A friend of mine applied last cycle and recommended Moshe, but what ultimately sold me was the fact that I knew who I’d be working with—him and just him. I could read specific essays he worked on and reviews of his services (thanks Reddit!), so there was no ambiguity about how he handles the job. From our initial and free consultation, I knew I’d be in good hands. Sure enough, my friend’s recommendation changed my cycle and my life trajectory.

Moshe has a talent for weaving seemingly disparate pieces of someone’s life story into a cohesive narrative. Our first steps began with me describing to him my background, so he got a picture of my writing habits and personality. After he patiently read through my rambling, I noticed he spotted general trends in my upbringing that, up to that point, only I was aware of. Further, he saw how my background shaped me into who I am today. I quickly learned this sort of meticulous diligence was the norm: as we fleshed out ideas and developed new approaches to my essays together over FaceTime, he used these opportunities to genuinely get to know me, and thus tailor his future criticism so that I could improve my wiring. 

While his perfectionist habits were sometimes taxing, I think they were pivotal in making me reach my full writing potential. In November, each draft he returned contained insightful feedback. Whether it was changing a structure of a sentence to be more succinct, or browsing through WordHippo for 20 minutes to get that perfect word, I had the support of someone immensely knowledgeable and devoted to his craft. Even at 4AM, I’d receive voice recordings of detailed analysis on a specific paragraph so it was the best it could be. The payoff was an application centered around one central theme but elaborated upon from different angles in each of my essays.

Moshe is a very honest, though sometimes harsh, critic. I came into this process wanting that exact approach because I felt that it was the most efficient means to producing a good essay. Even if it was difficult at times, I recognized I would likely never again receive this sort of personalized and intimate feedback on my writing. Each draft, criticism, and suggestion was an opportunity to improve. It was all worth it as I sent essays that embodied who I was, how I think, and how I’ll use my personal experiences to approach the law through a unique lens. 

By the end of it all, I was, in a weird sense, my own Moshe. I’d catch myself from falling back into bad writing habits, I’d often have the exact same ideas as him as we talked over FaceTime, and I’d be a stickler about varying my sentence structure (his first major lesson to me). By December, Moshe was fairly confident that I should send in my apps. However, I started to experience anxiety around pulling the trigger, so I began to get overly nit picky (which is why I didn’t send until January).

Finally, an unexpected (but pleasant) surprise was getting a friend in all of this. Moshe’s EXTREMELY comfortable to talk to, and not just about law school-related things. It was refreshing to have conversations that didn’t pertain to the looming pressure of law school during quarantine isolation. By the end, he wasn’t invested in my results just as a consultant, but also as a friend.

I’m eternally grateful to Moshe for all of his help throughout this stressful process. I’d recommend him to anyone in a heartbeat.

The following is reflective of both my and my significant other’s thoughts.

The Pros:

1. Moshe really really really cares about the work you put out. He treats every application like it’s him applying to law school again. He’ll start the brainstorming process (writing out lists of potential ideas for all your essays) before you start and continue thinking about how to refine your essays well after they are “done”. He loves to tinker, so he’d often direct my attention to an essay we marked “complete” to solicit more ideas about how to improve word choice or broader content. He won’t let you submit anything until it is something that both of you are proud of.
2. He is super open to criticism, himself. Every couple weeks, Moshe would check in with questions like “Do you feel like you are getting a value from this service worth the money spent so far?” and “Is there anything you think I could be doing better to serve your needs/expectations?”
3. He really emphasizes getting YOU to improve to a point where you earn a spot at the school you want rather than just paying him to throw together your materials for you. More so, he focuses on getting you to connect your background and experiences with why you want to pursue a career in law. It takes a long time and many drafts (which I’ll elaborate on later), but I truly feel that I am better prepared for law school having gone through it, which I’ll elaborate on at the end.
4. He is his own service. When you work with Sharper Statements, you get Moshe. When we first started working with him, Moshe didn’t have any clue that my s/o and I were together. Still, we often discussed our experiences with Moshe and both felt we were getting a similar level of quality. That is something we believe we wouldn’t have had had we worked with a larger consulting firm. When first seeking a consultant, both of us independently decided on Moshe because during our initial consultations with other services, we felt that the experience was very impersonal and somewhat unpredictable. Additionally, the way larger firms explained their services made them seem formulaic and not particularly adapted to the individual.
5. The best thing about Moshe’s services for me, personally, was his help regarding application strategy outside of the essays: Who to contact, from which schools, how to speak to them, how to integrate those conversations into the app, switching from RD to ED at Penn. He also helped tremendously in preparing me for the interviews with admissions officers.
   1. Regarding the switch from RD to ED, I am incredibly grateful for his insight. With the way the cycle was panning out, both myself and my s/o were starting to give up on attending the same school, especially one in the t14. Moshe gave us info about what kinds of scholarships we could expect from schools we were considering (if they accepted us of course) and let us decide whether or not we were willing to forego merit-based aid for a more solid chance of attending the same school, especially our dream school. We ultimately decided that Penn was our top school and we would feel much worse if we gave up that opportunity for an amount of money that we are confident we can pay back. After seeing the incredibly disparate outcomes other splitters had this cycle, we are pretty content with this decision.

