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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We spent $8K on a consultant for our DS and he got into every school he applied to.  She didn't have him aiming too high- no real reaches[/b].  She got him to focus, write his essays and get everything done and submitted in a 30 day period.  We didn't use her for DD- it seemed like too much $ for what would have likely been the same results.  DD wrote her essays- we spent $100 to have them reviewed by a writer and then she submitted all her apps.  She too got into all of the schools she applied to except for one.  I don't think a consultant is needed- the online applications are pretty straight forward and there are a bunch of good youtube videos that demonstrate completing applications, essay writing, etc.  I do think that having essays reviewed is worth spending money on because sometimes the writer (and parents) don't see grammatical mistakes, etc.  [/quote]

The colleges have no way of checking on this, but they would disapprove if they knew for sure an application was substantially influenced by a paid professional.  It's a mini-scandal, but not on the order of the blatant bribery scandal in the news the last couple of days.[/quote]

That is ridiculous to call it a "mini-scandal."  It is not a scandal at all and is 100% legal and above board.  Many parents with the financial ability hire these professionals mainly because they don't have the confidence in the school counselors AND they know their DC will likely not take advice from them, the parents.  This is why we hired our consultant.  Advice coming from a professional is more likely to be taken vs. from parents...we managed to mostly stay out of a lot of our son's college application process.  He ended up getting into his first choice school.  Was it because of the consultant?  Who knows.  But it just made the household less stressful during the process.

By the way, the colleges would be fine with knowing that parents support their child in these ways...especially knowing that the parents are wealthy enough to do this and will most likely be full pay tuition.  And there you have it.[/quote]

It’d be interesting to see the essays before and after the consultant got to it. It’s cheating but yes, legal. [/quote]

We had 0% input with our first child and based on the discrepancy between their stats, extracurriculars and volunteer work, we are convinced they wrote, "I am Satan." [/quote]

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