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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It just seems so unfair to me that some parents are spending a lot of money for college counselors to package their kids for acceptance into college. 
Just wondering if this really gives them any advantage over the rest of our kids - or if the admission committees can spot these applicants ans that is why the counselors are bemoaning the low acceptance rates for their clients.  If our kids stats were golden (including a major talent) why would we need you anyway?[/quote]

Typical suburbanite UMC white lady here who spent the longest meal of my life seated next to another UMC white lady whose kid got into HYP with stats that were very strong but indistinguishable from those of her classmates. They used a counselor, and she was really pushing me to use the same person. So maybe there is some magic with the resultant packaging? Or maybe the university had a track record with this counselor?[/quote]

Or maybe her kid had better recs.  Mom doesn’t know, so she credits the counselor.  But what could/did the counselor do?  No way in hell that the for-hire counselor’s word got the DC admitted.  The counselor barely knows the kid.  [/quote]

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