Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:29     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:We have a seven figure HHI and I would not consider paying anything like that.


I probably would, at that level.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:22     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:Enough to send your kid to a college that costs $90,000 a year


No. DD at a $90k college, but I would never spend $40k on a consultant. So definitely has to be someone who earns way more than me.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:22     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:We have a seven figure HHI and I would not consider paying anything like that.


+1
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:21     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
What are you getting for that price?
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:20     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
We have a seven figure HHI and I would not consider paying anything like that.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:13     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
asking a different way - what level school would u need to be targeting to spend $40k?
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:11     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Just saw it today, 300K for a college campus visit tour.
https://www.luxurytraveladvisor.com/private-jets/300k-luxury-college-admissions-tour-includes-private-jet-ivy-league-visits

Honestly, I don't think you will be getting any useful "guidance" from these counseling service if you are on a 40k budget. Whatever advices you got from them will be generic. Just self-study the application process.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:06     Subject: Re:How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
we are two government workers making combined about $300,000 a year and 40,000 was our limit.

That was out-of-pocket.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:05     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
40k is on the lower end, no? Don't think that will give you tailored essay guide. In Bay Area, it seems like many people spend around 100k from 9-12 grade.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:04     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:Enough to send your kid to a college that costs $90,000 a year


…without batting an eye.

My sister sent her DD to UMiami. No financial aid and she struggled. But DD was surrounded by celebs’ kids and rich foreigners.

I’d guess you’d have to be north of $700k annually and not have a gazillion kids.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:03     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
We spent $10k on a consultant. Our HHI about $450k. So I guess for $40k I'd want to be making four times that?
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:02     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
A brazillian dollars.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:01     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Enough to send your kid to a college that costs $90,000 a year
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:01     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
A gazillion dollars.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:00     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
And I realize that’s not even what the most expensive charge. Just wondering what kind of income level / net worth makes people comfortable spending this amount