Phillip Herring

Phillip was clearly an expert in the process. It was my first time working with an admission consultant. However, Phillip made the entire journey very smooth. His knowledge about B-schools and admission selection process is very commendable. Also, his quick study of the candidate is very appreciative. He was quickly able to understand my strengths and was able to put all my information/background together to help me form my story!! We had very little time however, Phillip managed to guide me well and make whatever little time available very effective and making me think on the right strategy and path. In the end, it all came out well. Phillip helped me apply in two schools UCLA and Haas and I got an admitted to both the colleges!!

Overall my experience with Phillip and Admissionado was very smooth and effective. I sincerely thank Philip, my consultant, and Claudia, my admin was amazingly and would definitely recommend them.

I am a re-applicant who applied five school last year and got 0 interviews, and I did not work with any admission consultant.

This year, at first I was skeptical to use a MBA consulting agency, but I decided to give a try with Phillip at Admissionado, and only applied to two schools – Columbia Business School and UCLA Anderson this year at round 1. I have received two interviews from both school within 20 days of application submission. A 100% rate.

I believe Phillip played a critical role making this happen because of the following:

1) He is a very nice and easy going person to talk to, and also very encouraging when I had my doubts. This makes our email and phone conversations enjoyable, constructive and efficient. He would comprehensively analyze and design my applications as a whole, and give the best suggestions regarding my resume and application essays.

2) He has a very clear structure and philosophy towards essay writing. He told me to use this well-designed essay structure that would get me into all the top schools, because the structure was exactly what the Admission Committee looked for. I applied this structure to all my essays, and got all my interview invites already within 20 days after submitting my applications.

3) Phillip holds his editing standards very high. His editing definitely made a difference for my essays. For example, my first draft had 1000 words for CBS, he skillfully cut the word count under the 500 word limit without losing any of the content, even better – he made the essay concise, easier to read and its logic flow much better. He returned my essays fast with great quality to make sure I could submit my applications before the deadline.

Overall, I highly recommend Phillip at Admissionado to anyone applying to their dream schools.

Working with Admissionado was easily the best and smartest decision I made when preparing to apply to business school. I am a re-applicant and having gone 0 for 4 the previous year, I am ecstatic to announce that I received my first acceptance from a top-10 program just a couple of weeks back!

As a former competitive athlete who understands the importance of peaking at the right time under the guidance and motivation of the right coach who can truly bring out your best, I knew right away I would be in good hands with the team at Admissionado after my consultation call. My consultant Phillip was incredibly knowledgeable about my target schools and really understood my background and career aspirations. I knew I had the ingredients to enhance my candidacy; however Admissionado helped me to connect the dots, allowing me to better position my candidacy. Sam, my editor, was simply a magician who helped motivate me to bring out the best in my writing. I had an outstanding experience and feel that everyone on the Admissionado team was right with me and rooting for me every step of the way.

I only have the best of things to say about Admissionado and cannot recommend them enough. Just understand that there is no magic bullet for hard work and be prepared to be pushed, but know that there is light at the end of the tunnel and it’s quite sweet when you make it. If you’re serious about your MBA application, please do yourself a favor and schedule a consultation with Admissionado. You won’t regret it!