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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Who were the “others,”[/b] btw?[/quote]

Consultant and parent (me). I honestly think that the consultant gave a little too much help, but I wasn't going to tell DC to disregard. The final essay did really reveal the essence of who my DC is; it was just written better than DC would have written on their own. Like someone said, though, admissions consultants are supposed to be experts at knowing a teen's true voice. Yes, I can live with myself and my decisions. As long as other families are able to hire college consultants, there is no reason why my DC couldn't have one. I would have preferred to have DC in a high school with a strong English program, but that would have been much more expensive than hiring a college consultant for 6 hours (this covered a family meeting to review and refine the college list as well as editorial comments for the main essay and some, but not all supplementals).[/quote]

Of course, a good essay does not stand in isolation. Grades and SAT score were high. I'm fairly certain that my kid had glowing recommendations and they interviewed well. (I wasn't in the room for interviews, but DC seemed to enjoy them and felt confident about them.) Some people just need a little help with their writing. [b]In an ideal world, the writing process is taught well from 3rd grade on[/b].[/quote]

To be fair, even in that ideal world, some people would be better writers than others simply because that is where their talents lie. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. That is just a fact of life. 
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