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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m doing this now.

It’s word of mouth only. No advertising, no website. I got the UCLA certificate but honestly it was a waste.

I only do rising seniors.

$300/hr ad hoc in junior year

$5000 for ED/Early school (entire app)
Each subsequent set of supplements is $1-2.5k depending on length of supplements. My rec is to do 2-5 RD apps prior to late December (I won’t be available then - or if I am it’s 2-3x rates)….

Most kids the bill is btw $7500-10k. Some closer to $25k for a lot of handholding. If you change majors, entire common app will be redone.

It’s been a good year for my kids !!!! So proud of the outcomes.[/quote]

Congrats. You are skillful at scamming rich,anxious parents out of a lot of money. [/quote]

And I guess I don’t get it. Why pay $7500-$25K for something you (or more specifically, your child) can/should do on your own?

I have one off at college. The admissions process, while lengthy and burdensome, wasn’t actually that difficult to navigate. And when my kid had a question, she simply looked the answer up. [/quote]

Some people want their handsheld? Why is this so difficult for people like you to understand? It’s the same reason people hire tour guides in a new city or hire a daily cleaning lady to make the bed and make coffee and clean the kitchen. The same reason you go to a car wash.

There are countless things you CAN do yourself but when your time and brain are valuable and you’re making millions of dollars a year? You have no time to think about this kind of stuff. And frankly, you don’t want to.
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This, and sometimes outsiders are better for motivating your kids.

Same reason why highly educated people pay Kumon to give their kids math worksheets and correct them, not even teach them. It creates some outside accountability and handholding in the process, and sometimes a non-parent is better for that.[/quote]

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