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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope. Use Naviance. Read up on Fiske. Campus visit (on online virtual tour).

Find out what she wants to be, and then work from there.

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This is what we did and DS got into his top choice school.   The College Confidential threads on particular schools can also be a useful source of information (sometimes current students or admissions reps will go on there and answer questions).  A friend  paid thousands of dollars for one of the well known counseling outfits for advice and tutoring (Nina Marks I think).  Her son got into a school that I would have expected he would get into anyway based on what I know of his record. Seems to me that the best help they got was steering the boy away from schools that were likely beyond his reach and using early decision to apply to a school in his range where early decision is an advantage.  We did the same tning just by doing our own homework.  Save the money.  BTW I was tempted by those essay writing tutors that charge 300 an hour, but my son declined, and it all worked out fine.  I was tempted because we really didn't know what a college essay should look like, but we got some books with examples and that was enough.   Read the first chapter of Andrew Ferguson's book Crazy U about how these folks prey on nervous parents like us.  It will all work out![/quote]

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