College Application Coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the job coach my honey used when he was unemployed. Nothing new learned, that he did not know from the internet.

Exactly!

I think college coaches are good for people who are:
- lazy, and not willing to read / research the process together with their child
- disorganized, and need someone to keep the track of all the deadlines
- have anxiety or other mental issues that makes all the college application a nightmare for both, child and parent.
- I can’t think of any other reason why would anyone waste their money on college coach.

Otherwise, if you are a normal average person who can read English, you don’t need a coach.

Actually, I’m “a normal average person who can read English,” but my DC has certain learning challenges, so we hired a consultant to help us identify schools that would be a good fit for her. This isn’t always necessarily about a “lazy” parent or one with mental health issues. Parents hire consultants for any number of reasons, many times because they have a kid with atypical concerns, not because it’s about THEM. Your post is rude and only considers the issue from one perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- child vs parent relationship
- teen who finds other adults more credible than their own parents

+1

[Anonymous]

We used a "Coach" to help DD polish her application essays because she was much more amenable to recommendations from a "professional" than her own parents. Other members of our family had recommended Potomac Writers http://www.potomacwriters.com because they were really happy with the service. We thought it was a truly worthwhile investment as her essays were so much more powerful and moving after working with them. It also alleviated a ton of negative parent/teen interactions around the timing of finishing the essays and applications.