Do hours expire or roll over between application cycles?

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

Within that year, usage is flexible. You and your consultant decide how to allocate the hours: how many sessions, how long, what cadence makes sense for where you are. Some candidates front-load strategy. Others spread work across the year as decisions arise — LSAT timing, internship choices, extracurricular positioning. The structure adapts to your situation.

For application packages, the engagement is naturally cycle-driven. Your package covers the schools you’re applying to in a given cycle. If circumstances change and you need to defer, that’s a conversation — not an automatic rollover, but not a closed door either. We’ll work with you honestly on what makes sense.

The underlying principle is consistent across all services: the hours you pay for are real consulting time with real people. They aren’t tokens in a system. Use them with intention, and they’ll do real work for you.