Sara Harberson-essay editing

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Anonymous wrote:Did any of you get your kid's essay edited by Sara Harberson? What were your thoughts? Thank you


Funny. I work in the college admissions field. I’ve never heard of her but SHE says she’s called “America’s College Counselor”. I don’t think so.


If you haven’t heard of her, then you are not really paying attention to the college admissions space. She is a pretty visible figure with a book and public appearances. And social media.

We didn’t have essays edited, but did join her private Facebook group. Members always seemed thrilled with her edits. I believe 3-4 essays from students she worked with recently were selected by the NY Times in their “best college essays” piece.


That's an ad. (PR hit.) NYTimes is not a college.


But it's pretty gross that these essays are thought to be among the best, and it's like "you can talk to my 500$/hr editor and tell her she did a great job." I wish they would get rid of essays altogether or have them as timed writing samples where you log into the school's website and complete it.


lol. its $1k for the personal essay......
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Are the AN essays too "adultified"? Meaning they have these red flags?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1ng0utz/dartmouths_adultified_essays/
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