A number of students and their parents have turned to resources outside the school environment to aid them in their search for appropriate colleges and universities and admission counseling information. These resources may include educational consultants, commercial counseling centers or Internet counseling.
New services from outside the traditional school counselor model are available to students and families as they move through the college admission process. In this brochure the term “educational consultant” is used to describe both independent counselors and educational consultants.