The Cons:

1. His tons of ideas can become difficult to balance as he sometimes forgets that for people without his experience in this space, some things aren’t always obvious. Early on, we got into a few heated disagreements because he would give me 2+ ideas to implement into my work, but the 2 ideas seemed contradictory to me (I think he wanted something to be both more specific in 1 way and less specific in another). That improved over time as I got better at asking for clarification and he got better at understanding what I didn’t find as obvious and went more in depth in his explanations.
2. He is very blunt, sometimes to the point of being an asshole. When I sent him a draft he felt was subpar, he wouldn’t pull his punches saying, “this is trash”. His bluntness was equally present when giving positive feedback, sending me voice notes hyping me up after a particularly good draft. Still, Moshe needs to learn to temper this, at least when giving negative feedback. Overall, not a huge dealbreaker for me, as my experience in law firms has given me plenty of exposure to similar headstrong types.
   1. I should also note. I don’t come from a wealthy family. I am paying Moshe what I see as a lot of money out of my own pocket. Especially towards the end, I grew quite fond of Moshe, but I did not pay him that amount of money to be my friend. If I am paying someone that much to critique my work, I much prefer they be honest and to the point than waste my time beating around the bush.

The Pros for us but (potentially) Cons for you:

1. Frequent voice memos and text messages. Moshe is super responsive to text. He usually responds within 20-30 minutes and always within a day in my experience (Side note: Moshe has a weird sleep schedule, so he is generally not responsive in the morning, but that was not an issue for us as we never needed him then). As he is always coming up with new ideas about how to change the materials, he will think out loud and send voice memos of his thoughts. It can be a lot at times. We sometimes didn’t respond for a day or 2 if we needed to not think about apps. He was generally understanding and didn’t expect us to keep up with his level of responsiveness. I personally liked the system because he always made himself available, but I could engage with him based on my convenience/energy.
   1. We saw this as a pro because it showed us that he was not just thinking about our work when we asked him to. Whether he was walking his dog, Pebbles, eating dinner, or preparing for a date, our materials were always in the back of his mind. This level of personal attachment to the work was the determinant in our choosing his services to begin with.
2. The drafts, dear god the drafts. My s/o is a much better writer than me, no doubt. Between a general personal statement, specialized personal statements for schools without optional essays, diversity statements, why Xs for each of 7 schools, other optional essays, addenda, and resumes, she had a total of 156 drafts (29 general personal statements, 29 diversity statements, 76 Why X’s, 19 resumes, 3 addenda). I, on the other hand, had just a tiny bit more at 255 (59 general personal statements, 23 school specific personal statements, 18 diversity statements, 102 Why X’s, 26 resumes, 27 addenda). That’s not a typo. It was grueling. With how much active work Moshe put into the drafts, it must’ve been nearly as bad for him. He would make tons of written/spoken notes about ideas that could be better fleshed out, where to take an idea, what kind of research to do online to better inform the direction we were heading in, but he would never give us the exact sentences he wanted to see. TBH I hated it as I did it. But now on the other end, I believe that I gained so much in that process. I learned how to properly research the law and precedents relevant to my points. I learned how to create a cohesive story across multiple essays. I developed a lot in regards to writing a more conversational essay, as college writing did not emphasize the skill. And I learned to show rather than tell. While it was arduous, I figure that reading and writing for 10-15 hrs a week for ~4 months is probably good practice for law school.

At the end of the day, both of us are very thankful for the position we find ourselves in. It took a lot of hard work and Moshe’s direction was invaluable as it made us both consider things we never would have without him. Very skeptical that we could have achieved such heights alone.

9/10 would recommend

I thought that I was a perfectionist… then I met Moshe. Before I began working with him, I spent months grinding for the LSAT in hopes of giving myself a small shot at my dream law school. In the end, I was able to achieve my goal and became a super-splitter (17low/3.1x). But then came the hard part.

