Counselor talks to Admission Officer

rodney
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:46:12 +0000

pizzagirl: glass half full story that may help…

older daughter went to a public HS where counselors have no relationships with most schools…she applied to a top 20 private in the South where nobody at said HS had ever applied (as did a number of other kids that year in her class)…said private college took the time to figure out what this HS was all about; actually admitted a majority of the kids who applied (RD)…asked questions, examined the profile, called guidance counselors etc…

moral of the story: don’t assume that the colleges won’t do the legwork if your HS as seldom or never sent a kid to said college…