<p>Not everyone who is rich enough to spend $14K on this type of things have kids who are smart enough to get into the top schools. Maybe some are sending their average or below average kid to this essay camp so they can, at least, get into a lower tiered school. I know lots of very wealthy people who have kids like that. All they want is for their kid to get into any 4 year college period - as there is no way they want kiddo going to community college. </p>