What are the requirements to style oneself as a college admission consultant? I ask because a relative of mine has hired one, and some of her recommendations seem a little off to me--for one thing, the list she and the student have generated for initial visits is entirely made up of reaches. This kid may have a hard time coming back to the opposite coast for a second look. This is a likely high-stat kid (although he hasn't taken his SATs yet, either, which also concerns me, as he's a junior). But no matter how great the kid, it seems to me, he needs to look at schools that are likelies. Isn't that part of the consultant's job, to manage expectancies?
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