Full Consulting · Coming soon

The hands at the anvil.

Most applicants don't need a consultant, and we'll tell you so. But borderline profiles, complex stories, and reapplicants sometimes need human judgment on top of the system. This is 1:1 work with our Stanford GSB alumni coaches: deep work on your stories, and feedback candid enough to change your outcome. We're opening a limited number of seats soon. Join the waitlist below and you'll be first to know.

Indicative engagements and pricing

Story Intensive

$499

Two 1:1 working sessions with a Stanford GSB alum on your story bank: which stories carry your application, which angles you're missing, and a candid written read of every story you've forged. The single highest-leverage hours in the process.

For applicants whose numbers are fine but whose material feels flat.

Full Consulting

$1,950 first school · $750 each additional

End-to-end partnership on your application: strategy and positioning, story selection, unlimited human review rounds on essays you wrote, recommender strategy, and interview prep. Candid feedback throughout; if something isn't working, you'll hear it straight. Pro included.

For borderline profiles, complex stories, and reapplicants who need human judgment on top of the system.

A traditional consultant charges $4,500 to $6,800 per school, mostly to learn who you are. Your coach starts already knowing, because the forge did the briefing. Same no-ghostwriting pledge as everywhere else: judgment and feedback, never someone else's words in your essays.

Why it's different

  • • Your coach sees your entire forge before minute one. No $400/hr spent reciting your resume; the workspace does the briefing.
  • • No hourly meter. Flat, published engagement pricing: you always know the cost before you commit.
  • • Candid by design. The feedback you need is usually the feedback nobody sells you. If a story is weak, you'll hear it before an adcom decides it silently.
  • • The same no-ghostwriting pledge. Strategy and judgment, never someone else's words in your essays.
  • • Limited seats per cycle. Quality of attention beats volume. That's the point.

How it works

  1. 1

    Join the waitlist

    Leave your email below. We'll reach out the moment consulting opens.

  2. 2

    Run the free diagnostic

    So we both know where you stand before anyone's time is spent.

  3. 3

    Build in the forge

    Consulting clients get Pro included. Your coach reads your stories, goals, and red flags before the first call.

Join the waitlist

Consulting is opening soon with a limited number of seats. Leave your email and we'll reach out first, no pitch. We'll tell you honestly whether consulting moves your outcome, or whether the forge alone is enough.

Haven't run the free diagnostic yet? It's the first thing your coach will ask for.