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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Counselors are for people who don’t want to help their kids (like we all did). You guys are so dense. Most people I know don’t research or spend time here.

There are so many of them and spending $5-10-15-25k is not a big deal. Your demographic is not the target.[/quote]

I guess you’re correct. I just can’t imagine spending $5-25K on something we can do ourselves, especially something as important and personal as college admissions. Of all things, that doesn’t feel like it should be outsourced.

So I’m definitely not the demographic. Leaving this thread. [/quote]

5-25k is nothing when you are targeting people who spend 250k on high school, 250k on college and 250k on professional school. [/quote]

Exactly. I spent $25k in a week just randomly on an impromptu five night trip. The demographic for this kind of thing is very different than the people who sit on this site day and and day out.[/quote]

Even if you’re not super rich, if you are the type who spent thousands on prepping your kid to take the test to get into a selective high school, spent thousands on SAT prep and cram schools, etc., it makes sense to spend another few thousand making sure essays and applications look good. [/quote]

I’m sure I’m going to get flamed for this, but here goes:

If your child needs all that support (essay writers, test prep, people to apply for them), SHOULD they be going to these colleges? [/quote]

The answer is no, they shouldn’t.[/quote]

I don't agree. The colleges have done wrong here by turning this into a ridiculous game, benefitting those who know how to play it. [b]The fact that the kids need help navigating reflects a broken system, not their lack of qualification. [/b](I'm just talking about college app advice generally, not folks writing their essays for them)[/quote]

The vast majority of kids don’t need paid help. Stop normalizing this because you have more money than sense and then blaming the colleges. [/quote]

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