Testimonials

Testimonials

Our clients treasure the confidential and private nature of the service we provide but still insist on sharing their opinion about the experience. Here are just a few of the testimonials we have received from clients over the years.

“With a background in investment banking and private equity, I had wanted to go to business school for years but did not quite know how to make my application stand out in the highly competitive admissions pool. From fleshing out my strengths and weaknesses to rounding off my personal brand, EXPARTUS® helped at every single step of the way. Thanks to EXPARTUS®, the otherwise anxiety- inducing application process thus became a journey to self-discovery. It was through the unwavering support of the EXPARTUS® team that I was finally able to submit an application that conveyed my values, aspirations and capabilities, and a true sense of who I am. I made it into my top two schools, Stanford and HBS – thank you, EXPARTUS®!”
Harvard Business School

“EXPARTUS® provided the tools, framework, and support necessary to be successful in the business school application process. My advisor was highly experienced and very insightful and was always willing to provide candid, meaningful feedback. Ultimately, the EXPARTUS® experience provided an excellent opportunity to introspect and played a key role in gaining acceptance to my school of choice.”
Harvard Business School

“I was weeks away from the big deadlines and struggling to piece together my story. Distilling a winding life into a few hundred words is no easy feat. I called EXPARTUS® for guidance. With just a few hours of guidance, I knew exactly what I had to do. They helped me focus my story and tie it to the unique personality of each school. Yesterday, I received a letter from Stanford, my dream school, inviting me to be a member of the class of 2012. Thank you EXPARTUS®.”
Stanford

“EXPARTUS® services were invaluable throughout the long journey of applying to a top tier business school. EXPARTUS® guided me through an in-depth Personal Brand Audit that clarified my vision for what I hope to achieve in my life and then helped me develop that vision into a cohesive, compelling application. Certainly, the insight gained through thought provoking conversations and honest feedback was invaluable in securing my acceptance to Harvard Business School in the most competitive year in history. Perhaps more importantly, I found a trusted advisor to help me plot my career vision and understand how an MBA would help me accelerate towards my goals.”
Harvard Business School

“With a checkered work history, a lower than average GMAT and GPA, most consultants considered me a ‘long shot’ at a top 10 school. EXPARTUS® was able to identify unique aspects of my story and help me sell myself through strong essays which resulted in admission at MIT, Columbia and Wharton with a Joseph Wharton Fellowship. Thanks EXPARTUS® for your professionalism, dedication and willingness to ‘go the extra mile’ for each client!”
Wharton

“I had a 3.90 GPA from a top-10 college, 750 GMAT, and worked for one of the most reputable consulting firms. I thought this was a guaranteed entry ticket into HBS/Stanford until I saw many of my peers with similar backgrounds rejected. When I applied, I knew I had my work cut out for me. I knew I had to get an edge. EXPARTUS® was the best I could get, and HBS worked out”
Harvard Business School

“EXPARTUS® was instrumental in helping me extract the very essense of who I am and to create a unique and coherent brand that differentiated me from other candidates at top schools. EXPARTUS® helped me in maneuvering around some of my weaknesses that stem from my European background, like little work and volunteer experience for my age. Without the expertise and energy of EXPARTUS®, I doubt that I would have been accepted to Duke and Tuck”
Tuck

“I began my business school application with much anxiety. Like many of my fellow applicants, I had the generic business school background: Ivy League graduate, economics major, and Wall Street. I had disparate community oriented activities with some leadership experience, a mediocre GMAT score, and only two years of work experience. EXPARTUS® was an absolute Godsend with a wealth of resources at its disposal. With my GMAT score at that time, I was not even close to the lower GMAT range for most of the top 25 business schools. Ready to give up on the GMAT, EXPARTUS® encouraged me to take the exam one more time and my score increased significantly. Being the introspective type, I thought that I knew myself like the back of my hand. However, utilizing EXPARTUS®’ strategies and exercises, I was forced to dig deeper helping me to find a stronger inner voice and self-confidence, not to mention a common theme that bound all my seemingly disparate experiences into a unique, personable and heartfelt story. I got into a number of business schools, including my top choice.”
Chicago Booth School

