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[quote=Anonymous][quote]-Essays - essay work comprises the bulk of my time. When I start working with most families, they often tell me that their child will hardly need any essay help, is a great writer, etc. Let me tell you, I see more awful essays than anyone could believe! These are kids with good grades, good scores, good high schools, etc, and are on the route to good colleges- but so many of them would have just been in real trouble without me. I am really not sure why so much of their writing is so poor, but it is what it is. So, I would say this is the one particular area where it might be worth spending some money. You don't have to pay my rates, but pay someone something to really read through your child's essays carefully- both for grammar AND content. Your child's school counselors will not have the time or resources to read and nitpick over revisions to every single essay, and a lot of them really need this kind of editing. [/quote]

Here is my concern about this, and I mean this totally respectfully: is the writing actually awful, or is that just the way some teenagers write? Shouldn't the admissions people see how the applicant actually writes? I get proof reading and minor edits, but at what point does professional help turn an essay into something completely different from what the teen is capable of producing on his/her own?

I have a friend right now whose child is getting help with college essays from a pro. I have read the main common ap essay the child is turning in and it is very, very different from any other writing this child does for school. I wonder what effect this has on the process? Is it appropriate for an essay to reflect a very different writing skill level than the applicant has actually attained?
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