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[quote=Anonymous]A private counselor can be useful if your kid isn’t motivated and you don’t have time to do the research yourself. Or, if you foresee endless battles about getting your kid to fill out the apps, write the essays, etc and you need a neutral 3rd person to nag your kid.  Otherwise, we did it ourselves and DC got into a top Ivy. DC was very motivated and did a lot of what’s below herself.

Get a book about how to write the essay. (I.e, write about yourself instead of about why your grandmother is your hero because they want to learn about you, not about your grandmother. Don’t tell NYU or Columbia you love NYC because they want to know why you love their school. And so on.)

Look at your school’s Naviance but bear in mind it doesn’t include ECs which are usually key to results.

Look at College Confidential to see the reports about who got in and why they think they got in. Ignore the “chance me” threads because these are naive kids “chancing” other naive kids and don’t reflect actual results.

Ignore everything you read on DCUM. Sort of kidding, but the boosters and haters here are more brazen and post more frequently than on CC, which is more heavily moderated.[/quote]

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