Can I upgrade from one package to another mid-engagement?

Yes, though the stronger approach is to scope the engagement correctly at the outset.

During the initial consultation, your consultant assesses your school list, timeline, competitive positioning, and the realistic secondary volume your strategy requires. We aim to make that call early. The secondary phase moves quickly once it begins, and candidates who underestimate the workload often face quality-versus-coverage tradeoffs at the worst point in the cycle.

That said, circumstances do change. Candidates who plan to manage secondaries independently sometimes reassess once prompts arrive and pacing becomes clear. In those cases, upgrading is straightforward, and fees already paid are applied toward the higher tier.

The most common upgrade is Silver to Gold, driven by the sustained demands of secondary applications. Candidates who experience the discipline of the primary process often decide that maintaining that same standard across multiple school-specific essays under deadline pressure is not something they want to manage alone. We don’t engineer that outcome, but we do see it often, which is why we encourage an honest evaluation of secondary scope during the initial consultation.