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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got locked out despite what looked like the whole package (stats / EC / class rigor).   Not sure if the essays or recommendations were off.  Kids getting in from the same school with less rigor and lower scores seem to generally have some hook (i.e. sports, URM, etc.).  My kid was truthful on their application and wrote all their own essays.  Will never know if something was off on the application or if just too many kids wth similar profile.  [/quote]

Are you implying that some kids got in who didn't write their own essays??[/quote]

NP but I’m not implying that, I will say outright that some kids who got in didn’t write their own essays.[/quote]

Of course not!  They would not have been admitted with their own essays, and their parents know that! [/quote]

A friend just casually mentioned they spent $5k on a college consultant. Part of their duties was to “help with essays.” I was shocked but guess I shouldn’t have been![/quote]

I should change professions. [/quote]

Our College counselor was ~$5K for all of HS.  We only used from Jan junior year onwards and still had 30+ hours of meetings with the CC.  Had we used them from 9th grade onward, it would have been easily 100+ hours of use.

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