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After a thorough review of different B-schools consultants I chose to go with Bill Chionis. First of all, I really appreciated Bill’s suggestion to choose a 10-hour package instead of the full service which wouldn’t make sense in my case. It was a great flexibility offered and fully sufficient in my case (EMBA program) to cover key items such as assistance with essays. Secondly, Bill is really knowledgeable professional and, at the same time, a great and empathetic person. On each stage Bill provided a great guidance, made valid suggestions, and offered crucial insight (always offering good arguments). Last but not least, Bill was greatly supportive throughout moments of doubts. It worth a million. Finally, I was admitted by Wharton – a preferred school I applied to. I may suggest Bill to anyone who is looking for the admission counselor in general, and, EMBA in particular.

Bill was absolutely outstanding. I was accepted into Kellogg within 6 weeks of starting the process with Bill and the entire experience was extremely professional. Without hesitation, I recommend Bill if you are looking to accomplish your goals.

CBS has been my dream school since I could remember and I don’t think I could have put my best foot forward without Bill. I was close to submitting my application prior to meeting Bill and just felt it lacked something special. Thank god I didn’t because I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten accepted without him. Bill took so much time to get to know everything he could about me from personal to professional to everything in between – it showed how much he was invested in realizing my dream. The application/essays felt daunting, but Bill was able to break down what the AdComs are looking for in these answers and what I needed to bring to the table to stand out from others. We put together a plan on how we should approach the application, designed a clear/concise story, and went through rounds of edits to get it to a really strong place. Above else, Bill is honest and compassionate, which is incredibly important in this process. He’s not someone who will waste your time; he will tell you when he sees a great fit and when he thinks you may need to build on your candidacy a bit more. I was worried about several aspects of my candidacy and in past conversations with other consultants, not one of them were supportive of my decision to apply to CBS. When I told Bill that CBS was my one and only school of choice and about some of these “dings” in my application, he didn’t skip and beat and was ready to tackle how to position them and supported me the whole way. Working with Bill is absolutely worth it – if you’re on the fence about working with a consultant, please don’t hesitate. It will absolutely make a difference in your application. I would recommend Bill to anyone I know for this journey!

Bill has a very good expertise of what the Adcom really wants. He helped me focus on my strengths in the application process instead of asking me to retake GMAT. Instead of directly jumping on to essays, he came up with application strategy that gave me a clear picture of what we are going to present to adcom. His feedback on mock interviews was excellent and helped me to present the information in right way. Overall, he created a great application strategy, helped me in coming up with excellent essays and helped me with good interview strategy. Thanks to Bill Chionis.

I knew I needed extensive help with selecting schools, editing my resume/essays and preparing for interviews. After speaking with multiple consulting companies, I was paired up with Bill who provided a thoughtful profile evaluation and helped me narrow down a list of schools. Most companies I spoke with pushed their products instead of providing a thorough review of my candidacy, this was not my experience with Bill. Bill had already thought of schools that could be a good fit for me and I couldn't have been happier with my experience. I had a ton of questions that I asked Bill as we continued through the process of applying to top MBA programs. Bill was extremely knowledgeable and made my life a lot easier by thoroughly explaining each component of the application process. I held mock interviews with Bill prior to my real interviews and they helped immensely in easing my nervousness. Bill has extensive experience that he used well to calm me down throughout the process. One thing that impressed me a lot was how quickly Bill turned around essay edits, Bill usually responded back within hours. Bill continued to be patient with me from start to finish and I can't thank him enough. I applied to 3 programs and got into all 3! 100% Success Rate. I recommend Bill to anyone who is looking for a knowledgeable, efficient and amazing consultant!

I hope this review is helpful to anyone applying to business school and wants to make the best possible decision to be successful: hire Bill. It's that simple. I was actually working with another consulting company and felt out of control. I had hired them several months in advance with the thought that I would slowly work on my three applications, no rush, no panic. But I was not making progress and felt like I just was not getting the type of direction I needed, I was not sure of my essay topics or even that sure of my schools. Everything felt half baked. I started working with Bill and he literally rescued me from the flames. The difference was so obvious - he added clarity to my application, guided me in picking out schools and coming up with topics to use in my essays. We had a great conversation where I hung up knowing what to do. I had focus and direction instead of utter confusion and chaos. So one step at a time, we worked together and created great apps. By then I was down to 5 weeks until deadline and in a panic. But Bill was calm and cool and responsive. Every time we spoke or emailed I made progress and things moved in the right direction, at a good pace. In five weeks we exchanged hundreds of emails and went through 30+ essay drafts - cant really believe it. The approach we took was completely different from what I was doing before. There was a strategy behind the whole story and it really reflected me. In the end I pulled off a hat trick with acceptances to three schools! As Bill knows, he has my eternal gratitude.

Someone had recommended that if I was really serious about getting into business school and was only looking at one program (Haas EWMBA, in my case), then it would be worth it to invest in a consultant. When I was paired with Bill, he knew just what direction for me to take with my application so that it would resonate with Haas EWMBA Admissions, which are unique. He provided such great feedback and walked me through every step of the process. I really don't know what I would have done without his direction - he made it so clear, but was also very honest with me. I'm now finishing up my first round of courses as a member of the Haas EWMBA Class of 2020, and I couldn't be happier!

Bill called me and over a 20 minute conversation I was impressed by his deep and wide ranging knowledge of the process. After I completed the GMAT on September 1, we signed on together for an All-in 2 school consulting package. Having only 6 weeks before R1 deadlines, Bill laid out the best plan forward and guided me through every step of the way. He never pressured me, but rather always had helpful insights to offer when I encountered difficulty. Bill efficiently coached me through a thorough and introspective evaluation process of my background, from which he helped me understand my strengths and weaknesses. This was not only essential to MBA applications, but will also help me during recruiting in Business school as well.

Bill took his time to understand my professional and career goals and help me to refine my application materials to make them superb. He and his wife are both MBA's so he's an insider helping. He's successfully placed others into NYU Stern so he knew how I paired up w/ others. After a few emails and a calls, he was patient and constructive in terms of helping me identify trouble areas. We'd walk thru issues he believed would be critical to the Ad Com and noted best practices in how to over come them. He was also genuinely curious to get to know who I was and my rationale for applying. He would question me and try to pulled insights I hadn't mentioned, this was really a great method.