<p>Barrister, with 3 kids I’ve done a lot of college exploration! While Michele reminds me of myself and many blunt New Yorker like people that rub some the wrong way, it’s hard to dispute the fact that she is very bright and she has been around the block more than a few times where admissions are concerned. I didn’t always like what she had to tell me (nor did DS!!) but I found her advice more than valid and worth the high price.</p>
<p>Her advice jibes with the data in CDS’s, it’s the RARE candidate that beats the numbers odds and those that do fulfill a specific institutional need. Granted, you never quite know what an institution might find themselves needing, but I stand by my belief that outside of HYPS there are few mysteries in college admissions and the hope that a great essay or rec might overcome a statistical weakness has a slim chance of happening.</p>