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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have the money for it, but chose not to hire one for my oldest who is twice exceptional (high IQ, autistic, uneven high school profile). It's because at the end of the day, I realized I knew him better than anyone, and if I did my research, I would be in the best position to make a list of appropriate colleges, cajole him into writing the best essays, edit them for him knowing his strengths and weaknesses, and remind him of all the deadlines. Which is what I did, and he ended up at a wonderful university that is perfect for him.

My second child has a very stereotypical Asian over-achiever profile. I haven't decided yet, and indeed it may be too late already for a wraparound package, but perhaps consulting on certain strategies might be useful to make her stand out. Not sure, though. I don't like wasting money! Maybe I can still be the consultant she needs.

My point is: first, don't feel guilty about hiring one, and second, maybe YOU are actually the best consultant for your child!

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You might be the best, but if you at all but heads with your kid (come on they are teens, most of us have that happen), hiring the consultant helps ensure your kid listens to the ideas/suggestions.

For ex: my kid initially didnt' want to apply to CWRU.  No way would they want to go there, not interested, don't want to go to Cleveland.  CC and myself both suggested it as it was a very likely target and figured it can't hurt to visit and see.  Didn't want to visit, but come Sept/early Oct, they did more research, realized there was no supplementals, so they did a few online "tours/info sessions to show interest" and hit submit in Late October.  CWRU turned out to be their 2nd Target and they considered it with their first (and safety) because all the reaches were WL or rejections or Study abroad First year.  So while I didn't push it, the CC helped by continuing to bring it up as a very good choice for a target and that they give great merit---and the CC was accurate.  My kid got in with the top Merit award.  Now they decided not to go, but if finances were any issue/concern my kid would be at CWRU with a $42K/year merit award (this was a 3 years ago) not their top choice at 90K.

If my kid hadn't applied there, they would have really had 2 schools to choose from (1 target, 1 safety) and several much lower ranked safeties.

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