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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on your goal.  If its to find merit aid to reduce costs, it could pay off because the consultant might direct your child to schools he/she would not otherwise consider that offer good merit aid.  If its to reduce parent-child stressors by having someone else make sure child is completing essays, etc. in a timely manner, also beneficial.  If its to get a leg up in admission to a competitive college, I see no benefit to hiring a college consultant whatsoever.

--signed parent of a hs senior [/quote]

So if you aren’t seeking out specific scholarships that you may not be aware of, you are basically hiring another adult to nag for kid for you? [/quote]

NP: It's far more than that, but yes it is so nice not to be the one person constantly nagging your procrastinator kid to get stuff done from Aug to Nov of their senior year.  In reality, a CC is great.  They help you put together a great list of Reach, target, safety/likelies that meet your kid's requirements (major, location, size, etc).  They will put colleges on the list you never thought of, even if you are an involved parent (I had gotten two other kids successfully into good colleges, both got into 10/10 they applied for, but for my higher stats kid used a CC for many reasons).  For us, the best parts was the help defining the list, help with essay brainstorming and managing the process so I did not have to constantly nag)  [/quote]

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