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[quote=Anonymous]AI has enormous value, but you need to know how/when to use it.

What I think has less and less utility (especially for selective colleges) is those old school regional IEC counselors who create a Google doc and show kids how to do school research, help them organize their college lists (and create a list), and organize ECs. They give minimal strategic advice and minimal strategic essay guidance.

I think good, high-quality essay feedback/editing and highly tailored selective college advice (e.g., here are the 3 T20 schools expanding funding into DC's major that you should look at because the department/field is now those schools' institutional priority) is much more valuable. From what I can tell, fewer traditional counselors are doing this kind of highly bespoke and targeted counseling on an ad hoc basis than people think. It's the only real value in private college consulting now. Some of the big shops do it, but you have to pay for their ultra-premium pricing.

P.S. I am a freelance counselor doing this type of work now; the # of people coming to me after paying the old-school regional IEC anywhere from $10-20k and now urgently need strategic help in RD is more than I can handle. I don't advertise (and won't ever here), word of mouth only. I have posted before when someone was trying to decide on getting into the industry. I had a multi-decade high-profile professional career, retired, and then saw the strategic gaps in this entire process.

Parents: choose your counselors wisely. Use AI where it makes sense (judiciously) and get smart on the process.[/quote]

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