Do hours expire or roll over between application rounds?

Advanced Planning hours are valid for one calendar year from the date of purchase. That’s the shelf life, and it’s intentional — open-ended engagements with no expiration tend to lose focus, and unfocused work helps no one.

Within that year, usage is flexible. You and your consultant decide how to allocate the hours: how many calls, how long, what cadence. Some candidates front-load the strategic work. Others spread it evenly. The structure adapts to your situation.

For application packages, the engagement is inherently round-driven. Your package covers the schools and rounds you’re applying to. If you need to add a round or extend into a subsequent cycle, that’s a conversation — not an automatic rollover, but not a brick wall either. We’ll work with you on what makes sense.

The underlying principle is the same across all service types: the hours you pay for are real consulting time with real people. They aren’t tokens in a vending machine. Use them with intention, and they’ll produce results.