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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both people I know who hired counselors had really disappointing results. I don’t know if this is because their expectations were too high, but their kids ended up at schools arguably “worse” than other kids with similar profiles.[/quote]

College counselors are not miracle workers.  They cannot guarantee admission to T20 schools.

We hired ours for Time management, essay planning & review, generating a great list of colleges to consider.  A good one will help you find a list of 10-12 schools, including 3-4 reaches, 3-4 Targets, and 3-4 Safeties (with at least 1 being a Likely).  If you need merit, they will help direct you to schools where your kid will get the merit you need.

For our kid, they helped identify the best fit schools, that we may not have even put in the list (and I know what I'm doing, ran the process for first kid with 1250SAT/3.5UW/No APs and they got into all 10 schools, many with great merit and we were not searching merit) Of my kid's top 3 choices, only 1 was on my radar--and where my kid is currently was not that school.The top 3 list also included a hidden gem of a Safety school, so good it was in the Top 3 for my kid until the end.  IMO, the CC was worth the $4K we paid total and that included all 4 years of HS (but we only used it from Jan junior year onward).  That and the managing time so I didn't have to nag my procrastinator

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This sounds perfect.  Care to share a name?[/quote]

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