马上9年级的女生，自己还不知道自己喜欢什么，也没有什么academic或者文体强项，自己满足于每科得A。我们家长也不知道目标在哪里。大概想的就是UC系列。她自己对CS, ROBOTIC都不感兴趣，说几个朋友都说想学医，那她自己也可以学医方面把。我就想如果她真想学医，那就不用请升学顾问了，反正都是需要大学成绩的，我们也管不到大学了。但是她自己也不决定不知道。我说那就请个升学顾问吧，看看她这个情况到底能干嘛或者指导一下，但是LG对升学顾问非常反感，觉得升学顾问没用，尤其是不爬藤。我说我父母出钱为孙女请，他还是反对。所以，请问，请过的觉得升学顾问有用吗

觉得父母懂英语，申请美国研究生留学过来的，用处不大，申请UC更不大必要了。

我们倒是英文没问题，但是没真正在这边读过书，LG直接就是博士后，我申请也进了康奈尔master program, 但是没读完找到工作就quit了

请升学顾问有利有弊。首先看你能不能找到靠谱的，其次看你觉得两三万往上的价格值不值得。

如果这两个问题的回答都是肯定的话，不妨请一个。现在UC越来越难进，如果没有什么课外活动的话，写文书的时候可能会难以找到主题。有的升学顾问是可以在课外活动方面提供帮助的。另外，如果要申请医学院的，最好是避免去大公校，因为竞争太激烈，不太容易拿到好的GPA。去liberal arts college是个不错的选择。

再一个，申请研究生和申请本科完全不一样。申请本科的头绪太多，各种细碎问题都要考虑到。请升学顾问可以确保大的方面不出错，细节问题最好是自己多留意。

有好的顾问，或者机构推荐吗？

我也不确定有没有用。为了将来不后悔，我还是准备请一个。我们目标也就是UC系列。

我没请， 但朋友圈里基本都请了，看去年和今年的录取情况， 请没请没大差别，牛娃恒牛， 请不请都爬藤， 一般的娃，请不请结果都是或者省钱去top uc， 或者花钱去东岸私校，女孩录取情况明显好于男孩。有的娃听话， 升学顾问建议的活动基本都参加了， 也有娃难管，只是改改essay而已，最后录取的学校几乎一摸一样， 也是让我大吃一惊， 好像ao能洞穿这些升学顾问的把戏似的。

网上流传甚广的升学秘籍， 比一般的顾问管用

10: Congrats

D1 athlete

IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO/IOI/IOAA/IOL

gold/silver medals

Regeneron STS Top 10; ISEF Top 3 Grand Prize;

History Day National Winner

Single/First Author in High Impact Factor Journal

Special performance/Solo at Carnegie Hall

International Competitor in a Sport

Boys Nation President

RSI (Research Science Institute)

9: Almost a ticket to a prestigious school

Regeneron STS Finalist; ISEF Best of Category

MOP

NSDA Nationals winner

Tournament of Champions Winner

NCFL Nationals Winner

Published in a relatively prestigious journal

TASP

National Student Poet

Jimmy Awards (musical theatre)

8: Amazing accomplishment; Large boost

USAMO qualification; AMC 12 Perfect Score; USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/USACO National Finalist

Intel ISEF 1st-4th place category; Regeneron STS semifinalist; Davidson 10 Fellow; Presidential Scholar; MIT 14 PRIMES; MITES

Concord Review Publication

FIRST Dean’s List winner; top 5 at FIRST World Championships

Google Code Jam Round 2, 3 Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals)

Facebook Hacker Cup Round 2, 3 Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals)

International Public Policy Forum Top 32 team

Writing Portfolio Gold Award; Presidential Scholar of the Arts; Scholastic Art;

All National Band or Orchestra performer

Boys Nation Participant

SIMR

Clark Scholars

7:

ARML Tiebreaker Round; USAMTS Gold Medal; HMMT top 50

CMU SAMS; NIH Research; Iowa Writer’s Workshop; SUMAC; ROSS; SSP; Simons; PROMYS; Mathcamp; Garcia

