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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Any names or referrals for companies or counselors?[/quote][/b]

We tried to do it on our own for first child (too stressful plus SN).  We hired Richard Montauk for no. 2.  It went very well.  Paid by the hour.  Total was about $3500.  Well worth it and same child is now using him for grad school applications.  I found him by his Amazon author page (he's written a number of books about admissions).  He works long distance.  I don't know where he lives but DC loved him and the process went much better for us without mom and dad nagging[/quote]

Aaaand…there it is. Folks, be skeptical of any name that just “happens” to pop up again and again and again, especially when so many of the posts have the whiff of inauthenticity. [/quote]

New poster: nope it’s the Richard Montauk recommendation that seems to be from the same person and seems fake

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1033882.page

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1051129.page (who would tell someone to look his [almost no reviews] books up on Amazon?)

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1112887.page (mentions his books again)

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/971153.page

Often the posts include his website or a reference to books he’s written. When I once noted those books have almost zero reviews the poster jumped over me.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1059029.page (and a responder to the suggestion for montauk said he was horrible)

Here he is again - same website plug 
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/60/1088564.page

Plugging his books 
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1176660.page

Same guy - most of the time says his daughter is at Oxford. This time it says she’s at an Ivy. Same website for montauk included 
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1106027.page

He says in a post 2/14/23 that, “ Richard didn't write them, DS did, but DS felt confident that Montauk made improvements. The total bill was something like $3600 five years ago. DS is now using him for an application on doctorate work.”

Then October 2023: I found him too late to help DS. There are just too many moving parts and too much to learn…

Was it that you used him for your son in 2/2023 or you didn’t (as of 10/23)?

This poster always says Jeff can verify he doesn’t live where Richard does and that he doesn’t even know where he lives. That proves nothing. My brother doesn’t live near me but I could do fake posts in FX County saying how wonderful he is.

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