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...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 it gives her more time to shape their record. In past summers she has sent one student to Greece to build roads, another to Hawaii to teach language to dolphins. "It makes them more interesting...
...High school students are using p. r. ploys that would put Procter & Gamble to shame: sending videotapes and cookies with their applications and hiring imagemakers...
Durer meets Daffy Duck, high fashion flutters beside wildflowers, and movie posters compete with Queen Mary' s dolls' house in a season' s pick that ranges from the opulent to the offbeat...
...them all. The eager ones. The teary ones. The ones who would do anything to get into the college of their choice. But last year a member of his staff ran across a genuine original. "Is there anything else I can do to strengthen my case?" Jennifer Tangora, a high school senior, inquired at the end of her interview. The admissions officer looked over her application, which was crammed with high grades, solid recommendations and documented achievements. "Seems to me the only thing you haven't done is paint your room Duke blue," she mused, alluding to the school color...
...growing dependence on outside advisers worries many teachers and administrators. "It used to be that the student applied to colleges," says Hugh Chandler, a high school guidance counselor in Weston, Mass. "Now it's the parents and the outside consultant." Even the most personal part of the application -- the essay -- is putty for professional packagers. This fall < Matthew Tucker, a high school senior from Wilton, Conn., wanted to write about his cross-country cycling trip, but his consultant considered the subject too prosaic. At her suggestion, he switched to juggling, one of his hobbies. "She didn't write my essay...