Did you go Public With Your Private Counselor?

rockvillemom
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:20:42 +0000

pizzagirl and others - in the world of small private high schools there is often a distinct and separate college counseling office. This office is staffed by people who have worked in college admissions on the college side - so they are intimately familiar with how colleges process and review applications. These counselors also belong to professional organizations like NACAC and cultivate relationships with college admissions officials. Frequently, people who work in this field go back and forth between the high school side and the college side as they work their was up the career ladder. If you attend a small private school with this type of arrangement - you basically have the equivalent of a private college counselor who is able to work one on one with 30 - 50 students and their families.

But if you don’t have this luxury - then it is either do the work and research yourself or hire an outside counselor.