Admission Consultant Recommendation - Hourly services

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I totally agree that there's a 99% likelihood that your kid will go to a college that someone from their high school (class of 20-23) went to. People go to high schools with people like themselves, with similar social class and interests. So start with that list.

I see that break down once in a while when there's an UMC family with a mediocre student who wants something "different" than where mediocre students usually go .. so they end up with something a little different for this area like Puget Sound or U of Utah or an overseas school.

And very rarely a student will get into a college that "no one" from the high school gets into. But I'd discount the likelihood of that.

[Anonymous]

Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

[Anonymous]

BTW someone posted here that Montauk now has package pricing for Brown. I don't if that's true but he did write the book on the subject within the last year. About getting into Brown. And he's good. Advisors to the wealthy private school families in NYC pay multiples of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

[b]


no. he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

[Anonymous]

I feel like I've heard about this one Oxford/montauk situation about 50 times already and I'm not an especially close reader of this site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

no. [b]he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

Wrong and wrong again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

no. [b]he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes

I I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

I'm very happy to ask Jeff to prove you wrong. I have no financial issue in the matter. I can confirm the oxford acceptance. Shall I ask Jeff?

Wrong and wrong again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

[b]


no. he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

You sound unhinged in a major way. Why on earth would anyone ever want to call you about anything? Who are you beyond an anonymous crank? no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

no. [b]he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes

I I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

I'm very happy to ask Jeff to prove you wrong. I have no financial issue in the matter. I can confirm the oxford acceptance. Shall I ask Jeff?

Wrong and wrong again.

Seriously. I am happy to report this to Jeff and have him sort it out for you. I am a happy client of Montauk for my DS. DS would say the same. I am trying to help other parents because I wish I had done same for the older child but didn't. Had I known DCUM existed back when DC was applying, I might have learned about private coaches. I might have made smarter decisions for my DC. I didn't. Because I didn't knw such services existed. (think URM and first generation).
I stupidly relied upon the well-meaning FCPS college counselor. DD was a SN kid and we could have used private coaching. For some strange reason my husband and I thought we should rely upon the public high school counselor (don't get me wrong - they mean well, but they are processing 100s of kids to college). Instead, I relied on the overburdenede Langley hihg school college coach who was processing 400 seniors while coaching the parents and students of the 400 in the next junior class. I have no affiliation with Richard Montak. I am in Charlottesville area, formerly of Mclean, which I assume Jeff the moderator can figure out. I don't' know where Montauk is - my DS dealt with him (as do all coaches these days) by computer I just sent hte money which I thought was reasonable, more so with the Oxford results. Do you want a cancelled check? What IS your problem? Are you a competitor in the field trying to branch out?

[Anonymous]

last time you told us about Montauk for your Oxford kid you were a dad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

no. [b]he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes

I I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

I'm very happy to ask Jeff to prove you wrong. I have no financial issue in the matter. I can confirm the oxford acceptance. Shall I ask Jeff?

Wrong and wrong again.

Seriously. I am happy to report this to Jeff and have him sort it out for you. I am a happy client of Montauk for my DS. DS would say the same. I am trying to help other parents because I wish I had done same for the older child but didn't. Had I known DCUM existed back when DC was applying, I might have learned about private coaches. I might have made smarter decisions for my DC. I didn't. Because I didn't knw such services existed. (think URM and first generation).
I stupidly relied upon the well-meaning FCPS college counselor. DD was a SN kid and we could have used private coaching. For some strange reason my husband and I thought we should rely upon the public high school counselor (don't get me wrong - they mean well, but they are processing 100s of kids to college). Instead, I relied on the overburdenede Langley hihg school college coach who was processing 400 seniors while coaching the parents and students of the 400 in the next junior class. I have no affiliation with Richard Montak. I am in Charlottesville area, formerly of Mclean, which I assume Jeff the moderator can figure out. I don't' know where Montauk is - my DS dealt with him (as do all coaches these days) by computer I just sent hte money which I thought was reasonable, more so with the Oxford results. Do you want a cancelled check? What IS your problem? Are you a competitor in the field trying to branch out?

