I have very limited expectations about college advising….and I told our CA the following:
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Don’t recommend colleges - some of us actually more about them than YOU do…UNLESS you actually have relationship with college admissions people at target schools. PLEASE don’t give the same list to every girl/boy you think wants to stay in a certain region - the kids compare lists and know what your are doing.
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Please update data for Naviance and update the matriculation lists.
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Your main job is to write an excellent recommendation and promote our student (who BTW deserves it with their GPA/Test Scores/Athletics/Honors/EC’s/Awards, etc. I know this will be hard for you because you have 36 other students to worry about. Sorry, you are saddled with too many students - but hey, not our fault that 2 people left for other schools. That is why I am asking you to do the minimum, but the most important thing - Keep on the “tail” of the teachers to get the rec’s submitted and please make sure official transcripts are sent.
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Please remind/motivate/inspire the teachers to complete and submit the requested recommendations that were submitted 6 months ago. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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Please hire more dedicated counselors - not folks who have no experience in CA, or have limited experience and mainly want to just coach or teach their main subject. Please pay for experienced folks. When we signed onto your school, there were fewer students per counselor. What happened?