(CLIENT PREPARED JAPANESE VERSION. I HAD THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION PREPARED)
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
I believe the reason why my admission was accepted by Stanford GSB is because of Adam’s excellent counseling. Applying and being admitted by GSB was a very fantastic idea because I started my preparation later than other candidates and my TOEFL score was not good. However, I was encouraged by Adam and I could make the best result in such short time. I would like to list his strength as below:
1) Accurate advice based on extensive knowledge and school analysis
Adam’s advice based on his extensive experience and knowledge is very accurate. He is a freelance counselor now but he has long experience at a big prep school as a counselor, so his track record and know-how is proven. Not only that, he often attends at many business school orientations to update information. I think the constant effort he makes results in his accurate advice.
For example of his advice, in the beginning, I was looking for a way to apply some schools at 1st round without preparation because luckily I had sufficient GMAT score. He pointed out I did not have enough English skill and admonished me do not apply at that time because I did not have enough preparation time for interview. As a result, I had to spend most of February and March for interview preparation, I guess it was impossible to prepare for the interview during preparing other application for the 2nd round even I was invited for the interview (incidentally, the interview process was the biggest problem because of my poor English ability, I still was not aware enough, then. In February, Adam continuously told me “You must practice” because he recognized my weak point.
On school analysis, he recommended the best school for me based on my preference and my background (age, career vision and so on.) If I did not meet Adam, I might not have applied GSB to begin with. I could pass this option to just looking at the average passing rate to be safe, but Adam could see my possibility to pass the school. After attending the GSB admission orientation, he sent me an email said “While very hard to get into, I think you do fit the school very well.” After all, I think it was very accurate message.
2) Wide Network
You may be not comfortable considering him a freelance counselor because you assume he cannot understand all other candidates’ situation and cannot get updated school information. However, you need to not worry about them for Adam. As I wrote in the last paragraph, he has very wide network with other counselors from his long experience. He can get information like when the interview invitation started by which schools and if you need, you can get the second opinion from other counselors through him. He actually introduced me some counselors for my interview preparation. Addition to that, his former clients are in various schools and he can introduce the target schools’ students and alumni. I am also the one that he introduced to them and they were very supportive to me.
Like this, he has very wide and rich network and it supports very strong mental support to his clients.
3) Flexible
Adam is also very flexible. The time I made a decision to take MBA exam in either May or June in the last year and started and it was very late. I started to take Adam’s counseling in the end of last September for my essay writing. Admission process was a struggle against time. I was busy with my work so it was difficult to make schedule. However Adam was very flexible with the time schedule and meeting place, he responded the changes if it is considerable and he was able to continue the counseling after original scheduled time. His counseling was given through meeting, email, skype and so on, and I could choose the way upon my request. Since the MBA candidates are very busy people, it is critical that you can take counseling flexible and quickly.
4) Cost performance
Even his counseling quality is so high, because he is a freelance counselor, his counseling charge is reasonable compared to other preparation schools. He finds supreme joy to send his clients to their first choice schools and focus on support them as much as possible. It was helpful that I did not have to be worry about the counseling bill and I believe it effected the quality of my essay.
5) Good Guy
Most of all, he is a good guy. He always encouraged me with smile and lead me to the goal even my process was often delayed than schedule because of my work. I could take his counseling with big trust because I know he is right. I am quite thankful to share the application process which is another chance to review myself with him. I also recommend you to contact him via email to arrange a meeting so you can know him in person.