Did you go Public With Your Private Counselor?

charlieschm
Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:37:25 +0000

In answer to a question above, about why colleges require a guidance counselor recommendation for kids from large public schools, I believe the answer is: 1) to uncover any disciplinary problems, and 2) to describe whether the student is taking the hardest classes that are available.

In my kid’s large public high school, I didn’t ask or expect anything out of the guidance counselor. I kept her informed, but I knew she was too busy with the problem kids to provide any help. I did everything I could to make her job easy so that there would not be any problems (stamped addressed envelopes and partially completed forms, etc. provided 2 months early).