Did you go Public With Your Private Counselor?

MedSchHopeful
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:23:51 +0000

A group of students at my school who were the only 10-15 NOT interested in big public schools use a private counselor. I know they didn’t tell our GC though. In fact, they didn’t tell ANYBODY. Not other students, other parents; no one! I only know because a girl in this group knew that I was also not interest in these schools and quietly approached me one day in the hall, offering to give me their counselor’s number. Seriously, it was like she was trying to sell me drugs, she was so secretive and nervous about it lol. They said they just didn’t want to hurt our GC’s feelings because she really is amazing!

Speaking of which, I go to a small, private HS and I don’t know what I’d do without her. She is friends (professionally, of course) with so many of the counselors at the schools my classmates apply to (mostly TX publics and other big schools like OU, Kansas State, OkSU). When I started applying for college, none of her other students had ever applied to any of them, so she didn’t know anybody, but she said don’t sweat, she’d get to know them. I sat in her office while she smooth-talked one particular recruitment person who was being really difficult with me (not answering emails or replying to calls when I had questions about Letters of Rec, and this was like in September!). “I’m here with a student who has questions, oh, and we’re hosting a college fair next week for all the DFW private schools, I could get a booth for you or hand out brochures if you want to send them?” The recruitment guy replied to all my e-mails within the hour lol.