When I attempted to write my application essays, I received conflicting (and often poor) advice from many and just wasn’t quite “getting it.” I had some good things to share about myself, but my narrative felt disjointed. Given my circumstances, and after much deliberation, I decided to work with Moshe because he seemed seriously dedicated to his clients.

My impression was right. He quickly helped me see how I could tie my PS, DS, and GPA addendum together in a way that felt incredibly right and authentic to me. Admittedly, I still found the drafting process challenging; I all but rewrote my personal statement five times before Moshe decided that I had a solid first draft. That’s where his perfectionism and commitment come in: across my PS, DS, GPA addendum, resume, and optional essay, I ended up producing 135 draft versions from Moshe’s feedback. I was amazed how they all came together so neatly in the end—I still occasionally reread them and feel giddy that I was able to put my story together so beautifully in prose.

When I got the call letting me know that I was accepted ED into my dream school, Penn Law, I was genuinely in disbelief. I spent the next hour sharing many hugs and a few tears with my parents. I’m incredibly grateful to Moshe for how invested he was in my success. It was the little things, like staying up to do mock interviews with me, that made all the difference. Above all, I can now say that if you’re interested in working with someone who will help you to be your best, he’s your guy.

Moshe is committed, driven, and will push you to be your best like no one else. You should be warned that he doesn’t hold back on criticisms—he gave me the harshest criticisms I’ve ever received on my writing—but it’s all part of the package. His personality is so vibrant and his clarity of thought so strong that my words would fall short in attempting to describe them. In short, he has a marvelous knack for what he does and is absolutely in the right field. If you work with him, you’ll know he’s invested in you and your success. I’m very glad to have worked with Moshe.

I had no idea how to begin the process of applying to law school. I am a nontraditional applicant with a substandard undergraduate GPA and I hadn’t written a paper or made a resume in nearly a decade. While scouring reddit for advice I came across multiple reviews for Sharper Statements. I was encouraged by people saying that Moshe gave brutally honest advice (something I always work best with) and that he invested the time and energy into editing tons of drafts, if necessary. After witnessing his high energy and enthusiasm in my consultation, I was confident that he was the person I most wanted to work with.

Seeing his results with other clients, I expected to end up with great essays. What I never expected was how much I would learn about writing in the process. Moshe is not a consultant who is only interested in results; he is dedicated to making you a better writer. Rather than handing you solutions to problems, his precise notes are meant to help you find your own way. Through the dozens of drafts of my DS, PS, and Why Xs, I learned more about how to craft compelling writing than I did in the entirety of my undergraduate education.

Our relationship was not limited to that of writer and editor either. In the process of brainstorming topics, Moshe suggested that I write a bio and fill out a questionnaire. He patiently combed through the (undoubtedly grueling and aimless) ~10,000 words I had written and responded with thoughtful questions designed to get to know me even better. This level of personal investment was characteristic of our work together. Knowing I was anxious about an upcoming LSAT retake, he once went out of his way to make a video in which he discussed all the little things he used to do before tests to give himself a sense of grounding and security. While working with Moshe, I felt as though I was part of a team with a trusted friend.

Some question whether hiring a consultant is worth it. If I had hired someone who coddled me while sending a few edits, I would likely question that as well. Instead, I had a teammate who tirelessly pushed me to be the best writer I could be, and I feel more prepared for law school as a result. Moreover, as a super splitter at every school I applied, I received no rejections, and this fall will be attending an excellent law school on a full-tuition scholarship. I have no doubt that my results stem from the exceptional quality of my application materials.

I simply couldn’t be happier that I decided to work with Moshe and if you aren’t afraid of hard work, I highly recommend you do the same!

Once I decided to apply to law school, I faced three major issues: a subpar GPA, character and fitness lowlights, and that I didn’t know how to write. Unfortunately, offsetting the first two would require excellent statements, and coming from an engineering background, I knew it would take significant effort to learn how to write effectively outside of technical documentation. So, I sought help in the form of an admissions consultant.

My first step was investigating Reddit. The shoutouts to Moshe quickly reeled me in, and although I called a couple of other consultancies, my conversation with Moshe sealed the deal. He was the only consultant that was honest with me. No unfounded claims that he could get me into Stanford with my numbers or that I am a lock for a T10. He made it clear from the start that it would take considerable work to get me into the schools at the top of my list.

