College List vs. GC

lovestotravel
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:06:29 +0000

YES, we encountered that this year.

My dd attends a small private all girls school that is a college prep school and has an excellent reputation. The College Advisor begins meetings with the student/parent as early as freshman year so we are very familiar with her.

But, I noticed this year (my dd being a senior) although she steered my dd and her friends towards their matches and reaches she somewhat pushed safetys. We only visited two safetys since we had made a list of schools together (just my dd and I), visited matches and one match/reach but that is because I was very involved and knew exactly what my dd wanted.

Anyway, I really believe the CA, at least in my dd’s school, pushes the safetys so she can have job security. All the girls are high achievers so their safety schools are giving them money and trying to lure them and money talks. At the end of the school year, the school can brag that they received $XXX Million in scholarships and that is a credit to the school/CA. The graduations get listed in the local paper so all can see how much each private school gets in scholarships.

My dd ended up applying ED to her match school.

Good luck!