Hello GradCafe,
I was wondering anyone knew of some sort of agent for the graduate admissions process, as I've noticed that each school, and some cases each department, has their own distinctive and differing requirements for their admissions process (there's no set standard). Let me explain what I mean, one of my cousins from China is also applying for graduate school in America, and he is using an "agent" to help out with the admissions process, ie. they advise on which schools would be best fit/apply to based on your academic records, etc. Is there was something akin in the US (I'm located in SoCal)?
Of course I'm not looking for them to do all my work, but basically it would be very helpful to have a general outline, based on my academic records, which schools where there would be a very good chance/be a good fit for being accepted into, which schools might be a reach but still worth pursuing, which supporting documents I should work to improve on, etc.
Thank you for the help and good luck to all in the application process.