Do school consultants write parent essays?
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Anonymous
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Basic question. When one hires a DC area school consultant for private schools, is it expected, ethical, par for the course for the consultant to write the parent essays for the applications?
Don’t waste your time on making a moral judgment on this. It’s just a question. |
Anonymous
| That was never the expectation with ours, no, but she did review the essay and point out a couple changes she'd make. |
Anonymous
| No...they can review it but they won't write it |
Anonymous
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We had a discussion about what we need to write in our essays with our consultant first. She gave us the nuances about what matters to every school, and that was very helpful.
We wrote the essays ourselves and she reviewed them. But no, we never expected her to write the whole thing. That’s what ChatGPT is for 
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Anonymous
| Do the admissions staffs really read every single essay? |
Anonymous
| probably for applications in the maybe file or that need another look yes |
Anonymous
| No. Of course not. |
Anonymous
| How lazy are you that you can’t write an essay? |
Anonymous
| No school consultant with a shred of ethical fortitude would do this. |
Anonymous
IOW, for the right price, yes. |
Anonymous
How can a school consultant know a child more than you do? Why can't you just write some nice sentences about your own child? It is crazy. |
Anonymous
In my experience, yes. I've served on the admissions review committee several years, and I read them. However, if you are writing a novel about your kid, I'm scanning it quickly and taking it with a grain of salt. Some of the essays about the child are just ridiculously flowery and overly complimentary. Everyone thinks their kid is a genius and an astute observer. |
Anonymous
| Yes. |
Anonymous
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No consultant would ever write the essay, but they do review and make comments. We used a consultant twice and her feedback was wonderful. In addition, she reviewed with us things to highlight about our family and son.
Immeasurably helpful. |
Anonymous
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Consultants write parent essays and the child’s essays if needed.
Hence the word “review.” |