Newspaper: College_consultants__Price_of_admission

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<p>Geez, I wonder how my son ever made it to college. No SAT prep, no college admission prep. I feel like I should send him a check for all the money I saved ;-)</p>

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<p>My kids both got into their first choice colleges (which were appropriate choices in both cases) without any help from outside consultants. The only “special help” either of them had was a $250 SAT prep course offered in the summer by our school system – much cheaper than the Kaplan-type alternatives.</p>

<p>The kids who REALLY need the services of outside consultants are those who are least likely to get it – public school kids whose parents didn’t go to college and therefore have no understanding of the “system” and those whose families come from other countries and may not understand the differences in the “system” in the countries they came from vs. the U.S. I don’t think most public school guidance counselors have the time to give these kids the kind of detailed guidance that they need.</p>

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<p>Same here, sueinphilly. </p>

<p>I figured, they worked hard for 12 years–that should be worth something. And it was.</p>

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<p>Heh. I’ve already been accepted to my 2nd choice, and I didn’t get any SAT prep (except PSAT and one mock SAT). I took an online ACT prep course, that was it.</p>