While many public and private universities provide meet and greets, college tours, application seminars, post "application tips" on their websites as well as distribute information to high school counselors, the demand for applications advice often exceeds the capacities of most public institutions. Indeed, public high schools in the United States employ an average of one staff member per 500 students.
Families are given so much information that they do not know what to do and as a result students make huge financial mistakes by picking the wrong school, not understanding the financial aid process, or just picking a school because it was the brand name. Many do not even realize that the process will take their child approximately 100-200 hours to complete with a consultant depending on the situation to offer 27-30 hours of assistance for a regular package and more for those who are international or deal with learning differences. A good Counselor will be able to make recommendations of schools you and your family may never have even heard of.
Today, we found this article that was published last month by the Huffington Post. It outlines how and why college consulting is becoming a huge business and how a well trained counselor can quickly mainstream the process, get a child on track, and offer help to a student.
NOTE: We currently are still accepting those who are incoming seniors. It is important for a student to start the process well in advance of their senior year, but we realize many still feel it starts in the 12th grade, and signing up incoming Juniors.
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