I worked with The Red Pen for a period of ~9 months on 5 MBA applications, and applied to 5-schools independently. Following the onboarding process, I completed an extensive Get To Know You (GTKY) questionnaire probing deeply into my background, career, and MBA aspirations. My Lead Consultant (LC) - Kaushik Reddy - provided detailed feedback that allowed for much greater clarity on my post-MBA goals and formed the basis for (i) my selecting specific MBA programs and (i) outlining STAR stories (to be incorporated into essays and interviews).

Splitting the workload across four themes (resume, application forms, essays, and pointers for recommenders), I benefitted greatly from the support, guidance, and mentorship of the entire team at TRP: Kaushik Reddy, Rachel Roper, Abhishek Kochhar, Smita Shah, and Prerna Nigotiya! Each component involved ~5 drafts on average and exhaustive line-by-line comments, consistently encouraging me to reflect more deeply, clarify my research & motivations, and produce work of much greater quality. After submitting 10 MBA applications in Round 1, I participated in 2 mock interviews with TRP, interviewed at 6 schools, and received 4 offers: Wharton, LBS, Kellogg, and Yale!

These outcomes are a direct result of TRP's comprehensive application process, guidance, and timelines, that greatly simplifies the rigorous MBA application process. I highly recommend working with The Red Pen to MBA aspirants - I could not have done it without them!

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I reached out to RedPen as a reapplicant as I needed someone who could guide me through the process and help me understand my mistakes from the prior year.

Once you set up an initial call with them, unlike most other independent consultants who just talk to you and see whether you are a good fit for them, the RedPen team will walk you through the comprehensive set of actions that they have built for the clients. Only if you are happy with their offering, which in my opinion is highly exhaustive in nature, will they let you speak to a Lead Consultant (LC). As per my understanding, you can even change the LC, in the beginning, to ensure that you move forward with someone who you are most comfortable with. Their LCs are highly accomplished individuals who have been through the process themselves and I guess, I do not need to advertise RedPen's great track record with their clients as it is out there for everyone to see.

They assign you a 5-member team who is with you at all times and each of these members specialise in different parts of your application. This achieves two things: you get an expert for each section as well as focused attention to ensure uncompromising quality for each of them. Each material is later reviewed by a different expert from the RedPen team to ensure that your LC has not overlooked anything in your application or been conditioned to parts that have further scope for improvement. To give an example, one of my essays that already underwent about 7-8 iterations, was completely rewritten by me to incorporate new inputs after it went for a higher level review. This saw another 5 iterations (Phew!). In my opinion, this rigour helped me ensure top-notch quality for my essays.

Every single line in your essay, and resume are scrutinised thoroughly to bring out the best version of yourself and to ensure fit for the universities you are applying to. Additionally, unlike many other consultants they use a 3rd party software to help you keep track of updates and requirements, so that you do not miss anything and to ensure that all your material along with every single iteration is well organised.

I just want to shout out the people behind my success. My LC was Kaushik (What a guy! He absolutely makes sure that you put your best foot forward and trust me, he is very good at what he does). Other experts from my team- Najeshda, Rashmi and Prerna. I would also like to thank Preeti, Anju and Udit. The last 3 weren't technically members of my team but came to my aid whenever I needed them and that is exactly why I have such high praise for them. The entire team goes out of their way to ensure success for their candidates.

I got an admit from 3 schools with over $200k in scholarships. I couldn't have done it without them :)

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After going through a lot of reviews/websites for MBA admissions consulting, I decided to choose TRP given their thorough and a holistic approach to applications.
Right from the start, my consultant pushed me to fine tune my story and portray the best and authentic version of myself to the admissions committee. The whole detail oriented essay process greatly helped in developing a storyline and this solid storyline also helped me immensely in acing my interview. Working on my applications with TRP has been an amazing learning experience in itself. I would strongly suggest you to choose TRP if you are willing to put in effort from your end and are looking for genuine feedback to work on.

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