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[quote=Anonymous]My DC on their own initiative got a consultant for med school applications using their own money from a part-time job.  I had nothing to do with this and did nothing like this for college; I left DC totally on their own for that. I am pretty sure DC would have balked if I had attempted to help at all and would have scorned the suggestion of a consultant.

DC definitely thought the med school consultant was worth it as their college's pre-med advising was very lightly resourced.

From conversations with DC, it seems beyond putting together the list of schools to apply to, the consultant gave a lot of advice on what to avoid writing about in essays or saying in interviews, and how to present volunteer work child was already very actively engaged in.  He also proofread all the essays.

The best consultants are marketers with expert knowledge of the desires, likes and dislikes of the target consumer, the admissions committees.  Their job is to coach the candidate on how to put their strengths in the best possible light.

As someone mentioned earlier, it can be very much like having someone help you put together a resume.  I help people at work do this; it can be totally amazing how gainfully employed, smart people can be really bad at doing their own resumes.  By the time we are done, the accomplishments remain theirs, but the presentation is largely mine.  I never thought of this particularly as cheating.

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