"MBA ABC Is One Of The Best Value Offers Out There"

“I worked with Petia in the R2 iteration of MBA ABC. Transparently, I ticked most boxes on paper and already had R1 admits to M7 + T10 schools (with $$-$$$), so I wasn’t fully convinced I needed a consultant. But I wanted to apply to just two more schools, and Petia seemed to know her stuff, and the 2 rounds of review on 2 (full!) school applications + my resume made ABC seem like excellent value.
And it was. Three things about Petia and MBA ABC really stood out to me:

1) Petia is warm. She is kind. She is SO encouraging. She was very, very good at calming me down when I was hopping around totally stressing myself out, without ever coming off as placatory and insincere. I truly underestimated how much value this vibe would bring to the process—I thought I wanted a ‘no-nonsense’ blunt consultant—but a cheerleader is what I needed, and Petia 150% delivered.

2) That’s absolutely not to say she isn’t honest. I appreciated her bluntly telling me that my resume was so busy it was reading as ‘anxious’, and equally appreciated her directly telling me not to touch my first draft of What Matters Most to You and Why (though this lack of edits gave me very high levels of stress at the time!). You want this honesty in the process.

3) MBA ABC really didn’t feel transactional. I have a lot of friends who felt their (very expensive) consultants were timing every second. Petia really cared—she extended deadlines, turned around last-minute submissions, responded to midweek messages, happily reviewed little extras like application short answers, and went significantly over time every week patiently answering questions in our group calls. When I was invited to interview at the GSB she volunteered a full hour of her time to practice with me.

MBA ABC isn’t a magic bullet if you don’t have your story in place—to get the most out of it I think you may need to be a reapplicant/ invest quite a bit of time positioning your application. But I’d really recommend working with Petia—whether through MBA ABC or a higher touch program.”