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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's your goal?

If it's school selection, you want someone who knows a ton about colleges. This could be an AO, or not.

If it's to keep your kid on schedule completing the application, rapport and "getting" the kid is essential.

Counselors do not perform special magic. They don't know the inside of many admissions office intimately (at best they have contacts/experience at a handful). Think about what you hope to gain and go for the person who can provide that.  [/quote]

And think HARD about whether it's worth the fee. I know some extraordinarily busy, high-earning parents who felt it was worth paying for someone else to manage the process. A law partner or investment banker might not have time to dig into the weeds of the Common App, and frankly $10k or $15k is a rounding error for them anyway.

If that's not you, just do it yourself.[/quote]

Cost wise you're probably looking more than double these figures[/quote]

You could pay $10k or $20k depending on many factors. But the successful bankers and lawyers I know make millions every year. The difference between a one time expense of $10k vs $20k isn't really a difference.[/quote]

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