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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD had a private CC. It was only an ok experience. I feel he pushed my DD to apply ED to a school she had a good chance of getting into RD, that wasn't her top choice but was lower down in her top 5-6.

I think he just wanted to close out as many "wins" as possible rather than work for the best possible outcome for her as a person.

Private CCs don't just work for your DC. They aren't exclusively on call for your family. A good CC is often juggling 20+ different families during any one season to make ends meet.

The VIP families that are paying 3X or 5X their already very high fee is probably getting most of their attention.[/quote]
DD had similar experience with private CC recommending ED to low reach school although i think this was the recommendation of the company rather than the actual CC, and the list was adjusted after DD spoke to her private CC about applying to more reaches. she ended up getting accepted RD to every school in target, low reach, and high reach (GU, emory, wash u, tufts, cmu, umich) category. for out of reach category, she was accepted (cornell), wl (harvard, rice, hopkins), and rejected (duke, yale, penn, brown, northwestern).

overall, CC was very responsive and helpful with keeping DD on track with deadlines. very helpful in brainstorming common app essay and editing multiple versions. the initial 30+ personal questions were also helpful in structuring supplemental essays. she helped with refining the final list and figuring out ea/ed strategy as well as lots of random questions along the way.

public school CC very nice but hard to personalize with so many students. that being said, the head CC was amazing and offered lots of insight that was particular to their high school based on years of experience. i think combo of private/public CC and my own personal research worked well for DD1. won't pay the 15k fee for DD2 (she is also at private school) but may look into essay editor when time comes. or not.  [/quote]

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