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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lately, I’m getting the sense that a combo of parents, AI, and paid consultants are doing all the work completing the applications. Are your kids doing anything?[/quote]

Why do you care? You post here so much its nauseating. [/quote]

I don’t really that much here at all, but if you feel nauseated, so be it.

I guess I’m just trying to gauge my/our naïveté as we embark upon this process. Both my kid and I avoid using AI. We won’t pay consultants, not because we can’t afford it but because it feels like a scam. The expectation is that the package she submits will authentically her work. There seems to be an increase in posts here from people looking to hire not just one, but multiple consultants. And/or posters recommending AI for everything. It all feels wrong in my gut. [/quote]

Think about it. Very few people used consultants before. Now, with AI, that market is going to be even smaller. There are all kinds of service to applicants, BTW: there's essay-writing help, creating lists of colleges, or project managing (not doing the actual work, but keeping the kid on the right schedule because the parent doesn't have that relationship with their kid). Or you can pay for the whole package, which means starting in 8th grade and paying for a consultant to strategize extra-curriculars to entirely mold a candidate to what they think will look best for colleges. The latter is very expensive, but the individual tasks can be affordable.

I looked into it, because people in my upper middle class circle talk of nothing else when their kids are in 11th grade. We chose not to, because I realized that I knew my kid best and I would be the best person to help him. Perhaps others came to the same conclusion. I only know 2-3 families who paid for a consultant, and those were only for small tasks (editing essays, or creating lists). I don't know anyone who paid for a whole package. In NYC, there are niche consultants who promise to get your kid into HYP for half a mil :-)

My take-away is that everyone in a certain socio-economic strata talks about it... but very few actually hire consultants. 
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