<p>I’m trying to find private college counselors because I have the feeling that there are plenty of great summer opportunities I will miss without some informative advising. Am I being reasonable? How can I find the best conselors? You guys have any thoughts or suggestions?</p>
<p>You aren’t being reasonable I’m sorry to say. There’s no reason to hire an advisor for this, you can find plenty of great summer opportunities by googling them, looking around THIS VERY FORUM, asking older friends, asking your guidance counselor, etc. Hiring an advisor would be a waste of money, there are no secret awesome programs that only advisors know about that you can’t find with simple google searches.</p>