Educational Consultants: Helping Students with College Searches, Applications, and Essays, Part 1

The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) recommends that high school counselors work with no more than 100 students. Most public high school counselors have a student load of at least 350 students. On average, high school counselors spend 38 minutes helping students with the college search, applications, and admissions process.

Educational consultants are not associated with a high school or university. They have the time, training, and experience to give students individual attention with their college search, applications and essays, financial aid and scholarships, and the college admissions process.

Here are five reasons why hiring an educational consultant to work with your high school student could be the best investment you’ve ever made:

1. Educational consultants understand the college admissions process and visit universities and colleges regularly to find out what makes one school different from another. They meet with college admissions officers at each school so they are aware of the ongoing changes taking place at individual campuses.

2. They help your student find colleges that are a good fit, not just a big name. They want their student to be successful in the college admissions process and have a variety of schools to choose from. They help families separate the exaggeration from the facts.

3. Educational consultants can work successfully with your student because they don’t have the emotional investment that parents do. They provide reliable university information and objective advice. They give their family another opinion and try to make the college admissions process as stress-free as possible.

4. They know that the college and university application can be a time for students to discover themselves. This helps them with their college search and encourages students to make better college decisions.

5. Educational consultants help students with their applications and essays. They brainstorm topics that will enable their student to write the most compelling essays that will strengthen their applications.

In Part 2, read five more reasons why educational consultants can help you with the college admissions process.