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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread has been wild to read.  I am not in DC, but my kid attends a public high school in an affluent suburb on the west coast.  [b]Everyone I know has a college counselor.  Yes, everyone. [/b] It's like orthodontics; yes, occasionally someone does not need it, but I think 80-90% of parents and kids could use some help and there's zero shame around using a college counselor.  That said, it's a huge industry and there are many affordable options (unlike orthos).[/quote]

Californians are gullible enough to keep electing idiots like Newsom & Kamala, so not surprising that they fall for the college consultant scam too. [/quote]

PP here.  Not in California, but nice try making a generalization about ~40 million people.  They are all the same I'm sure.  /sarcasm.

If you don't feel that a college counselor will be helpful to you, great, save your money.  I'm just providing a counterpoint to this thread and pointing out that at least 80%, if not more, of the families I see in my community are using college counselors.  Several are local, but I personally know of families who are using counselors based in San Diego, Connecticut, Nashville and Virginia.

In our suburb, we have heard all of the horror stories about peoples' kids not getting in anywhere (I know at least one kid who took a gap year and reapplied) or getting waitlisted at all of their targets and safeties, etc.  Most people who get into T25 schools in our area used college counselors and were happy to fork over the money.

Just because you pay money for services does not mean that it's "scammy."[/quote]

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