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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did any of you get your kid's essay edited by [b]Sara Harberson? [/b]What were your thoughts? Thank you[/quote]

Funny. I work in the college admissions field. I’ve never heard of her but SHE says she’s called “America’s College Counselor”. I don’t think so.[/quote]

If you haven’t heard of her, then you are not really paying attention to the college admissions space. She is a pretty visible figure with a book and public appearances. And social media.

We didn’t have essays edited, but did join her private Facebook group. Members always seemed thrilled with[b] her edits[/b]. I believe 3-4 essays from students she worked with recently were selected by the NY Times in their “best college essays” piece. [/quote]

Our college counselor thinks editing is unethical.  He initially talks to DC about what DC thinks is a good subject for an essay.  The College Counselor might say - what about this angle? They bounce ideas.  The counselor never writes the essay or edit it.[/quote]

I agree there is a line that should not be crossed in providing feedback and edits to a student on essays. Sara H strikes me as ethical and not willing to cross the line. I never saw her edits back to the students, but I don’t think she was rewriting it. [/quote]

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