The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage

The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage is an exclusive essay service created through a collaboration with Fortuna Admissions. It gives you access to former admissions officers and seasoned admissions professionals from leading global business schools. While our core package provides comprehensive guidance from The Red Pen’s experts, this add-on offers insights that only admissions gatekeepers can provide. Reserved solely for The Red Pen’s MBA applicants, The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage enables you to present a more competitive and refined application story.

What students can expect

The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage Journey

The Red Pen
Fortuna Advantage Journey

Strategy Consultation

An online session to refine your themes, positioning and narrative direction.

Development Review

A mid-stage session that refines structure, coherence and flow.

Editorial Enhancement

A detailed offline edit that sharpens clarity, tone and impact.

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Why Choose The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage?

Why Choose
The Red Pen
Fortuna Advantage?

A perspective grounded in real admissions experience

Former admissions officers bring insight into how committees interpret applicant narratives, helping you make more informed choices about content, tone and emphasis.

A more cohesive narrative

The added viewpoint helps you present your story more clearly, ensuring your goals, examples and motivations connect intentionally and compellingly.

Enhanced editorial precision

Your essays benefit from an additional admissions officer’s perspective, offering nuanced insights that enrich your narrative and strengthen your application.

The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage FAQs

Your consultant guides your strategy, while this add-on provides an essay review from admissions professionals of leading business schools to strengthen your application.

You may use this service for core essays, goals’ essays and short-answer prompts. Your consultant will help you prioritize which pieces to send for external review.

The offline edit offers detailed in-line feedback that a live meeting cannot, so we do not recommend changing the format.

No. We pair you with a professional whose background aligns with your profile and target schools. This ensures you receive the most relevant and practical guidance.

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The Red Pen Fortuna Advantage?

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