<p>Here’s what troubles me, Anirudha. There’s a wide gap between the services you’ve quoted from the company’s web site, and the “guaranteed aid” you’re saying this particular counselor promised you. What causes this? </p>
<p>Did a counselor working for the company make oral promises that differ from the services the company promises in writing, and that he or she probably can’t make good on? That would be totally unscrupulous. Or is it possible that you’ve misinterpreted or misremembered what the counselor said? (Perhaps he said something like, “It will take an SAT of at least 2100 for you to be considered for merit aid at University of Maryland or SUNY Buffalo”?) That would be regrettable, but it wouldn’t be misconduct on the part of the consulting company.</p>