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Dear PrepLounge Community,

We hope that you are enjoying your time on PrepLounge.
Did you know that due to this year's crisis, the recruiting funnel in consulting is much tighter and it's even harder to get selected for the fewer spots left? We have good news for you: To make sure that you will ace your case interview with confidence, we double your 6-week Premium Membership for every CoachingPlus purchase until Tuesday, September 8th! September 15th!

Since we received so much positive feedback from you, we decided to extend this deal for another week in order to support you with your case prep!

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This is fantastic! What an opportunity for candidates!

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This is fantastic! What an opportunity for candidates!

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Excellent deal for consulting candidates, especially given that the bar is so much higher due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Although I think that CoachingPlus is a great value as-is, and allows candidates to work with top tier coaches at very affordable prices.

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Excellent deal for consulting candidates, especially given that the bar is so much higher due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Although I think that CoachingPlus is a great value as-is, and allows candidates to work with top tier coaches at very affordable prices.

Good luck with your preparation!

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In my opinion, and to help those who doubt about the value proposition, the most interesting feature about the Premium Membership is the access to the case library. Not only real cases from MBBs and other consulting firms, but also new cases done by the different coaches in the platorm.

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In my opinion, and to help those who doubt about the value proposition, the most interesting feature about the Premium Membership is the access to the case library. Not only real cases from MBBs and other consulting firms, but also new cases done by the different coaches in the platorm.

Furthermore, it´s always difficult to find casing partners -nope, friends who are not preparing for Consulting or your poor parents are not a good idea for this-, and this provides access to a whole bunch of other eager candidates.

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