Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 23:36     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.


Same. I would never.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 23:24     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:Should have spent the money on the kid's education.
Always thought the ratio of people spending five figures on tutoring etc on core academics to those spending the same amount on college counseling made no sense.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:34     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
I would just have my kid get in on their own merits rather than pay someone else to do it for them.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:32     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:Net worth would be the more relevant consideration for me.

$30m+ NW.
We did application nation and essay coaches.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:21     Subject: Re:How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
A bazillion + a gazillion. But even at that income/net worth, we'd probably pass.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:17     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Should have spent the money on the kid's education.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:16     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote: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.


And people are citing hypothetical examples excerpted from these counseling services' websites. LOL
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:10     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
You would have to be a very stupid person to spend $40k on a college consultant. Doesn't even matter how wealthy you are. What a fool's errand.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:10     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.

+2
We’re at 1.5m (though we have multiple kids) and wouldn’t consider it.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:06     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
There is nothing a counselor could do that is worth that kind of money. Signed a person that is regrettably spending 20k for what feels like nothing and a NW 20+ million.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 22:01     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
If I could spend that on a consultant I wouldn't worry about my kid and college because I know she'd be fine no matter where she went. Because clearly I have money to cushion any hard landings.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:45     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have a seven figure HHI and I would not consider paying anything like that.



Same. What exactly are you getting for that amount of money?

+1
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:44     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


We send our kid to one that costs almost as much (84k) and could handled 90k/yr but nope — could not afford a 40k consultant.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:38     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
Net worth would be the more relevant consideration for me.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2025 20:32     Subject: How much would you have to make to be comfortable spending $40,000 on a college consultant?
would have to be a top 25 for that money - Bucknell or better!