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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m quite overwhelmed by this process, but feel that $5-10k might be better spent in my kids college fund than for a consultant. On the other hand, we need some advice…

Thoughts?[/quote]

High stat kids that need to stand out against top stat kids could use a consultant if you are aiming for schools with a 10% admit rate.  Otherwise, probably not needed.[/quote]

Any truly competitive T20 application could use counseling help. By the time you figure out how to stress the main 3 points essential for a compelling Northwestern application, it might be too late. Best to get professional help early so you know how to accentuate the key ethos of a school.

I’d advise getting help from counselors who have actually served as AO if aiming for T20.[/quote]

We hired someone for my oldest, who got into a couple top 20s, and he didn't give that kind of ultraspecific tip at all. Do counselors really do that?

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My DC is at a T10 and we used a counselor. I do not recall any specific tips of that nature, but she did seem to have a good sense of the institutional priorities of various schools.

Stay away from any counselors who promise an outcome of any kind, or push DC to ED a target (if they want to ED a target that's great, but the counselor should not pressure them to do so).

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