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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are too many other reasons to even list them.  If the parents are writers/editors and the DC wants to be an engineer, figuring out what schools to apply to would be difficult since the parents may never have been in the engineering world.  Even if the DC works well with their parents, they may have some offbeat ideas that need to be controlled.  I knew one DC who would only consider schools where they would get merit aid.  I know several that have focused themselves down to crazy narrow majors that are only offered by a few schools and will make them virtually unemployable.  On here there are lots of stories about balancing kid's sports interests with the best possible school and early decision.  Students with any type of special needs might benefit because the generalized answers you find online may not work for them.  For us, the big issue was trying to pick the best school to increase our DC's chances of getting into medical school.  DC eventually never even applied for medical school but only wanted to apply to medical school feeding LACs which were poor fits in most other ways.

"What if you don't need help with time management or test prep, have parents who are writers/editors, and you work well with your parents. What does a college consultant do for you in that scenario? I'm really trying to figure this out."[/quote]

I really appreciate your trying to answer that question, and I didn't realize how open-ended my question was until I read your response, and so that was even more kind of you to try to help.  I have a "magnet" kid who would be trying for a top 20-type school (ambitious, likes to be challenged and be surrounded by similar peer group), no big problems, very adaptable and would be happy in lots of environments, has some significant (to this proud parent) music talents but not enough to be a "hook."  Between the parents we cover both English-type fields and STEM-type fields and don't expect any financial aid from the types of schools the kid would be applying to.  Whether the kid would like an LAC versus a big university would definitely be a question for us, but not sure how the consultant would help with that.  Kid could go lots of different directions in college -- from law school to medical school to something else (but not engineering), so no pigeonholing at this point.   So, I'm not sure if that gives anyone enough information to explain how a college consultant would help, but if it does I would love to hear from you![/quote]

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