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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private Counselor had some completely idiotic schools on the list.

We already had done tons of research, visits and trust our kid’s opinion to what he liked more.

I get it for parents that are first Gen, or out of the loop, but most highly educated parents and a Princeton Review college guide will be enough.  The only benefit from a college counselor would be the trends they say in a 3-year period, but you can see that on Naviance.  Our school has a really good college counselor, so that helps too.[/quote]

It sounds like your kids go to a private school. Public school counselors are too busy to work with every student at the school.

My spouse and I have eight degrees between us, so I'd consider us "highly educated."  For such a big decision, we wanted an expert to provide advice, just like we would for any other major financial investment. [/quote]

This describes our decision process (except we only have 6 degrees).  Hired expensive private counselor since this was our first applying to college and DC's public school counselor was too busy dealing with mental health issues.  Counselor's knowledge of college applications was limited to a different set of schools than those to which DC was applying and counselor told DC colleges wouldn't even look at her recommendations.  
Whether or not a private college counselor can help move the needle to a measurable extent is highly fact specific.  In our case, DC had state and national level awards and leadership roles but we felt DC was at a disadvantage applying from an average public and determined it was worth the investment.  Investment paid off very well (DC is in at her dream school, an Ivy) but I'm not sure we would do the same with our other kids now that we've been through the process and understand it better. [/quote]

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