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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 Her Penn knowledge is outdated and most of the team's thinking is influenced by SLAC admissions/processes which is quite different from T20.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 [b]her target market is outside of T40[/b]. For T20 I would not follow her advice.

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Isn’t it oxymoron for anyone targeting outside of T40 to need a private consultant? Actually, things get much easier outside of the T30.[/quote]
Hence the huge "success" of her crowd. They're applying to solid schools and that's a great thing, but I don't think people should be taking money from those families when the guidance isn't really necessary.

The previously mentioned facebook groups that are free would serve the same purpose, but I guess people want to feel like they are part of the crowd that pays for private consulting. Maybe they see it as a status symbol. [/quote]

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