“The branding process was something with which I was unfamiliar, so I had no idea what to expect. But it lived up to what I imagined since it also helped me to think critically about where I see myself in ten years. Working with EXPARTUS® was unique in that my brand strategist was willing to guide my themes without taking over my writing, or changing my voice. “
Wharton

“The EXPARTUS® Personal Brand Audit put me in a reflective and brainstorming mode, which helped me revisit past experiences and convey them in a powerful way in my essays. EXPARTUS® was highly instrumental in getting me accepted in two of the world’s best business school. “
Harvard Business School

“My EXPARTUS® branding process was extremely successful. By completing the Personal Brand Audit, I was able to recall stories that were extremely useful for my essays. Also, it put me in the correct mind frame for what b schools are looking for. I was able to tailor my application for each business school, while still maintaining my own, unique identity. I came from a non-traditional media background, with minimal work experience (only 2 ½ years) and a low end GPA, and was able to get into some of the best business schools in the country (Tuck, Michigan, Kellogg, etc). “
Kellogg

“The EXPARTUS® expertise and dedication to clients was priceless. After working with EXPARTUS®, my significant other and I were both admitted to HBS. Now we will be able to realize our dreams. “
Harvard Business School

“The EXPARTUS® method of “branding” enabled me to complete a consistent application that reinforced my brand. The result was an application that was 100% genuine and written from my heart. EXPARTUS® insight into the admissions process, coupled with their ability to brand clients, is unmatched. “
Columbia

“Four applications…two acceptances and two waitlists in 2004, in contrast to the three apps and three dings in 2003. What made the difference in 2004 was EXPARTUS®’ sound advice, support and personalized sessions, which made it all possible. “
Harvard Business School

 “Our daughter is a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Without a doubt, we feel that the guidance she received from EXPARTUS is a major reason she was able to gain admission to her first choice school. She had a dedicated Counselor who took time to understand her interests and goals and then helped our daughter to brainstorm the best essay topics to write for her application. With her Counselor’s guidance our daughter was able to write very strong essays that accurately depicted her long term goals, how she would fit into Penn, and how she would contribute to the school. Much of the stress of applying was reduced knowing that she was receiving admissions help from experts who know the American admission system thoroughly. Thank you EXPARTUS for helping our daughter achieve her admission dream!”

Parent (University of Pennsylvania)

“We hired EXPARTUS to help as a “sanity check” while our son was applying to American Universities. We wanted an expert who understood the admissions process from an insider perspective and we found EXPARTUS to be very knowledgeable about the US selective university admissions. Our admissions advisor worked closely with our son to navigate all the questions we had including completing his Common Application which is quite confusing! We were happy with the personal attention and support we received from EXPARTUS and are glad to report that our son gained admission to his top choice school”

Parent (University of California, Berkeley)

 “We first read about Chioma Isiadinso and Expartus, in a 2007 New York Times article. Chioma and Expartus stood out, so we tucked away the article, in case, at a later date, we felt her services would be helpful for our children. That moment came, when our eldest daughter was a high school sophomore. We reached out to Chioma, to see if she might be able to help us to navigate through the bewildering process of selecting a college, and putting our daughter’s best self forward to those colleges.

We received so much more. Chioma became our daughter’s kind angel, helping our daughter to discover her best self during what can be awkward teenage years. Chioma was her springboard as she made choices along the way, from her high school courses to summer plans, and eventually selecting and applying to colleges. Watching this unfold from the sidelines, we were especially touched by how beautifully Chioma connected with our teenager, and in a very unassuming way, she helped our daughter steer her own path.

We believe our daughter received far more than support for the college selection process. Rather, she came away with lifelong lessons about putting her best self forward, cultivating a support network, and staying true to herself. Partnering with Chioma was a terrifically rewarding journey which we would highly recommend to others!”

Janet, Class of 2015 Parent, Dartmouth