(Client prepareed both English and Chinese testimonials)
ENGLISH
The entire application process is a long journey. You need to find yourself some help, from someone who has LOTS of experience. And Adam is undoubtedly the best person out there. I am saying this not only because I worked with him but also because I had worked with a few other consultants. The result? 1/4 vs 2/2. Out of the 4 schools I applied w/ other consultants, only one admitted me (even this one Adam helped me with a final read through). And the two schools that Adam helped me with, I got into both, one of which is H/S/W.
Looking back, I feel that he knows how to present me without writing it for me. Many consultants on the market would sometimes totally rewrite the essays. That might save your time but adcom knows fake essays. One lesson I learned from my failed applications is that I didn’t present myself. It is so obvious if I compare the essays Adam helped with and others. Some supposed “famous” consultant told me what the adcom would like to listen from a framework that he thinks everyone should follow. But Adam started with me, instead of molding the applicants profile to someone totally irrelevant.
Adam has a lot of experience working with international applicants. I don’t just mean people living outside of US but also someone like myself, having studied and worked in US for a while. Yet my undergrad from Asia would put me in a different situation than most domestic applicants. Some stories that other consultants dismissed as mediocre in fact became a key ingredient in getting me into my dream school because it is me.
Adam actually respects his clients. If you are serious about applying for an mba like I am, you would have done some research on various consultants, either an agency or an individual. Some are notoriously harsh (which may be a good thing to some) and mean. And trust me, I worked with 1-2 of them. I am not saying they do not give constructive inputs but do consider the huge downside: 1) if you cannot bear their cruel “constructive” feedbacks, you probably cannot work with them effectively 2) if you decide to “backdown” and be collaborative, the working model will become single-direction. On the other extreme is someone who is very nice and effective in polishing the wordings. And you definitely do not want or need them. Sure it is useful to make your essay easy to read, but it is 10X more important to get the unique story across, a story about myself.
Adam is always fun to work with while also ensuring that I am on schedule. I am so glad that I found him at the beginning of Dec. I pretty much gave up on my H/S/W dream after two R1 dings. He analyzed my R1 essays and encouraged me to shoot for H/S/W again. Without him, I would never gotten into my true dream school.
What about cost? I spent less working w/ Adam than other consults per school. We got a lot done w/ his hourly service. I also got a good amount of $$ from the other top school (one of M7 other than HSW) I applied to.
Almost every consultant has his/her own secret “guidelines” and usually one has to pay to see those. I have been there, and believe me a lot of those are sub-par compared to what Adam posted on his blog for free!
Take it from someone who has tried several consultants either independent or from an agency, you cannot go wrong w/ Adam and I say this wholeheartedly.
CHINESE
关 于申请mba国内应该有不少做留学服务的，我人在美国，所以找国内的不方便。从我个人认为，Adam非常客观。俺自己毕业于国内top 2本科，高gpa/gmat，然后在北美学习工作多年。但是R1申请全军覆没，那时候以为只要硬件好，就没问题。也找其他的consultant帮忙，写 出来的东西不贴切，语言倒是润色得不错。结果就是其他consultant帮忙的4所只有1所进了，而Adam帮忙的2所都有offer，其中一个是 HSW。
Adam从整体把握我个人的特点。有些其他人说成太普通素材，Adam可以看出如果合理有效的运用到整个申请材料中。有些 consultant说某些学校喜欢听某种故事，所以会建议你把你的素材按照某个”模子“编一编。从我的经验来看，这个都是错误的思路。而Adam则是从 我出发，挖掘我的闪光之处，这一点很重要。每个人都不一样，而这个正是adcom在寻找的diversity。
Adam有很多跟国际申请 人合作的经验。所以，不想许多在北美的consultant，他知道国际申请人时常有语言方便的不足，但是他也知道adcom并不是看中辞藻，而是其中的 实在内容。另外他本人在这个领域已经年头的经验，包括在其他大留学咨询公司（有美国和日本）任职的经验。
和Adam工作是比较放松的。有些consultant是出了名的不给面子，说话很mean。自尊心强的人，估计受不了。Adam会通过skype和客户联系，我觉得这个比不少consultant的不让打电话的政策好多了。
Adam按小时收费，但是他工作起来很有效率。最重要的，我还拿到奖学金！
Adam的博客上有很多很宝贵的经验，资料都免费给大家看。从这一点你就应该看得出来质量的区别。
我是从自己的切身经验出发，强烈推荐Adam的服务！
