The Triage

One student came to me after spending two years and tens of thousands at one of those admissions prep mills. He was an average student who had messed up his early years of high school badly and didn't focus until late in the game. The prep mill had given him a completely wrong major and a very stagnant essay. The student's family hired me with barely 4 months left in the application season, and with half the schools already applied to through that company. I helped him with the second half of schools, revamped his entire admissions image, changed his majors and all his essays and sent him on a different future career track more aligned with his interests and natural strengths. When his acceptance letters came, he didn't get into a single school his previous counselor advised him on, and he got into 100% of the schools I helped him with and had his pick.