<p>Hello CCers,
I am looking for a private college counselor for my son, to help him with essays and applications. I'm having difficulty finding reasonably priced counselors, so I was hoping someone could give me a recommendation. If anyone had success with somebody who offers their services to the Bay Area (we live in Los Altos), I would greatly appreciate it. You can either post here or PM me.</p>
<p>Thanks to anyone who can help</p>
<p>To those who are wondering, my son is applying to mainly UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSB), possibly a few CSUs (Cal Poly) and then maybe Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>bump 10char</p>
<p>Shouldn’t the high school counselors in the schools in that area (i.e. a non-poor area in/near Silicon Valley) be well versed with UC and CSU applications, since so many students from that area attend UC and CSU after graduation?</p>
<p>Have you and your son gone through the UC and CSU web sites?
[University</a> of California - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/]University”>Admissions | University of California)
[url=<a href=“http://www.csumentor.edu%5DCSUMentor%5B/url”>http://www.csumentor.edu]CSUMentor[/url</a>]</p>
<p>If you are interested, I know of a fabulous counsellor in New York who can do everything via computer. I, personally, feel like we are all so willing to pay huge fees for tutors, extra-curriculars etc. Why would we not put some money toward having the best application (that represents the student) possible?!</p>