Are private College Consultants worth using?

socaldad2002
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:41:02 +0000

I’m a big fan of private college consultants if the below is followed:

1. one on one personal attention.

2. they come highly recommended by families you know and you respect their opinion.

3. the consultant charges by the hour and you can use them on an hourly basis as needed.

4. you are looking to get into highly competitive colleges and/or looking for great financial aid.

We used D20’s private consultant starting her sophomore year and she had great insights into D’s college targets and how to use her background and ECs in the most effective way.

Being “packaged” is very helpful and the college consultants can help tailor your resume, ECs and essays for maximum effect.

Note: the student is 95% of whether or not they get into college but the good counselors can be that 5% that gets you over the edge.

There are a lot of mediocre consultants who are not worth the money but the great ones are worth their weight in gold.