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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]little harsh here on OP.  Both DH and I were working very hard when DC1 was applying for schools.  We considered using an ed consultant, then realized DC had no extenuating circumstances (e.g., wildly divergent test scores, crippling social anxiety, etc), so we just handled on our own.  [b]I think ed consultants probably help families where parents may not be realistic about their DCs' potential at that time or greatly underestimate how steep admissions odds are at some schools. [/b]

If OP believed that an ed consultant could pull a string, then that is probably misguided.[/quote]

Help them how? By talking some sense into them? Therapists are cheaper.[/quote]

I am the PP who wrote the comment you bolded.  Look, we have two super bright, hardworking DCS, who are doing quite well at a Big 3.  We have close friends with a first DC who is also super bright, yet has some very severe challenges.  It finally took an ed consultant for them to wrap their minds around that a Big 3 was probably not in the cards for this round.  In politics, folks say people need to hear it at least hree times before it sinks in.  Some parents need to hear it from an ed consultant when they have refused to listen when their kids' preschool teachers or school head explains the prospects for their kid.  Some parents believe the failing is the school, not that their child may thrive in a different setting.  If you have been at the top of the school and career heap, may be hard to get that your child is on a different path, if just for awhile.  [/quote]

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