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[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

Here is what I don't get. My personality is my personality. No amount of coaching is going to change that. Now if my first day outfit has my family vault hanging out and a Coach tells me that is not a good idea I just have no common sense or fashion sense. What exactly are these Coaches doing for these young women that they can not find in a book or online?

Originally Posted by Titchou

They have had heli mom telling them what to do for almost 2 decades. Do you really think they are going to research it for themselves? Some of these folks need a coach like the ladies of the past needed "finishing schools." Trust me, they need someone to tell them that hoochie mama dress is a faux pas for pref night....

What Tichou said. I'm not condoning it at all, but think about how appalled people were 10+ years ago when families started paying College Admissions Counselors for their assistance. Now, it's pretty commonplace for some groups of people. Can you find all that information online? Sure, but if I have the $$ to have someone else deal with it (and deal with keeping my child on a timeline) then why not?

Today it's the Rush Counselor - same song, different verse. Girls won't listen to their mother's advice, but they might listen to someone else. If mama has the $$, then she can put that task on someone else...

[Munchkin03]

The same people who are paying for these consultants (at least in the Northeast and the Atlanta suburbs, some of which are made up predominantly of people from the Northeast) are the same people who probably paid for their kids to have college admissions consultants.

There's a class of Americans who are used to farming out everything; if this wasn't your experience or your world, like it is for most of us, this is just one more of those things.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I mean isn't part of the whole point of Southern or preppy or what-have-you privilege the fact that you don't talk about it?

Yes, but the people using these services are trying to become part of that culture rather than already having been part of it.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

The first rule of recruitment preparation club:
You don't talk about recruitment preparation club.

LOVE!

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

The same people who are paying for these consultants (at least in the Northeast and the Atlanta suburbs, some of which are made up predominantly of people from the Northeast) are the same people who probably paid for their kids to have college admissions consultants.

There's a class of Americans who are used to farming out everything; if this wasn't your experience or your world, like it is for most of us, this is just one more of those things.

I worked with tons of kids in Atlanta teaching SAT prep, which was absolutely unheard of in my part of the world when I was in high school. You've hit the nail on the head. Some of these kids probably have coaches for wiping their behinds.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

The first rule of recruitment preparation club:
You don't talk about recruitment preparation club.

LMAO!!! *wipes water off monitor*

Originally Posted by shirley1929

What Tichou said. I'm not condoning it at all, but think about how appalled people were 10+ years ago when families started paying College Admissions Counselors for their assistance. Now, it's pretty commonplace for some groups of people. Can you find all that information online? Sure, but if I have the $$ to have someone else deal with it (and deal with keeping my child on a timeline) then why not?

Today it's the Rush Counselor - same song, different verse. Girls won't listen to their mother's advice, but they might listen to someone else. If mama has the $$, then she can put that task on someone else...

As my husband likes to say, "Wherever there's a deep human need, there's money to be made." It's true of the world's oldest profession. It's true of all these spammers peddling cheap Viagra. It's true of people who want to "help" young people get into top universities or parents who want their children to get into top universities. And it's true of people who want to "help" young women get into what they (the young women) consider top sororities. (And for the young women in question, all the advice you need is right here on GC for free.)