Anonymous
10/29/2025 04:29
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Anonymous wrote:IEC here. There are quite a few of us on here.
I do this. Just marked up 2 separate kids ED (UChicago and Northwestern) full Common Apps since Sunday - including essay comments (extensive).
It takes a LOT of time to do this well and do all of the research for underlying suggestions for the supplemental mentions. Even suggested new major choices for one and new minor for the other.
I’d also rather not advertise on here so if you want folks to reach out to you, I’d suggest you have a burner email for consultants to contact you?
Will let her know to post here if interested. I already passed on the college kid idea which she seems thrilled by! of course she’d get much more from a professional, but she wants to keep costs down.
Anonymous
10/29/2025 01:06
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Find a smart kid from last year's class who got in, and offer them an honorarium of $100-$200 to recommend improvements.
Kind of insulting unless you find a kind who is naive as to the price of app reviews.
I wouldn't expect a friend to charge market rate!
Anonymous
10/28/2025 23:19
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
IEC here. There are quite a few of us on here.
I do this. Just marked up 2 separate kids ED (UChicago and Northwestern) full Common Apps since Sunday - including essay comments (extensive).
It takes a LOT of time to do this well and do all of the research for underlying suggestions for the supplemental mentions. Even suggested new major choices for one and new minor for the other.
I’d also rather not advertise on here so if you want folks to reach out to you, I’d suggest you have a burner email for consultants to contact you?
I do this. Just marked up 2 separate kids ED (UChicago and Northwestern) full Common Apps since Sunday - including essay comments (extensive).
It takes a LOT of time to do this well and do all of the research for underlying suggestions for the supplemental mentions. Even suggested new major choices for one and new minor for the other.
I’d also rather not advertise on here so if you want folks to reach out to you, I’d suggest you have a burner email for consultants to contact you?
Anonymous
10/28/2025 23:16
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Anonymous wrote:Find a smart kid from last year's class who got in, and offer them an honorarium of $100-$200 to recommend improvements.
Kind of insulting unless you find a kind who is naive as to the price of app reviews.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 23:14
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
A fresh pair of eyes.no need for fancy consultant.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 23:09
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Supplementals are fun. Yet it can be a pita to actually get them finished. Agreed, nov 1 deadline should be Nov 3 this year.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 23:03
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Yes I might. Lmk how to contact you
Anonymous
10/28/2025 20:12
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
I have reviewed her kid’s essays, activities lists and honors but had asked that everything be done by this past Friday. She thought I was going to manage the entire process and I’ve pushed back when she has brought that up. I’m only here to help with 3 sections and I have repeatedly made that clear. Now she wants a pdf review that I refuse to do — because of something her husband said that makes me think they will blame me if everything goes wrong. I’m washing my hands off this. No good deed ever goes unpunished!
Anonymous
10/28/2025 20:08
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. It’s not my kid. A friend asked me to do it for her kid but I think it’s too much responsibility at the last minute. Might tell her to find a college kid — great idea. Thanks!
You could say..."I will review and give a few suggestions. And I will tell you if I think it's drastically off-track. But I will respect what the applicant has decided to present."
I would do it if I thought people weren't expecting me to "fix" problems like mom secretly believes an essay is terrible but doesn't want to say so.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 20:05
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Is she asking you to do more than copy edit? I would do that for a friend for free. It's too late to do more than that.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 20:03
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
OP here. It’s not my kid. A friend asked me to do it for her kid but I think it’s too much responsibility at the last minute. Might tell her to find a college kid — great idea. Thanks!
Anonymous
10/28/2025 19:59
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
PP.
If you can absorb data without undermining your kid's work, the two of you can watch some videos.
Google Michigan app review YouTube and see if you pick up any final tips.
If your kid is close enough to done that they have pdfs, you just need to buttress your confidence that everything possible has been done. No matter who you pay, you're only going to get one person's opinion.
Maybe listening to people talk through it could help.
If you can absorb data without undermining your kid's work, the two of you can watch some videos.
Google Michigan app review YouTube and see if you pick up any final tips.
If your kid is close enough to done that they have pdfs, you just need to buttress your confidence that everything possible has been done. No matter who you pay, you're only going to get one person's opinion.
Maybe listening to people talk through it could help.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 19:57
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
What exactly are you hoping to change in the next four(!!!!) days? I mean, your kid can’t rewrite their essays or find additional activities or awards. This is bound to end in tears and panic, unless you just need a proofread or light copy edit. In which case, MS Word is your friend.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 19:53
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
Find a smart kid from last year's class who got in, and offer them an honorarium of $100-$200 to recommend improvements.
Anonymous
10/28/2025 19:50
Subject: IEC price to review apps between now and Nov 1?
How much to review pdfs for 4 schools - UIUC, Chicago, GT, Mich? Not just essays, entire thing including activities and honors and personal info.
Will anyone even take on a kid now?
Will anyone even take on a kid now?