Indrani will tell it to you straight.
As a re-applicant, I didn’t have any insight into whether any part of my application was hurting me. On my first call with Indrani, she gave it to me straight:
My personal statement was boring.
One of my LORs was strong, but another one was so mediocre it could even hurt my application.
I should try to get an LOR from a professor.
After the call, I immediately reached out to one of my college professors and got an LOR from him. Then, Indrani helped me overhaul my personal statement to come up with a much stronger one. She also looked over my diversity statement and several “Why School X” essays, providing me with direct feedback all throughout the process (e.g. “This isn’t working”, “This is not specific enough”, “This sounds bland”, etc.)
Indrani is also not shy to provide compliments when she sees something she likes (e.g. “I like this one”, “This one is ready to go”, “Nice!”, etc.) Furthermore, she won’t try to fix something that isn’t broken. As an example, for my “Why Chicago Law” essay, I was specific enough that it was good to go after a revision or two. On the other hand, we worked on my “Why Berkeley Law” essay over several iterations to get the details down correctly.
I don’t think you need an admissions consultant to stroke your ego. Instead, you need one to help with your application and from my experience, Indrani can do just that. Sure, I retook the LSAT and improved slightly, but with the recent score inflation, I am not certain that was the changing factor. From 0 acceptances last year to acceptance into Columbia Law this year, I think Ivey Consulting and Indrani were the main contributors to my successful cycle.
Thanks Indrani, I owe you one!