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[quote=Anonymous]It might be that the LORs and the interviews (things that are not controllable by the admissions consultant) didn't match the curated part.

If the narrative the admissions consultant put together is "empathetic high achiever" but the teachers (or school counselor) didn't experience that, I would imagine that it would make the larger package suspect. What if the letter writer called out something else (that is complimentary) but not at all in-line with a main theme the consultant tried to create? It would seem strange if the main narrative wasn't referenced at all in the teacher recs.

One of the weak-spots of over-consulted packages is that it takes one credible, external source saying something really different for the whole thing to weaken. Top colleges have relationships with top high schools (public and private). More experienced AOs usually have the feeder schools in their portfolio, and they've seen a lot applications, and have data for several years admission from competitive areas in front of them.[/quote]

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