Really need some magic wand at this time. So many high scorers. Young generation (age below 30's) are so much aware of this Express entry thing now.
Even in recent newspaper articles (TOI etc.), consultants are asking people to apply for PR.
Gone are the days when consultants used to fool applicants by claiming that only they are aware of the procedure to apply and if done individually, it might result in rejection or lifelong ban and what not.
Applicants are educated now and as all the information to apply is available freely on the CIC website and almost all doubts are catered in this forum (Thanks CV forum webmasters!) - there is hardly any stone left un-turned.
Only thing required from the applicant is dedication and passion to go through the forum pages and asking questions - no matter how silly they seem to others.
When I first joined this forum some 3 years back, I was a total novice. I remember posting queries like what is EE and AoE and PNP and what not. The forum members, however, kindly answered my queries and some senior members like
@DelPiero07 and
@legalfalcon gave some really good advise on the actual procedure.
CIC doesn't want you to go to consultants and waste time and money there. Until unless you have a very strong reason to reach out to consultant, perhaps a very tricky case or too many if/buts to take care, you can do the whole EE procedure yourself. In fact, I have seen some cases in the forum where the consultants actually ruined the chances of getting EE by not updating profile on time or by not sending documents on time.