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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We hired one for DS.  It cost about 2500.  It did force him to be disciplined.  I feel like the school choices were random but I think that was DS’s fault as he was not emotionally prepared to make decisions.  He is in at 8 and deferred at 3.  I think that was predictable based on stats.

Hired a different one for DD20.  Hers was $500 an hour, spent close to $20k.  They really clicked but not worth the $$.  Private counselor and school counselor came up with basically the same list.  Her essay was decent but spent a ton of time online with the counselor brainstorming.  She was going for higher ranked schools than DS.  Got into 7 of 9.

I think they can be good for helping with the list (neither of ours were great for that), getting the CA essay done early, helping with/encouraging time management, and keeping expectations real (like not applying to all reaches).

You could easily do this process without, but it does help.[/quote]

Not trying to be snarky, but why do people need to hire a college counselor to come up with a list of colleges to apply to?  College info is easily accessible, and kids obviously know what their preferences are as far as location/size/ greek life, etc. [/quote]

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