State governors schools with acceptance rate <15% (PGSS, NJGSS, most other science governor’s schools)

USACO Platinum Division

ISEF Finalist

Top Team, YES Competition (Young Epidemiology Scholarship)

History Day National Level

Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold Medal. NFL Nationals (speech and debate) “breakers” (elimination rounds), Tournament of Champions (debate) “breakers,” Congressional Award Gold Medalist

International Public Policy Forum Top 64 team

Foyle Young Poet

US Senate Page

6:

(6.5) Google Code Jam Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals)

(6.5) Facebook Hacker Cup Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals)

USACO Gold Division

AMC 10 Perfect Score

Less competitive governor’s schools (Acceptance rate between 15% and 25%), any other scholarship summer programs not aforementioned

Congressional Award Silver Medalist; NFL Nationals; Tournament of Champions Qualifier

Science Bowl/Ocean Science Bowl/NAQT winners; Technology Student Association Nationals

FIRST Dean’s List finalist; Top 5 FIRST Super Regionals (FTC)

Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver Medal

State Science Fair Winner/Top Award (Depends on state)

Academic Decathlon State (CA) Honors Top 3

University-run poetry contests (Patricia Grodd Prize, Lewis Center at Princeton Prize, etc)

Very selective summer programs (acceptance rate 10-15%: TASS, UC Davis 5 YSP, IOWA SSTP, BU RISE, UCSB 3 RMP, HCSSiM, BOA Student Leaders, HSMC, Rockefeller SSRP, EFL, M&TSI…)

5: Pretty good; will complement an already strong record

FBLA Nationals

USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/NAO semifinals

AIME qualification

National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests,

All-Eastern/all-regional music, State History Day top 3 place

Top 5 FIRST State Championship (or Regionals for FRC), JETS TEAMS National Finalist, Skills USA Nationals

Academic Decathlon State (AZ/TX/MA/WI), Nationals Top 3 Honors & California Event Golds

Selective summer academic programs (acceptance rate 15-25%: UC COSMOS, UF SSTP, Wharton LBW, MIT 14 Launch…)

4: Fairly difficult

USACO Silver Division

Science Fair Regional winner

Science Bowl national qualification

Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin/Spanish/French Exam

State awards (all-state music, etc)

Academic Decathlon State (AZ/TX/MA/WI) Event Golds

National Merit Finalist

MUN Gavel

AMC 10/12 school winner (depends on your school)

Art and Writing Regional Gold award

Top 5 FIRST Regional (FTC)

Position in Local Government

National AP Scholar at Junior Year

3: Some effort involved, but not uncommon

Student Body

Winning at local/regional science fairs

All-County music

Eagle Scout Gold Award (with prior Silver and Bronze Awards)

Head of a competitive club that you did not found (ex: Mock Trial, Model UN, Science Olympiad)

Editor in chief of award-winning school newspaper

Head of a club with large membership and substantial activities (Interact Club)

2: Your average go-getter

Bank of America Awards

Presidential Service Award Volunteering Gold

Local awards/trophies

Essay Contests

Regional History Day

1: Common activities

National Honor Society

Beta Club

School Departmental Awards

School Honor Roll

Key Club; CSF; Interact Club

National Merit Commended

Member of a club with no distinctions earned

0: A dime in a dozen; meaningless

Who’s Who; National Honor Roll; National Society of High School Scholar

我家邻居请了 最后去了uc

如果不请 估计也是uc

父母懂英文跟能指导孩子升学是两码事。我们对这边的大学及专业的了解有限，很多偏门的学校和专业都不知道，对中不溜的孩子，这些学校和专业可能是改变命运的关键。父母的中式思维，在指导孩子课外活动和修改文书的时候有时会害了孩子，这需要好的顾问帮忙矫正。

除非父母在这边上过本科，孩子如果没有明确目标，成绩也不突出，我觉得可以请个顾问。顾问也是良莠不齐的，有些只指导过一两个入藤的孩子，就到处吹嘘，和他们一聊就发现他们也只会人云亦云，并不能抓住孩子的特点，因材施教，能有那样的结果，多半还是人家孩子自己优秀。这种顾问就得躲着点。