College Admissions Consultant

McChowder
Sat, 27 May 2006 00:02:13 +0000

I think you were one of the very few who had a good counselor (or, like u said, u already knew what you needed). I would have to disagree w/u on the councelors job. I think their job description IS to prepare and help students. Maybe i’m being too critical, but I also believe they should go beyond academics and help w/students’ personal problems. Most of my experiences (and most of my friends’) w/councelors did not help me. The only time they helped me is when I wanted to take a course overload and needed their signature (LOL). I mean (from my previous post) 2.85 gpa and apply to Haas. LMAO. He didn’t even encourage me to do extracurricular activites. I must have been crazy, but I trusted him and took two courses that only tranfered to Haas. LOL. It’s suppose to be the student’s job to do well in their classes. It’s suppose to be the counselor’s job to help us decide which courses to take for our major and goals. They are paid to do their jobs. Hell, we pay them. All the good advice I have gotten regarding academics was from my peers. I think if conselors were as good as I think they should be, there wouldn’t be half as many threads in these forums.