it's possible your pre-covid prices and results are no longer super relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richard Montauk. Richardmontauk.com. We paid hourly for him to review Oxbridge application and essay This was two years back but I believe he was under $300 an hour. Total fee was under $3000. DD got into Oxford, then chose to use him again for grad school applications. She got in again and is there now starting her DPhil. I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn today to rely upon your public or private high school counselor. I, like some other posters here, think hiring an advisor is somehow cheating the system. I learned the hard way. We could have done better for the first child. And, FWIW, before the juvenile hecklers come on, I never dealt with Richard personally. He lives somewhere in New England. I am not he. I'm sure the moderator can confirm

He lives in Providence RI and sometimes does post on this site, but gets deleted.

no. [b]he has never posted here. He doesn't even know DCUM exists. Nor does he need to know. Want me to ask Jeff to confirm? I didn't think so.

We are in the Charlottesville area near UVA. I assume Jeff can pick that up. I don't know where Montauk is. All of his (xlnt) session are handled with your CHILD (not the adult) via computer.

I've never seen Jeff erase anything of that type. But I welcome him if so to call me.

I think it is YOU that have issues

I don't have issues. I wish I had hired someone for my SN kid but wasn't plugged enough in to realize that i could (no legacy/no money/ no first generation.

I post here because I made a mistake with my daughter. Langly public is processing 450 kids every year plus trying to deal with the quesitons of the junior parents below.

Either YOU the parent have to take on reading everything you can put your hand on or YOU need hire someone who knows what to do. It's that difficult. And yes

I I have a resume you would awe over. But I don't know squat about college admissions.

I'm very happy to ask Jeff to prove you wrong. I have no financial issue in the matter. I can confirm the oxford acceptance. Shall I ask Jeff?

Wrong and wrong again.

Seriously. I am happy to report this to Jeff and have him sort it out for you. I am a happy client of Montauk for my DS. DS would say the same. I am trying to help other parents because I wish I had done same for the older child but didn't. Had I known DCUM existed back when DC was applying, I might have learned about private coaches. I might have made smarter decisions for my DC. I didn't. Because I didn't knw such services existed. (think URM and first generation).
I stupidly relied upon the well-meaning FCPS college counselor. DD was a SN kid and we could have used private coaching. For some strange reason my husband and I thought we should rely upon the public high school counselor (don't get me wrong - they mean well, but they are processing 100s of kids to college). Instead, I relied on the overburdenede Langley hihg school college coach who was processing 400 seniors while coaching the parents and students of the 400 in the next junior class. I have no affiliation with Richard Montak. I am in Charlottesville area, formerly of Mclean, which I assume Jeff the moderator can figure out. I don't' know where Montauk is - my DS dealt with him (as do all coaches these days) by computer I just sent hte money which I thought was reasonable, more so with the Oxford results. Do you want a cancelled check? What IS your problem? Are you a competitor in the field trying to branch out?

it's possible your pre-covid prices and results are no longer super relevant.

One could say that but DS just used him for essay review on his DPhil application to Oxford. He got in. but by all means bash away. I'm just trying to offer reputable people because there were none when my eldest kid went through this

[Anonymous]

There have been reputable people in this space for nearly 50 years. And the internet for decades

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I've heard about this one Oxford/montauk situation about 50 times already and I'm not an especially close reader of this site.

Exactly. I'm also not sure why there is a need to create so many new threads with the same request for recommendations. There are already so many discussions of the same nature: someone asks for a recommendation, and the PP shares the same Oxford story. We used Richard's services in 2021-2022, and he is aware of DCUM, although he told me that he has never posted here and doesn't read it. He said he knows it because people like myself reach out to him saying that they learned about him here.