Following their guidelines, I completed my applications and thought I was in a pretty good position before I even contacted Anna. But the final before-and-after comparison was starkly clear; with Anna's help, I went from applications swathed in mediocrity to having to choose among top-ten law schools. I can't recommend her more strongly, and in fact have recommended her to friends and even my own wife.

I could not have been more pleased with Anna's assistance. She answered all of the questions that I felt silly asking. Better yet, I turned in an application that I felt represented me. In retrospect, it seems an odd turn of events that I went looking for Anna so that I could hand an admissions committee an application that fit some secret formula. With Anna's help, I ended up sending an application that was simply a reflection of me.

I chose to use Anna Ivey's service because she has seen the process from the inside-out at its highest levels. She served as the Dean of Admissions at the University of Chicago, a school with a highly selective admissions process. What it is that schools at the level of Chicago seek in applicants, I don't know; but Anna does because she made thousands of those decisions when she served as the Dean. That makes her unique, as far as I know, among admissions consultants.

Anna guided me through many pitfalls; she offered fantastic and substantive advice along the way. Some pieces of advice were macroscopic, like essay topics; other were as minute as specific words in my resume. By December, I was in at Stanford. By mid-February, I was in at Yale and Harvard. Were it not for Anna, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Thanks to Anna's guidance I could have remained upbeat for months, but this was unnecessary as within three weeks I received admittance to a school in the top ten. Now, in February, I have multiple acceptances in the top 14 and am comparing financial offers. The results certainly justify the decision to consult Anna, but my confidence throughout the waiting process was priceless.

In these angst-ridden times of law school applications, even a ‘170-ish’ LSAT score no longer holds a guarantee of admission to the top schools. During my own application period, I was traveling and working extensive hours in consulting, and Anna’s expertise maximized the little time I had available. Anna provided me with a targeted, unifying approach for all areas of my application. She saved me from wasting time second-guessing my own decisions, and from having my essays ineffectively “reviewed” by friends who have no frame of reference on the matter.