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[quote=Anonymous]OP- is it time issue, or is it you don't think you can do it yourself?

I just want to add that I felt like this was something I should do---FOMO... because everyone around me was doing it and talking about their private CC--even my boss and my best friend.

In the end, I decided against it.  My husband and I and son--already had our own list. We also had the huge Princeton review guide of the 'best 388 colleges'.  We did a lot of research.

He wrote his essay in English class May of Jr year. I did brainstorm topics with him. That essay he revised and re-drafted and got input from me and my husband --until around Sept/Oct :).  Supplemental essay/?s came easier.  He just expanded on his hobbies and things from common app.  I advised him to just 'be himself'. Don't think about 'crafting some phony narrative'.

He got into an Ivy, Hopkins, very selective SLAC, all in-state schools and 2 T20 privates.  He did better than kids with similar stats/also no hooks who did hire the expensive counselors.

I throw that out there because I think there is the problem with stripping too much of a kid's own identity out of the applications when you use basically a stranger to help package your kid. I think then they all sound alike.

Just my 2 cents. But don't get caught up in the hype.[/quote]

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