I would steer clear of Stratus. I used them for my HBS app and, although I was accepted, the essay i submitted was drastically different than what they thought was appropriate. They don't really help on anything else, so it was a waste of money.

Admissionado was a much better experience

HBS success- If I can do it, so can you...trust me

I want to help any applicants that are applying to b-school. I had a relatively low GPA, strong GMAT and managed to get into Harvard. Please private message me if you have any general questions or want help on how to address low gpa, etc

Finally Beat the Gmat 730

I'm embarassed to say that it took me 1.5 years to beat the GMAT. However, its important to note that I didnt study continuously for 1.5 years. Instead, I started my prep in March 2011 and stopped in July 2011 because of lack of improvement. I restarted my prep in April 2012 and took the GMAT this m...