From First Draft to Admit.

Crackverbal is an Indian MBA admissions consulting firm working with applicants to top global business schools since 2006. Support runs from a free profile assessment through to submission day, and covers school selection, essay brainstorming and editing, resume and LinkedIn review, interview preparation, and a final review of every application before you send it.

There are four levels of support. Profile Consulting is free. A Brainstorming Sanity Check is ₹4,997 per session. Interview Preparation is ₹24,997 per interview round. The Full Service Package covers 1 to 5 schools and is quoted by school count and geography. We also run GMAT and GRE prep in-house, so the same team can advise on your test score and your application together rather than treating them as separate problems.

The Full Service Package covers your application end to end: profile assessment, school selection, unlimited essay brainstorming and editing, resume optimization, LinkedIn review, interview preparation, final submission review, and WhatsApp access to your consultant Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM IST.

How long we work together depends on how many schools you are applying to and which round you are targeting. It is quoted per engagement rather than as a flat fee, so a single-school Round 1 push and a five-school campaign across two rounds are priced differently.

As many as you want. The Full Service Package is quoted per engagement, so your quote scales with your target list. A single package covers 1 to 5 schools across a mix of reach, target and safety programmes.

On the free profile consultation we go through your list, tell you honestly which schools are realistic, and give you a quote based on the number and selectivity of the programmes you settle on.

At Crackverbal, Profile Consulting is free, a Brainstorming Sanity Check is ₹4,997 per session, and Interview Preparation is ₹24,997 per interview round. The Full Service Package is quoted per engagement and typically falls between ₹45,000 and ₹2.2 lakh, plus 18% GST.

Two things move that number. The first is how many schools you apply to, from a single school up to five in one package. The second is where those schools are: applications to Indian business schools sit roughly in the ₹45,000 to ₹90,000 band, while international programmes sit roughly in the ₹1 lakh to ₹2.2 lakh band, because the essay volume and school research involved are substantially heavier.

Packages are customizable rather than fixed tiers. On the free profile consultation we go through your target list and give you an exact figure for the schools you actually settle on, before you commit to anything.

No. No admissions consultant can guarantee admission, and any firm that offers one is selling you something it does not control. What we can point to is a track record: 87% of our 2025 admissions consulting clients received an offer from at least one school on their agreed target list.

What we do commit to is a materially stronger application than the one you would have submitted alone, and an honest read on your chances before you spend money.

Most candidates come to us 1 to 2 months before their first deadline, and that is enough time to do good work. The honest answer is that it depends on three things: which schools you are targeting, whether you already have a test score, and how much of your story you have worked out.

If you are targeting M7 programmes, or you still need a GMAT or GRE score, give yourself more runway. The earlier you start, the more we can shape your positioning rather than just tightening drafts you have already committed to.

Full Service clients get direct WhatsApp access to their consultant Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM IST. No waiting days for an email reply. It is built for the quick gut-checks and last-minute questions that come up constantly during application season.

Outside those hours, messages are answered the next working morning. The other packages are delivered over scheduled calls rather than ongoing chat access.

A below-average score is not disqualifying. Plenty of admitted candidates sit under a school's published average, because schools read the whole profile. We help you build the case around your strengths and offset the score elsewhere in the application.

We will also tell you plainly whether retaking the test would move the needle more than the same hours spent on your essays. Because we run GMAT and GRE prep in-house, that is a call we can make with real data rather than a guess.

Yes. Round 1 offers better odds statistically, but strong candidates are admitted in every round, and Round 2 is the largest intake at most schools. Round 3 is genuinely harder and works best for candidates with an unusual profile or a strong regional angle.

We will give you an honest assessment of whether applying this cycle or waiting for the next one is the better strategic move for your profile, even when the answer costs us the engagement.