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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AN is not helpful for T20 and is actually detrimental in many many cases. Her Penn knowledge is outdated and most of the team's thinking is influenced by SLAC admissions/processes which is quite different from T20.

For my own child, we ignored her advice, because it pretty much violated the vast majority of what makes my child stand out. That is from personal essay (she suggested a complete rewrite), supplemental essays (she did not like), activities (she did not like).

Kid ended up at a HYPSM and acceptances to three other T20 schools. I do not think my kid would have gotten in if we followed her recommendations, which is mostly because she has no clue about some of these things.

It is good that is not focusing on T20, after all she promotes herself as "America's college counselor" and her target market is outside of T40. For T20 I would not follow her advice.

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Curious what your kids major was? 
Maybe it depends on your kid? How long ago was this?

Mine got into 4 T20 (AN25)…. Humanities major.
And we did a few add-ons and essay editing.

Everyone’s experience is different. [/quote]

I think you definitely have to take the framework and apply it to your kid as there is definitely some advice that is generalized. Perhaps paying for 1:1 and other add-ons helps trailor the advice, but we didnt go that route. I think there is a bit of truth to being slightly out of touch on a few areas, but I disagree that they arent good for T10. There are plenty of kids that excel in top admits--in fact, I have found myself saying that their advice sometimes skews to heavily to the ivys/T10 vs. a kids trying to get in a T30-50.

I understand Sara's "rules" for essay topics, etc. but she will even admit that this is only if they are editing them (which is understandable). Mine chose a topic that would not be "approved" but her advice helped shape it in a meaningful way. I really think it is a phenomenal way to approach the process, stay on track, and get advice as needed for a really great application in an ecponomical way. But you have to do the work and be willing to take the advice with a grain of salt and apply it to your kid as needed/or not. Overall, her advice is very sound. Mine both had great outcomes that would not have been possible without spending a ton of money otherwise. [/quote]

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