I couldn’t be happier with my choice to hire Moshe. He made an effort to teach me how to write as I embarrassingly struggled through the first 30 versions of my PS. I consider myself a fairly intense person, especially when it comes to work, and Moshe easily met my intensity, sometimes surpassing it. Over four months and 170 versions, we completed eight statements, and I genuinely feel like I learned writing skills that I can carry over into my new career. It wasn’t only the fact that he was obsessed with producing near-perfect statements, he also was a lifesaver when it came to brainstorming ideas. Going into the application process, I felt I had nothing to offer in terms of a diversity statement, but he pushed me to ramble about my life experiences until we landed on a great topic, one that seems so obvious now, but I failed to notice. It ended up being my most well written and captivating statement.

Overall, I urge anyone who wants to take their law school application very seriously to hire Moshe. You’ll receive blunt and honest feedback throughout the process and become a better writer for it. As a super splitter during the unprecedented COVID cycle, my hopes weren’t too high. But because of Moshe’s relentless approach, my statements made up for my GPA, and I got into my top choice: Penn Law.

When I was researching consultants, I specifically remember one review saying that, if anything, Moshe could be too attentive to your application. I thought this was an exaggeration at the time, but it turned out to be accurate. It’s hard to overstate how much attention my app received. Between my PS, DS, resume, and optional essays, I produced almost 300 revisions at Moshe’s behest. Every revision that he returned was filled with thoughtful commentary and tactful suggestions to alter sentences, phrases, and individual words as to produce the best document possible. At times, this fine-combing would reach nauseating levels of perfectionism. I remember a 10-or-so draft streak while revising my DS where the final sentence of my first paragraph was completely reworked every single time. This sentence took me to the limits of my patience, but I could tell Moshe was used to this sort of agonizing. And the stress was rewarded. The resulting essay turned out fantastic, and I couldn’t have felt more confident submitting it to admissions committees.

Despite the enormity of the work, it remained incredibly focused and tactical over the application process. Before starting, we came up with a general blueprint of how each part of my application would work to tell a coherent story. Each revision kept this story in mind. The result was a PS, DS, and resume that I felt expressed me professionally in both the broadest and deepest sense possible—at least as far as what’s achievable in a couple of pages.

This thoughtfulness carried forward after submitting. There was a point during negotiations where the NYU deposit deadline was going to pass before I heard about financial aid from Berkeley. According to the NYU GroupMe, no one was being offered extensions at the time, and I was freaking out as NYU and Berkeley were essentially my top choices. Moshe advised me to couple my request for an extension with a letter of negotiation, which amazingly succeeded in extending my deadline. This well-considered advice ended up saving me from what was the most stressful moment of my application cycle.

Of course, I expected this kind of shrewd advice after hiring a consultant; what sold me on Moshe in particular was the promise of a very personal consulting experience. Upon hiring him, he had me write a ~5,000-word brainstorming piece where I described my entire life up to that point. In addition to helping me find topics for my DS and PS, I felt this exercise spared me from having to work with a consultant that didn’t know or understand me. It paid off enormously over the course of my application cycle because, like I said, I feel I was able to craft a set of essays that best told my story. As I’ve obviously only had one consultant, I’m not sure whether this experience is the norm or not. However, I would imagine that other companies don’t become as intimate with your materials or as personally invested in your success after you’ve submitted.

Which brings me to my last point about Moshe: he’s just really easy to talk to. It didn’t start out like this, but about halfway through the essay-writing portion of my cycle, he became more like a really knowledgeable and time-generous friend than a formal consultant. This might not be to everyone’s tastes, but it’s really easy to get advice when you can casually shoot a text to your law school consultant at any time. And I mean any time. I live in California while Moshe lives in NY. Despite the time difference, he was constantly up at the most insane hours of the night responding to my revisions, giving sage advice, or, double-checking that I know my upcoming deadlines. Psychologically, this support helped enormously during the otherwise stressful and unpredictable process of applying to law school.

Overall, 10/10 consultant, would work with him again. Here is my cycle recap if you want to see the payoff.

This past January, after taking the LSAT for the third time, I began working on my law school application: my personal statement, my resume, and getting all my transcripts in. For those who don’t know, the process is time-consuming, somewhat complicated, and occasionally overwhelming. Upon voicing my concerns (and especially given the lateness of my application), a friend of mine gave me a number to call, and that’s when I met Moshe Indig.

Moshe took one look at what I had written for my PS and immediately sent me a slew of resources and sample statements to give me a sense of what a good PS looks like. I had to sell myself to a school that was getting thousands of applications, he explained, and for that my PS had to really stand out. His critique was incisive and, at times, brutally honest, but it was transformative. Moshe’s work is meticulous, and he had me rethink every word choice, phrase, and sentence until my PS sparkled.

To give you a sense of just how exacting Moshe is, we went through more than twenty drafts of my PS until we really felt like it captured me well, it flowed, and it made a compelling case for my future in law. I should also mention that I got admitted to six law schools, all of which gave me generous scholarships. One dean of admissions even handwrote a note over the scholarship notification saying how impressed he was with my personal statement.

