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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Step up and [b]pay a professional for their opinion.  [/b]

Don't be an a** to your kid about the topic.  It is one thing to do it early on in the process but now it is too late. [/quote]

Completely unnecessary and ridiculous. The point of the essay is to see how a kid can write, in their own voice. OP’s kid did that. If everything else in their package is “tippity top,” a cringey topic won’t make or break anything. And if it’s really that bad, then maybe the kid just isn’t that tippity top after all.[/quote]

We are saying the same thing.  Leave it alone unless you pay a professional and find out that it truly is a lousy essay.  If you don't get a professional opinion, then you can't tell you kid that it is a bad essay when the kid has finished it and been to see his teacher and counselor and discussed it.[/quote]

OP here. I AM paying a professional. She didn't give topic advice whatsoever. She just dove in and started editing what DD already had written. [/quote]

So you paid somebody and it’s been reviewed by her teacher(s)? You’re done here. Step away.[/quote]

OP here. Hoping you are right. The woman we hired used to be an AO for one of the schools DD is considering. Hopefully she would tell us if the topic seems canned/cheesy to her and not spare our feelings. Or maybe she knows that it doesn't actually matter that much. Anyway, I'm going to make some minor editing suggestions and otherwise [b]leave it be[/b]. Thanks all. [/quote]
good plan OP[/quote]

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