How much will I pay for an educational consultant?

[Anonymous]

I know it 'depends', but on average how much will I pay for someone to observe my child in current school, offer advice on testing, private school admissions, etc.? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Georgia Irvin's fees:

Comprehensive Service
With Georgia
$4000
With Pam
$3600

If Comprehensive Service is requested within 10 days following the Consultation or Advisory appointment, $50 of the Consultation fee or the entire Advisory fee is credited toward the continuing service. Later requests are accepted if time permits, and the discount does not apply. International phone calls and faxes will be billed to the client at the end of service.

Advisory Service
With Georgia $2000
With Pam $1600
Review of options (after acceptance, wait-list, or denial letters are received) $650
Consultation Service $1000

Telephone Service is also available for $100 for the first 15 minutes and $50 for each additional 15 minutes or portion thereof for each call. This service is available only as a follow-up to recent Advisory or Consultation Service clients. Payable in advance.

http://www.gkirvin.com/services.html

[Anonymous]

Are there people dumb enough to pay that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there people dumb enough to pay that?

There are people rich enough to pay that and not blink - barely notice!

[Anonymous]

OP, consider reading threads on this forum to get info. You might be able to skip those high fees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there people dumb enough to pay that?

There are people rich enough to pay that and not blink - barely notice!

Well, are they dumb?

[Anonymous]

This economy means less competition. Just wing it.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know Suzie Blattner's fees? She wasn't mentioned atop.

[Anonymous]

If I was making $700,000 per year in a very demanding job, paying someone $4K to tell me about the schools. which ones my DC are suited for, and how to go about the process the right way would be preferrable to obsessing over Dcurbanmom.com for days, reading dozens of nearly identical websites and brochures, visiting dozens of open houses, and talking to even more obsessive parents (real or of the sock puppet variety).

I've gone the later route and I'm still confused. But I don't make $700,000 per year either. Or half of that. Or half of half of that.

[Anonymous]

The stupid pay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This economy means less competition. Just wing it.

Not where your kids are concerned surely?

[Anonymous]

Maybe 'stupid' for the cookie cutter kid, with high grades and test scores. Not so 'stupid' for a kid like mine who is developmentally all over the place. We do not make $$$$, but our son's future is priceless. We will find a way to pay whomever will send us in the right direction.

[Anonymous]

You trust a stranger to know your kid better than you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You trust a stranger to know your kid better than you?

We all trust many strangers to know certain things about our kids better than us - physicians, teachers, to name a few

[Anonymous]

To answer OP's initial question:

Too much.

Whatever you're paying, it's too much. Trust me.