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[quote=Anonymous]My child is still in high school, but we spent a year with one of the big-name, high-priced counseling firms and decided to drop them. (Not going to name them, but it's one you'd know.)

I think a firm like this would be useful for an overseas student who doesn't know much about US admissions and is trying to get in based on stats and awards. You know the blueprint.

But, in our case, our child attends a small, rural, very high-poverty school. Almost no AP classes, no real high-flying extracurriculars, etc. My child was trying to start a debate club and the counselor added, "Try to make it to [top ranked debate competition]." I'm like, they don't even have a debate club right now and none of these kids have done a debate in their lives. We're not connecting.

I found that I learned much more about the admission process from listening to Your College Bound Kid than from the high-priced assembly line counselor. Again, it would work for some, but it was a cookie-cutter approach with not much nuance. ("Passion projects," anyone?) [/quote]

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