More students turn to consultants for help applying to college

Any Rolph:

Just leave it to the experts.

The haircut, the brake job and the 1040 were long ago ceded to the pros by most people. And now families are turning to experts to help their teenagers score an acceptance letter from the right college at a time when institutions of higher education are getting choosier about whom they let in.

Private college consultants have been around for decades -- most notably in the eastern U.S. -- but their numbers and visibility have been growing locally as more families seek a steady hand to guide them through the labyrinth of college admissions.

Most consultants won't promise they can get a high school student into an Ivy League school, but they will help students keep track of deadlines, groom their extracurricular lineup and devise a list of schools that could be a good fit.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 24, 2007 12:10 AM
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