Bad Counselor Rec = Rejected?

cj_svu6
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:05:57 +0000

@ Bashi- I would schedule an appointment with your counselor and ask her what she feels she would have to disclose in a recommendation. If she doesn’t want to talk about specific issues, ask if she feels she can write a flattering rec. If she can’t, maybe she could suggest another counselor or administrator who could write the letter. At my school, it is standard for a student to give the counselor permission to speak with three teachers and they use these teachers’ comments as part of the basis of the recommendation. Perhaps, you could get permission from a teacher and from your counselor so that they could speak together and the counselor could add in positive things from this teacher. I think as long as you have scheduled an appointment and spoken to her about the “incident”, one frustrated comment won’t overshadow 3-4 years of hard work. I’m assuming the counselor’s office is probably overloaded right now, so she may have been just as frustrated when she talked with the teacher who confronted her. Give her some time to cool off. Many times teachers/counselors seem more annoyed with you than the actually are.