Moshe is very nice and easy to work with, and he was quick to follow up with any questions I had. I also want to mention that law school applications turned out to be more complicated than I thought they would be, and Moshe’s advice along the way was invaluable in navigating the terrain, and I attribute my success in this process to his experience, knowledge, and advice. Moshe is a real pleasure to work with, and I highly recommend his services to anyone who wants to build a solid law school application. Thank you Moshe!

Initially, I have to admit, I was a bit hesitant to work with Moshe. First off, I’d only heard of him through Reddit. Second, he didn’t have the “law school admissions office” sort of experience that some other consulting options have. After a call with him on the phone, it was clear to me not only that he could help, but that he really knew what he was doing. I decided to give him a shot working on my personal statement, as well as my resume. 

Despite my initial hesitations, his advice was invaluable. The whole time he worked with me, I really felt like he was invested in my personal statement and my law school admission success almost as much as I was. I work odd hours due to my job, but he was consistently available with feedback (usually in 24 hours). He was always brutally honest with me about both my writing and my school expectations, which is something I wanted and needed. 

Unlike some other consultants that only permit two or three edits of an essay, I had worked through over 30 (!!) versions of my personal statement and over 10 versions of my resume. He put in the effort to help me get my essay and resume to the best they could be in the clearest and most concise way possible.

I ultimately got into 5 great schools, 4 of which I was a splitter at, all with large scholarships. I also received personal, handwritten notes on two of my acceptances that specifically discussed my personal statement. I am so happy with the school I’ll be attending in the fall and would recommend Moshe for all your law school application needs.

Closed out my cycle with better success than I ever expected (link to recap), and I wanted to throw in my wholehearted recommendation of Moshe Indig for folks who might be interested in hiring admissions consulting help for the next cycle.

After I had a rough cycle last year, I decided that this was going to be my last shot at applying to law school and wanted to make sure I did everything I could (#noregrets). To that end, I decided to hire an admissions consultant and shopped around the block. All of them offer some form of free consultation, and in the end I decided to go with Moshe.

Two things in particular that stood out to me while I worked with him:

1. Around-the-clock attention: He was incredibly responsive to my questions regardless of the time of day, and made himself available for anytime I needed to briefly chat on the phone. This also translated to a LOT of drafts for my PS and DS. I’m more of a “write it well the first time” kind of a writer, so working on dozens of drafts and several versions for each essay was not comfortable at all. I am grateful for Moshe’s patient editing through it all — my essays are all the better because of it.
2. No bullshit: I quickly found that one needs to have a certain layer of thick skin to work with Moshe, because his way of giving feedback can be characterized as zero-sugarcoating, plain and simple, “call a spade a spade” -type of constructive criticism. He of course respected my ownership of the essays and left final decisions on wording and direction to me, but would let me know plainly if he disagreed with a certain decision. (Working with Moshe is extra fun if you’re willing to get into the occasional verbal joust with him)

If you’re looking for an admissions consultant who will keep a strictly professional relationship with you, where you treat each other courteously as a valued customer and a service provider, you shouldn’t go with Moshe. He’s more like a friend who’s obsessed with all things law school admissions and whom you can send never-ending essay revisions and questions for him to look over without feeling guilty about bothering him. Very happy to have worked with Moshe, and would recommend him to anyone I know (and now everyone online) who’s applying to law school and looking for a consultant!

As someone who had zero knowledge of the law school application process, I was immediately overwhelmed by the countless tasks that lay ahead. Which topic should I choose for a personal statement? How should I phrase my particular work experience in my résumé? These and many other questions left me baffled at how to proceed. Moshe was very insightful as to how to tackle each step, whether it be advising me to write a stream-of-consciousness life “recap,” or on how to add certain flourishes to my statement to make it more personal. Throughout our time working together, Moshe would be shockingly quick with responses, whether by text of email, and would have his notes on my writing posted without delay. Even in the months after we finished working together, he would still contact me once in a while to get updated on my progress or results. It was these kinds of gestures that showed me I had one on one attention with a real expert.

If you expect to go into the admissions process without having to put in the work, you’re in for a surprise. Moshe will make you work hard to get a real quality piece of writing. Instead, expect tens of versions of your résumé and personal statement, each read and commented on with extreme attention to detail. But ultimately the work will be worth it, when you see the final result. I enjoyed working with Moshe, as he taught me not only the ins and outs of the admissions process, but also the work ethic necessary to produce great, high quality writing.