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[quote=Anonymous]I am of 2 minds here. We hired a former Ivy AO summer before senior year. It was very expensive (10k). She did push DC to ED at a target and I think that is par for the course with these counselors - they want to claim success. If you go that route, be prepared to stand your ground. I thought she was great with selecting activities and descriptions for the Common App and the endless "Why Us" essays - she seemed to have a very good handle on the various institutional prios and really pushed DC to get very specific (important IMO). I did not love her advice on the Common essay and thought the end result was borderline cheesy. The best part for sure was having that third party intermediary with a kid who has a tendency towards procrastination. DH and I did zero nagging and there was no negative impact on family dynamics - we got to be the cheerleaders while she was the "bad guy" who nagged about deadlines. DC said he didn't think he would have done as well in the process if it wasn't for her, because he likely would have wound up cranking out dozens of essays over Xmas break and not giving enough thought to them. That said, I think the end result would have been the same. Probably wasn't worth $10k but it was worth something. It really comes down to your expectations for the counselor and how much that $10k means to you.[/quote]

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