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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any student using a professional college counselor should be required to disclose this information on the app.  [/quote]

Yes![/quote]

Nope, because there are varying levels.  We paid $4.5K for unlimited help for 4 years of HS (only used 1.5)

Some pay 10-20K.  Others pay $100K+

Each one is very different.

I consider ours equivalent to what I hear students get at elite/top 3 HS in DCUMland.  But it's still very different than hiring a 20-30K+ counselor.

Based on your zip code and HS, they likely have a good estimate of who uses what.  As well, they also know when a kid is genuine and when it's a $50K+ counselor
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We live in a very wealthy zip code, yet our kids attend public school, and we have never hired a private college counselor.  I don't want my kids penalized because the adcoms might think we did hire someone.  It should definitely be required to disclose this information and in fact, the private counselor should have to sign something as well.  Otherwise, this claim that all "wealthy" families pay for private counseling is totally unfair.  Adcoms should know exactly who is paying to "package" their application and who is actually authentic.[/quote]

Any independent counselor worth their weight in salt will encourage the student to ensure that everything within their application file is legitimate. We worked with an independent counselor who didn't try to "package" our daughter, but rather advised on the items she should focus on and devote time toward, and ways she could go about increasing her chances of admission at the types of schools/programs she was interested in applying to. And the cost was nothing compared to most of the numbers being thrown around on this thread.

Like most things, the options and quality vary considerably in the private counseling space, but just because it exists, it doesn't mean that all private counselors are inherently bad. [/quote]

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