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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many many people on DCUM hire people to help their kids with their essays. Others are making suggested changes themselves. They aren’t going to volunteer this information on this thread.  But I saw something from a highly selective college the other day that surveyed their students and[b] more than half had paid college consultants[/b].  [/quote]

Wow. 
We haven't paid anyone specifically. I did shell out $300 for the College Essay Guy 4-week course. I don't know if that counts as a "paid consultant." The course was great, and I highly recommend it for kids in the late spring of their junior year. It was the jumpstart DD needed in June to begin building the story she wanted to tell about herself. She needed the summer to let it marinate.

As for edits, I've definitely given input to the essays when something sounded confusing or harsh, as another poster said. And I've helped with what I call "surgical edits" to get within the word count. DD is really proud of what she's written, and I'm excited for her. She said she's ready to hit submit for an Ivy ED app this weekend. Then the wait begins...[/quote]

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