The study abroad market is very lively under the trend of education internationalization. However, when people talk about studying abroad, they will inevitably be linked to the “intermediary.” In fact, in the American education and progression system, the most mainstream professionals are not intermediaries. It is an Educational Consultant. Every child who is studying in a high school or university in the United States will almost always ask a consultant for professional counseling during the progression process. Some of them are in-school counselors, and some are independent education consultants.

It’s no secret that many companies for education abroad were created at best from former students who were once able to enroll overseas. Or worse, they could not do it, and they surrendered, and now they earn money, by the fact that they once learned about the proceeds. The second category of companies are firms that grew out of travel agencies. Unfortunately, such companies have little real idea of admission abroad, all they offer is paid courses abroad, where all are taken.

Site

Pay attention to the location of study abroad education consultants. Is there any information on us? If so, what is it? If you see examples of motivation letters pulled from the Internet, then run from this site immediately. Consultants hanging other people’s work on the site will not be able to help you create original packages of documents.

Pay attention that it is written on the site, if it says that you are guaranteed of the receipt, then close the site right there. To guarantee admission to any university other than language courses, it is impossible. If you write that they promise access to US universities, and under such an advertisement, logos of such universities as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc., usually hang. – This is an indicator that in front of you there are collars, which at least do not know anything about submissions to universities. At best, you do not act, at worst, you will be put on the blacklist for admission.

Company.

Please note whether the company is registered or not. If it is a Russian firm, it agrees to the law; it must have legal status and pay taxes. And there must be a registration number and fax number on the website.

With foreign companies, it is more difficult because the rules for registration in each country are different.

Pay attention to how you are offered to pay for overseas education consultants. In all countries, to be able to integrate payment for services with the site, you need to have an individual bank account registered with the company (merchandise account), which opens only if you have a Tax ID and some official documents for the company. The availability of such an integrated basket on the site is a good indicator that it is a legal company and that it has passed all the checks.

The cost

You get what you pay for. Some companies are cheaper for specific reasons (they do not pay taxes and are illegal businesses). If the price is high, then see what you get for it. If you are asked to several thousand dollars for sending you to paid courses (for which you will also pay there), then most likely the price is too high. Look at how much you are given hours for the cost and what work you will be doing.