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[quote=Anonymous]There are significant benefits to using an outside consultant. They can give you an additional perspective/advice outside of the one provided by your school consultant. There is a lot of strategizing involved in applying to an elite school that they can help navigate. For example, if I don’t take the AP/honors level of this class that I’m not particularly strong in, will xyz college look at that more negatively than if I get a B?  What order should I list my extracurriculars in?  What kinds of things should I do over the summer before senior year that would add to the way I present myself?  If I write my essay about x, does that make me sound entitled?  Is y topic one that will put my admission officer to sleep or make him roll his eyes?  Should I apply early to xyz when my second choice accepts half its class ED, or does that just mean I’ll probably get neither?  What about ED 2 schools?  There are a million small questions like this where getting advice from someone knowledgeable about the process can be extremely valuable even if they never once look at your essay, let alone try to rewrite it. [/quote]

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