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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have children attending an independent school and starting to wonder if just using the school's college counselors will be enough in this new ever evolving college admissions landscape. If you utilized an outside counselor how did you go about findig them? Did you use someone local to where you are that has a good understanding of your local high school market, did you use a more national couselor or one located in a specific area of the country. I've tried asking other parents at our school and heard a mix of things and very few are willing to give actual names. One used a counselor specializing in the California Schools, another that specialized in Ivys, another more familiar with the local landscape and others that just used the school. However, I don't feel like we will be getting any attention until late Junior year which seems late in the game and would like guidance a little earlier in the process to make sure the most options remain open.
 
Areas where I think we could use expert guidance
Course selection
Summer activities
Curating a list
Drafting/editing essays

Anything else we should consider in this process? Also what type of cost is associated with counselors? I've heard some crazy high numbers which would be hard to swing on top of tuition.[/quote]

School college counselor at an independent/private school that sends a decent proportion to T30s each yr (ie at least 25%) will be just fine. Both mine are at T10s and my most recent one got into multiple T10s unhooked. The school counseling knows what they are doing.
However: they do not pick courses. The teachers invite the kids into the hardest courses each spring. By the time college counseling really kicks off middle of 10th, the path to the highest-rigor 5-10% group is a ship already sailed. Unhooked kids have to be in that rigor group or they dont get into T10s from our school(and even in that group less than half the kids do). 
Private college counseling is a waste of $ for the top kids

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