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[quote=Anonymous]In some of the first gatherings with college counseling at my DC's school, they mentioned that some people have chosen to work with consultants in the past, but that we should consider it carefully because in their eyes, we don't need one. They mentioned if we did decide to work with one, consider checking with them first because some are not very good.

We ultimately told our counselor and explained that we used the consultant with our older son and it worked very well to keep him on track and keep stress levels down and peace in the home. She was fine with that. Lots of people in her school work with outside consultants, and I think the counselor appreciated our honesty.

The consultant actually encourages DD to check in with the counselor on certain issues. DD is in very good shape with her main essay and most of her supplementals done. Content for activities in common app also done. This would never be the case without the consultant. We also hired consultant in 10th grade, when DD had no access to counselor for guidance on course selection. It was nice to bounce ideas off an expert. It is annoying that her school doesn't let students contact counselors in second half of 10th grade.
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