For those of you who have been through the admissions process recently, what advice do you have about hiring a private admissions counselor? I have many friends on both sides of the issue. The ones who strongly advocate for doing it mostly sent kids to private schools. My oldest is a sophomore and wants to go to school in the south with football, greek life, etc. Obviously, we'll do the SAT/ACT prep, but I'm questioning the value of paying someone to help apply to mostly state schools. Thoughts?
And about the golden penis syndrome, the NYT had a story several years ago about how fucked up dating life was at UNC Chapel Hill. Girls outnumbered guys sometimes 3:1 at parties. Guys acted like assholes, and the girls' competition with one another went to a whole new level.
Finally,
1000% this. The junior lawyers I manage who can't write clearly or be bothered to proofread and edit their shit really piss me off. How they get out of undergrad and law school without these skills is beyond me.