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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a college consultant and am not working with your son. Here is my honest take- most parents are wildly overconfident about their children’s chances. I can’t emphasize enough how crazy this process has gotten. In the last year alone, there have been major changes that have impacted the selectivity of schools like Villanova, for instance. Did you know that the EA acceptance rate at Villanova LAST YEAR was 58 pc and now it is 28 pc? We are talking a thirty point drop in ONE YEAR!

I’m using caps to try to explain how absurd this has gotten and how much things can and do change on a dime.

You do not know this because you are not an expert in this field. Your consultant (hopefully) IS an expert and that is why you hired her. The other moms on dcum who don’t know any more than you do are not experts.

Two other points:

- ND is not doable for a student from the DC metro without straight As in the most challenging courses, full stop. Maybe a B+ or A- here or there. Given what you said about the unweighted GPA, your son is not in the ballpark there. Don’t be fooled by a 4.0+ gpa- do you know how many kids have GPAs above a 4.0? All the weighting inflates GPAs.

-Your consultant could care less about her statistics. Why should she care what percentage get in to their top choice school or not? No higher authority is assessing her performance, like a school counselor might face. And if it’s a random statistic on her website, she could just make it up if it’s that important. I assure you, she is not screwing your kid over so that she can report a BS statistic to future clients. [/quote]

Hi Consultant.

Can I kindly suggest you watch your tone?  I would never ever hire you because you seem like a condescending person.

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