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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is your background for college admissions counseling?[/quote]

Just started doing it one day for free. Developed a reputation as being successful, starting charging for it. Now I charge about $5,000 per client and do about 10 a year. It wont buy me a maserati but it works. If you want to get into it, a good starting place is coming to an AIGAC (google it) event. [/quote]

Just googled AIGAC, and it's graduate school admissions. Do you have an MBA? Law degree? I'm sure I could do this for college admissions, but I only have a MS. Who are most of your clients, and where do you find them? My kids are in high school (public and private), where lots of deep-pocketed parents would pay for advice. I have an Ivy degree, so that might give me some credibility. I'm currently counseling my own kids, but how did you find your first non-relative client? I'm not in DC.[/quote]

I focus on grad school, but the concept is the same. Just start doing it for free. I focused on the BRIC countries at first because they had a never ending supply of people interested. Google for admissions forums - there are several out there. I started by answering queries on there and then as I became more trusted I started doing essay review. The Ivy League absolutely helps - call your alma mater, get volunteering with the admissions office - start being a part time reader. A year of that will then give you the credibility to start posting on forums. [/quote]

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