Did you go Public With Your Private Counselor?

poetgrl
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:00:20 +0000

They probably want the recs more to weed out the really rotten apples than as a deciding factor to complement the stats. I mean, I suppose it is the place where the GC can say things that might alert them to some “other” problems. JMO.

We did let the school know we were working with a private counselor, but they were pretty happy about this. My daughter’s situation is just so strange: perfect SAT’s, dyslexic who couldn’t read til her teens, writes with technology, but rocket science research credits, very odd transcript, etc…

She really doesn’t show up on the naviance. So, it was exceedingly helpful for all concerned to have someone who had some sort of wider experience with various schools… I found the GC more than willing to basically do whatever the private counselor said.

Just as an aside, I would really recommend anyone dealing with a difficult to “read” academic storyline find someone with strong experience and definitely get private assistance. YMMV