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Private consultants are filling the gap. Since it was founded in 1976, the Independent Educational Consultants Association (I.E.C.A.), the industry's trade group, has grown from 15 to 120 members, most of them former guidance counselors or admissions officers. Many work solo, but some have joined large firms: Edu-Care International, with offices in New York City, Miami and London, employs more than 60 people and advises 150 students a year. Private coaches generally prefer meeting clients when they are juniors or seniors in high school. But Jane McLagen of Hinsdale, Ill., likes to sign up eighth- graders because...