| The National Association for College Admission | | | | individual campuses. |
| Counseling(NACAC) recommends that high school | | | | 2. They help your student find colleges that are a |
| counselors work with no more than 100 students. | | | | good fit, not just a big name. They want your |
| Most public high school counselors have a student | | | | student to be successful in the college admissions |
| load of at least 350 students. On average, high school | | | | process and to have a variety of schools from which |
| counselors spend 38 minutes helping students with | | | | to choose. They help families separate the hype |
| the college search, applications, and admissions | | | | from the facts. |
| process. | | | | 3. Educational consultants are able to work |
| Educational consultants are not associated with a high | | | | successfully with your student because they do not |
| school or college. They have the time, training, and | | | | have the emotional investment that parents do. They |
| expertise to provide individual attention to students | | | | provide reliable college information and objective |
| with their college search, applications and essays, | | | | advice. They give your family another opinion and try |
| financial aid and scholarships, and the college | | | | to make the college admissions process as |
| admissions process. | | | | stress-free as possible. |
| Here are five reasons why hiring an educational | | | | 4. They know that applying to college and college |
| consultant to work with your high school student | | | | admissions can be a time for students to discover |
| might be the best investment you ever made: | | | | themselves. This helps them with the college search |
| 1. Educational consultants understand the college | | | | and encourages students to make better college |
| admissions process and visit colleges and universities | | | | decisions. |
| regularly to discover what makes one school | | | | 5. Educational consultants assist students with their |
| different from another. They meet with college | | | | applications and essays. They brainstorm topics that |
| admissions officers at each school so they know | | | | will enable your student to write the most compelling |
| about the continuous changes that take place on | | | | essays that will strengthen their applications. |