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[quote=Anonymous][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 [b]it is the supersmart kids that are ALSO super wealthy that hire them[/b] because of FOMO.  [/quote]

Disagree with the bolded.

From my observation, it's the kids who have always had tutors to keep their grades at A-/B+ that are most likely to use private counselors. The self-motivated and super smart kids who get A on their own don't use private counseling. Similar to what's I've noticed in youth athletes (our DCs play ice hockey and baseball). The superstars are not the ones who hire private coaches for hitting and skating lessons, it's the kinda good kids but not top scorers whose parents pay for private lessons. [/quote]

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