling MBA essays (with an added focus on GSB as well) System-level / project management • Timeline trackiing & deadlines: we'll set deadlines to meet for each item on this list and I'll put together a project tracker to see how we're mapping against our goals / check off items as we progress • MBA folder / organization: to keep things in one place, I suggest all the documents be stored in an MBA folder (where you'll share access with me via Google Drive) by school, with a sub-folder for each application piece (e.g., recs, essays, additional questions). I prefer using Word docs that we save for each of your essays (to keep tabs on old drafts in case we want to recycle materials), but the remainder of the content can be Google Docs since we want to avoid any version control issues. • Turnaround time: 48-hour turnaround time is my general M.O. for a given document that you send through, though many of them I can get back to you more quickly. If I need more time because of a particularly busy work week or travel (e.g., weddings, family, etc.), I'll be sure to let you know — but 48-hour turnaround I can guarantee 90-95% of the time. This stuff has always been easy to work around — keeping lines of communication open is the key • Feedback / iterating as we go: if at any point, you have thoughts on how to make the process of working together faster, easier, simpler — just let me know. If something isn't working for you in how things are going, I'm just a call away. There are a million individual pieces to this process, and it can sometimes be a bit frustating or overwhelming as you discover there's potentially more work than meets the eye. Every single person I've worked with has found it psychologically taxing at some point or another — this is probably the most important part of being your coach. I'll be sure to check in proactively, but please don't sit on something if you're feeling it. We'll work together and figure it out — I promise there's a very good chance I've dealt with it before, and if I haven't, I'll get advice from fellow coaches who have. If there's anything you have questions on or want to incorporate here, we can adjust this process to make it work for you. I'm always open to suggestions. Drop me a line whenever you're ready for an initial conversation.

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