Client stories
These notes describe concrete edits and constraints — not star ratings. Names are withheld or shortened at client request.
The scholarship alignment table showed that two of my answers repeated the same leadership story. I rewrote the second toward community service hours the foundation actually scores. The memo was blunt about how thin my evidence was on “international outlook.”
Undergraduate nominee · Scholarship Criteria Alignment Check
Our son’s English CV listed a lab role six months longer than the Japanese form. The consistency pass caught it before HR did. Turnaround was a day slower than we hoped during 就活 season, which we should have booked earlier for.
Family in Saitama · Employment Dossier Consistency Pass
I wanted them to rewrite the statement. They refused, which irritated me at first, then made the clarification call useful: I left knowing which paragraph to cut rather than which adjectives to swap.
Master’s applicant · Full Application Package Audit
Engagement note
A Tokyo-based candidate arrived with a polished statement and a CV that buried exhibition dates. The audit memo reordered the activity list to match the programme’s emphasis on recent practice, and flagged a recommendation draft that repeated CV lines verbatim. After the second look, the candidate submitted with two fewer pages and clearer evidence of studio hours.
Engagement note
Bilingual forms disagreed on the scope of a prior grant. The consistency pass produced a harmonised duty list and asked the client to attach a one-page appendix clarifying budget role versus scientific lead. The client later wrote that the institute’s interview opened on that exact distinction.