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Excellent experience with Annabella Goshen Educational Consulting. Her system and method to direct and direct her students towards personal success is unique because she designs it according to the individual measure of the student and carries it out following her methodology, concentrating on the established objectives. Annabela manages to form a team with her students that remains in the time even once the academics are finished, achieving the professionals and personalities of life. I am impressed by your dedication and follow-up so that your students are successful.

Bill's knowledge and expertise were absolutely invaluable in gaining acceptance into my dream school. I couldn't be happier with his help. He remained exceptionally engaged and readily available to me through the application process. He showed true concern for my goals and desires and worked hard to help me achieve everything I set out to achieve.

Anna is an excellent tutor and a great person. She helped me improve my writing, determine what colleges to apply to, and brainstorm what I wanted to communicate about myself. I was accepted at excellent universities. Anna brought the best out of me. We still talk today, and I’m grateful to have her in my life.

Annabella was super helpful, patient, understanding, and knowledgeable. She really helped me with graduate school forms and I definitely recommend her services.

Bill was a tremendous help to me in getting my strategy in place and bringing my essays across the finish line. Accepted to my top choice (Booth)!

Annabella was more than a tutor for me. She takes the time to make a personal connection and understand you and know you as a person. I was struggling in school and loosing hope for college. Anabella tutored me and helped me become a better student academically. She also gave me the confidence and guidance I needed. My SAT score was a struggling 1000 and Anabella didn’t loose hope until I have the perfect score for college. I am now studying at my dream school and got into amazing well rounded top tier schools.

Bill is worth every penny. In the world of the most competitive MBA programs, there is much uncertainty and even more competition. We candidates all feel qualified but truly are we? Bill cuts through the noise, positive and good, and tells you how to be successful. Sometimes it’s tough love and sometimes it’s reassurance. What makes the difference is his experience. He is able to lean on it and give you an honest assessment based on years of experience - rather, success! After our first meeting, I was sold. He didn’t oversell and wasn’t aggressive. But he added value right away. I was accepted into my top choice, Wharton’s EMBA. A++!!

Annabella is the absolute best! There is no word to describe how thankful I am for all her help. She has taught me so many things. She is a genius, she can help you with everything; University applications, writing essay, tutoring for University exams like SAT/GRE/GMAT among many other things. Annabella isn't only smart but she is so kind and will make you learn everything while also having fun. She is a very serious and dedicated Educational Consultant. She helped me get accepted in UM for my bachelors and also my Masters degree. Couldn't of done it with her. I'm really happy and appreciate so much all her help.

I had a great time working with Bill through the entire application process for HBS (admitted) and Stanford (waitlisted). As an older candidate with a decade of experience, the first thing that stood out when I spoke to Bill was how well he was able to articulate the potential weaknesses in my application and how I could work through them. That contrasted pretty heavily with other consultants who I had spoken to, who were generally impressed by my resume and story and didn’t provide enough constructive feedback in our initial consultations. Bill walked me through the nuances of the different schools and we collaboratively brainstormed about different ways in which I could present my story. He was always available and provided quality and prompt feedback, and ultimately that resulted in a solid application. I highly recommend working with Bill!

After having worked with Bill for the past 4 months, I can enthusiastically say it was well worth the money I spent. Bill helped me in numerous ways, but I'll specifically list the areas in which he provided the most value to me personally: • Identifying Strengths: I have a somewhat atypical background for someone seeking an MBA. Prior to signing up, I had doubts about whether top programs would be interested in someone with my skill set. After a couple of phone calls, however, Bill was able to identify a number of strengths that would interest the admissions committees and make my application stand out. Some of the strengths he focused on were ones that I never would have thought to highlight in my application. • Solidifying Career Goals/Telling My Story: I had a handful of ideas for why I wanted to pursue an MBA, but Bill was able to probe my interests in a way that allowed me to more fully develop my ideas. He also helped me tie my background to these ideas so that I could tell my personal story in a very compelling fashion. • Identifying Realistic Target Schools: Initially, my knowledge of the differences among business schools did not extend much beyond the rankings and various snippets I had found online. Bill was able to provide me with perspective on each school's strengths, weaknesses and unique culture. Then, based on my background, personality, and goals, Bill identified the schools he thought would be the best for me. There is no way I could have gotten all this information through my own research. Only someone with years of experience in the industry can provide this type of intelligence. • Time Management: I have a demanding job and made the choice to apply to programs roughly two and a half months ahead of the application deadlines. Despite the tight time constraints, Bill put together a schedule that kept my stress level to a minimum throughout the process and kept me on track to submit my applications well ahead of the deadlines. • Essay Direction: This may be the area in which Bill's help was the most valuable for me. For each essay, Bill was able to give me specific direction as to the type of response each school was looking for. While I consider myself to be a capable writer, most of the questions are open-ended enough that it is difficult to discern what the admissions committees truly want to know. Additionally, even though some schools have similar questions, Bill knew the unique pieces that each school was looking for. Had I answered these essays on my own, I probably would have re-engineered the same material for each school and simply changed the school references. Finally, I had concerns about how to deal with certain weaknesses in my background. Bill advised me on how to thoughtfully and intelligently address those areas in my application. • Interview Prep: Bill walked me through the full range of questions to expect for my interviews. Then, after I prepared answers for all of the questions, we did a mock interview over the phone and he provided feedback for each of my answers. I went into the interviews feeling very confident and was prepared to answer everything the interviewers asked me—including a few curveball questions. • Deciding Between Programs: I was fortunate to be accepted by all three programs that I applied to. Bill did such a good job in directing me toward programs that fit me that I had a really hard time deciding which school to choose. Having worked closely with him over the last few months, Bill was able to help me filter everything down to determine the program that would give me the best chance to meet my personal and career objectives. BOTTOM LINE: Bill was an incredible resource to me throughout the application process. He saved me an enormous amount of time and stress. I was able to focus on the important aspects of my applications and avoid a lot of wasted time spent researching online and asking for opinions from others. To anyone looking for an MBA admissions consultant with proven results, I highly recommend Bill Chionis.