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Has anyone here ever sought a private educational counselor for help about his/her academic situation, and if so, for what and how useful was it?
educational consultants
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waste of money. please stay away. you have sdn and you have your premed counselors and professors on campus. those resources are more than enough. from a friends experience, those are scams.
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yeah like anti said...i cant see how any of these pay services would know as much as premed advisors and sdn that you can access for free.
the application process is a random one...noone can distinctly tell you which schools you will get into and which you wont.
waste of $$
the application process is a random one...noone can distinctly tell you which schools you will get into and which you wont.
waste of $$
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did you actually here something negative or just nothing positive?
from what i know these companies ask you for the money up front. then they dont care anymore. you have to go after them for help. and their help isnt that special anyway. but with anything, like prep courses, if you sign up you better take advantage of everything they have to offer you.
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What other consulting companies have you heard of besides Inquarta? The consultants from Inquarta looked REALLY shady on the website...they come from such "prestigious" pillars of academia such as the University of Redlands, Vanguard University, and the University of Phoenix. 🙄 I actually took a look at their "About Inquarta" section of the website and it has profiles of all their consultants...seems pretty shady to me. If they help people get into graduate school, med school, law school, etc...you'd think they would actually come from good schools.
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i never understand these consultants and counselors. if they know so much, why dont they do it themselves? youd imagine they can get into any school since they supposedly know so much. i hope you guys dont just bounce back at me and say "well, they arent passionate about becoming the professon, just advising students." do you think there are other reasons?
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Usually the team of consultants are good at things like editing essays, interviewing skills, etc. And they probably figure that working in a consulting company makes more money than going through grad school...
But anyways, I did hear NEGATIVE things about Inquarta.
But anyways, I did hear NEGATIVE things about Inquarta.
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They wouldn't know jack sh** compared to many people on this board. Don't waste your money.
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I agree. Most members of SDN probably know more than these "consultants." Plus, I'm not really sure if I'd trust a consluting firm that actually boasts about having consultants from such prestigious universities as Vanguard University (where the **** is this school?) and the University of Phoenix (yep..the on-line diploma mill where you can purchase an MBA for X amount of dollars). 🙄 🙄
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Dang, I hope you're joking and not being bitter, cause I would think that Don Osborne will at least *try his best* to give you emails or phone calls, though they may not be helpful at all.
So what exactly are services that Inquarta provided to you, there gotta be *something* right?
OK, sorry I change my mind, CalBeE
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**Hey you all out there, you should sign up for this program. It is sooo good. It got me into all the med schools I wanted, and plus I had all the support I ever needed. & it was fun! It's worth every single penny!
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Dude this is not cool. I have never used Inquarta, so obviously I won't know anything about it. I just found it odd that they didn't even do ANYTHING besides sending you some handouts. I'd think that it makes more sense if they actually do SOMETHING, but are not very helpful, so I just wanna know.
You seriously have an attitude problem.
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Originally posted by bongsen
hope you get some mad cow disease soon.
CalBEe, yeah this guy definitely has an attitude problem. His mother might not have held him enough while he was a baby (lack of limbic system stimulation). I have no clue why this guy won't answer your question regarding Inquarta. I'm guessing bongsen's story is probably BS. For $1000...they HAVE to give you something else besides just a stupid packet. They have to go over your application essays, do mock interviews, and tell you what you might want to do to improve your application.
😴 GO TO *!@.
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