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Anonymous wrote:Go for the $200k package + options. If you are willing to pay around $350k, you get their best people. Otherwise, you are getting just the same as someone who charges $5k-$10k total.

Wouldn’t it more direct and less work to just donate $350k to Harvard instead? It’s not a big donor amount, but will let you stand out as a Harvard alum😉

That won’t get you in anywhere. It’s a tiny amount.
lol

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Anonymous wrote:Signing with this firm for my kid. Steep price but after interviewing various firms, we felt they provided the best in terms of the services included for the price. Anyone use them in this last cycle?

We used Crimson’s application review by former AO service. It was okay. We received a 6-page report, of which I thought 80 percent was written by AI. There were a couple of useful comments about the supplemental essays. I do not think we will use them for DC2.

A friend of mine said she also used them for app review. Kid is at state school — did not get into Ivy+.

Anonymous wrote:I don't really understand why people go for these services. Take a look at Command Education's website, which charges $75K for the upper end package.
https://www.commandeducation.com/our-results/

Many of the schools listed there, UNC, Emory, WashU, UChicago, UCLA, UCB, are not difficult to get in. And Cornell if you are in-state is easy to get in (don't forget the guaranteed transfer option). Paying such obscene amount of money just doesn't make any sense.

I’ve spoken to Chris (Command founder) I think he quite 30 or 40k for app assistance which included EC help. With everything DD had done, he thought he could help her get into Yale. He was too expensive for us, so we declined. DD is at Harvard without expanding ECs. But I do think he is legitimate. Pricey but really smart and seemed ethical ( as in he would not write essays or do weird stuff — my opinion only, no experience!)

Anonymous wrote:Go for the $200k package + options. If you are willing to pay around $350k, you get their best people. Otherwise, you are getting just the same as someone who charges $5k-$10k total.

Wouldn’t it more direct and less work to just donate $350k to Harvard instead? It’s not a big donor amount, but will let you stand out as a Harvard alum😉

Go for the $200k package + options. If you are willing to pay around $350k, you get their best people. Otherwise, you are getting just the same as someone who charges $5k-$10k total.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used their free resources and sessions (along with the many other free info out there online). Did not sign with them. My kid is at a HYP.

Your kid is at Towson.

Troll. Nope Harvard.

It’s spelled Towson

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Anonymous wrote:I used their free resources and sessions (along with the many other free info out there online). Did not sign with them. My kid is at a HYP.

Your kid is at Towson.

Troll. Nope Harvard.

Anonymous wrote:I used their free resources and sessions (along with the many other free info out there online). Did not sign with them. My kid is at a HYP.

Your kid is at Towson.

Anonymous wrote:Signing with this firm for my kid. Steep price but after interviewing various firms, we felt they provided the best in terms of the services included for the price. Anyone use them in this last cycle?

Was looking into signing with Crimson about two years back when DS was a sophomore. When I stopped communicating with them because I felt they were becoming predatory, the POC bombarded me with texts and phone calls that were quite aggressive and unstable. Ended up not going with any college counselling service. Worked with free resources over the years. DS (senior at highly ranked NoVA public) got in early at a HYPSM.

I used their free resources and sessions (along with the many other free info out there online). Did not sign with them. My kid is at a HYP.

Anonymous wrote:Signing with this firm for my kid. Steep price but after interviewing various firms, we felt they provided the best in terms of the services included for the price. Anyone use them in this last cycle?

We used Crimson’s application review by former AO service. It was okay. We received a 6-page report, of which I thought 80 percent was written by AI. There were a couple of useful comments about the supplemental essays. I do not think we will use them for DC2.

Anonymous wrote:Signing with this firm for my kid. Steep price but after interviewing various firms, we felt they provided the best in terms of the services included for the price. Anyone use them in this last cycle?

You are paying $200k?

Anonymous wrote:My concern with most of the counseling companies is that their customers / students are mostly rich whites. They don’t advertise any Asian kid getting into these schools. Asian is very competitive to get into top 15

The majority of Crimson’s customer base is Asian. They are very active in Singapore, Hing Kong, and China.

Signing with this firm for my kid. Steep price but after interviewing various firms, we felt they provided the best in terms of the services included for the price. Anyone use them in this last cycle?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really understand why people go for these services. Take a look at Command Education's website, which charges $75K for the upper end package.
https://www.commandeducation.com/our-results/

Many of the schools listed there, UNC, Emory, WashU, UChicago, UCLA, UCB, are not difficult to get in. And Cornell if you are in-state is easy to get in (don't forget the guaranteed transfer option). Paying such obscene amount of money just doesn't make any sense.

I would not say those schools are not difficult to get into.

+1 that’s idiotic (or out of touch).