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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS found out his best friend used an extremely expensive, exclusive college counselor. The kids both go to the same Big 3 but my kid used the counselors at school only. DS has gotten better grades and a better SAT score but they applied to a lot of the same schools. His friend told him his dad and the outside counselor have all these high up connections.

The mom emailed and apologized about her kid bragging to mine. He wasn’t supposed to say anything to anyone. This leads me to believe that what he said was probably true.

This is the world and sooner or later my kid is going to find out that money and connections help. But do they help so soon after the varsity blues scandal?
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So...neither your DS nor his friend applied ED? That seems a highly implausible strategy for "an extremely expensive, exclusive college counselor" (as well as a Big 3 college office strategy especially for a family with "high up connections.").

Our DCs attend(ed) a Big 3-type of school in another metro area. They did not use "an extremely expensive, exclusive college counselor" but did avail themselves of their counselors at school. Many of their classmates used "extremely expensive, exclusive college(s)." In this latest round, DC2 got in ED and a number of DC's classmates using outside help were either deferred or rejected. And a number of these families have "high up connections."

As per your report here, the family did nothing wrong. Families are allowed to hire consultants and people are not prohibited from calling connections.

So again, neither your DS nor his friend applied ED?[/quote]

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