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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We hired a consultant to help us understand the rules so we could develop a good strategy but DC wrote the essays. Consultant read over them and made suggestions but that was it.  Even if essays are no longer scored, DC would still need to put in the time. [/quote]
The consultant still made suggestions, which I assumed your DC followed.    It's unfair for those who don't hire consultants.  And yea, you can say, "well, you can hire one, too; no one is stopping you". That is not the point.   And that is why college admissions is a game.  If you hired a consultant, then your kid didn't achieve it on their own.

It's messed up.[/quote]
Until you become Director of Admissions at a very top school, this is not going to change. So instead of complaining about how unfair it is, why not work the system? The point is not to mess up your child's chances of being admitted to his/her top choice college, rather it is to support this dream to the best of your ability. If that means seeking outside resources to strengthen the application, then do so and stop bellyaching about it.[/quote]

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