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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish DCUM's College and University Discussion forum really had a list of recommended counseling firms to use based on user feedback.  It's crazy that many use such firms but don't want to recommend any, even in an anonymous forum like this.  Strange![/quote]

Its because very few counselors provide true value. We used one for our son and it was a waste of money. I give information to friends but tell them that it made no difference. It is a predatory industry that prey on the anxieties of parents but everyone hires one because they are afraid of taking risks.[/quote]

I think the wrong people use consultants.

The top students don't really need as much help figuring out which schools to apply to but a slightly less competitive engineering student might need to hear about stevens institute of technology or the colorado school of mines

The whole business of a college counselor curated childhood is not common or desirable by families with resources.  But a counselor could inform a less wealthy family that their athletic child might want to try sprint football as a hook for U Penn or Cornell.

THe super smart kids and the super wealthy kids are not the ones that would benefit from counselors but it is the supersmart kids that are ALSO super wealthy that hire them because of FOMO.  [/quote]

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