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[quote=Anonymous]Users of independent consultants should understand the roles each counselor plays. We have a thorough understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each, and we utilize each person based on those strengths.

For example, our school counselor is working with lots of students in addition to other responsibilities in her role. She doesn't have time to focus on each and every step taken to craft a resume, utilize that info to populate the common app, and brainstorm essay topics. We utilize our independent consultant for those things. Our independent consultant, while very familiar with the high school, doesn't have the intimate knowledge of students' success at with certain institutions and doesn't have direct access to the admissions officers. We rely on our counselor for that kind of information. We also rely on her to get other insights, such as which teacher will give a strong recommendation, whether it is worth pursuing a particular school leadership position, etc.

Our independent consultant has done an amazing job of the following:
--helping DD compile her college list (which school counselor agrees with)
--developing resume and use that info to populate the common app
--selecting HS courses to demonstrate rigor
--brainstorming essay topics
--develop and fine tune personal narrative (which has made it very easy for her to craft her essays)

DD is very ahead of the game and already has very good drafts of her essays done and common app pretty much wrapped up (with exception of individual colleges). This wouldn't be the case without independent consultant. DD will be just about ready to hit submit by the time school starts in September.[/quote]

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