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[quote=Anonymous]I hired one counselor early spring of Junior year.  Realized quickly it was not the right fit.  We went our separate ways.  
Found another one summer between Jr and Sr.  It was late but for my DS it was the right time.  My DS is a summer birthday and really not ready for these conversations earlier.  
Sept and Oct were really stressful in the house.  He is a student who is not in the top 1/2 of the class needed a realistic voice on what was realistic given that more than 10 classmates were applying to the school my DS wanted to ED at. Most of the classmates applying used it as a lower tier target so when the school looked at my sons application vs 10 classmates it would be very clear where he fell academically vs his peers.  My son crafted a nice application with the support of the counselor for the personal statement and supplemental essays.  The counselor pushed for how to show not tell and accelerated the review cycles. 
We hired the counselor for my now sophomore who will face different challenges in the application process but we believe they will help us navigate it to help find a selection of schools that are good fits.[/quote]

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