Services and Pricing
Structured, individualized guidance from early planning through final application review.
Application Packages
Wise Zebra works with students and families to build a clear application strategy, develop authentic student-led materials, manage important deadlines, and review each included application before submission.
Published prices apply to the standard package scopes shown below. Specialized documents, unrelated fields, compressed timelines, or requirements outside the standard scope may require a custom proposal.
$4,500
For students who need coordinated college selection, application-round planning, family strategy, and support across the Common Application and college-specific materials.
Package includes
$3,500
For applicants pursuing standard academic or professionally oriented master’s programs in one related field.
Package includes
$5,500
For applicants who need research positioning, program and faculty-fit analysis, academic materials guidance, and individualized preparation for research-focused doctoral applications.
Package includes
Transparent Scope
Common Application coordination, family strategy, application rounds, and up to eight supplements create a broader workflow.
A shared core statement can often be adapted across related programs, with focused program-specific work.
Research positioning, faculty fit, academic materials, and guidance on a substantial research statement or proposal require deeper individualized review.
Application Process
We review the applicant’s academic background, experiences, goals, interests, concerns, and timeline.
We develop a realistic pathway, identify priorities, and establish a school or program selection strategy.
We guide the student’s résumé, activities list, personal statement, statement of purpose, academic CV, or other package-covered core materials.
We guide school- or program-specific responses and review each included application for accuracy, consistency, and strategic alignment.
We provide package-covered interview preparation and, when applicable, basic waitlist, deferral, and final-option guidance.
Detailed Scope
Open a package to review its meetings, materials, feedback rounds, and application-specific work.
Standard Scope
The following work is not automatically included in the standard PhD package and requires separate scope confirmation when applicable:
Additional Applications
$750
Additional supplemental essay units: $225 each.
$600
Additional supplemental essay units: $175 each.
$1,000
Additional essay units are $250 each. Substantial proposal adaptation is $350. A substantially different research direction may require a custom proposal or a separate application pathway.
Active Clients
Standalone work is not automatically included in a comprehensive package and is not sold directly from the public website. After service activation and issuance of a formal Student ID, a client may contact Wise Zebra using the Student ID and confirmed email to request the current add-on service menu and pricing. Every added service requires a separately confirmed scope, fee, and deadline.
01The agreement is signed, the activation payment is verified, and written activation is sent.
02Provide the formal Student ID and confirmed email when contacting Wise Zebra so staff can verify the client record.
03Scope, price, deadline, and payment are confirmed in writing before added work begins.
Scope Definition
A standard supplemental essay unit is generally one school-specific or program-specific response of 101 to 650 words.
Up to three short responses of 100 words or fewer each may be grouped as one supplemental essay unit.
Research proposals, writing samples, portfolio narratives, major scholarship essays, and other specialized documents are not standard supplemental essay units.
One feedback round means the student submits one complete draft and Wise Zebra provides one consolidated set of feedback.
A completely new topic, substantially different response, or complete restart may be treated as a new essay unit.
Custom Scope
Rush work is accepted only when advisor capacity allows and may carry a 25% rush fee.
Service Standards
Wise Zebra provides application strategy, planning, organization, review, and professional feedback. The student remains the author and owner of every application.
All personal statements, statements of purpose, supplemental essays, résumés, activities lists, research statements, and application responses must be completed by the student. We do not write on a student’s behalf, invent experiences, or assist with inaccurate or misleading content.
Schools, universities, departments, programs, faculty, and admissions committees make admission and funding decisions independently. Wise Zebra does not guarantee admission, scholarships, funding, visas, waitlist outcomes, or any other specific result.
Standalone Paid Consultation
Undergraduate and master’s consultations are 75 minutes; PhD consultations are 90 minutes. Suitability, discussion scope, time, and payment method are confirmed in a retainable written notice before purchase. Submitting an initial consultation request is free.
Final appointment details and applicable terms are confirmed in writing before payment.
Initial Consultation
Submit the free consultation request form so we can review the applicant’s goals, timeline, academic background, and service needs. The initial strategy consultation is $350: 75 minutes for undergraduate or master’s planning and 90 minutes for PhD planning.
The $350 consultation fee may be credited toward an eligible comprehensive package when the applicant enrolls within seven calendar days.
