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<p>Agreed. </p>
<p>This could easily happen if the guidance counselor or even one of the teachers selected to write LORs gets the impression the student is so lacking in the initiative department by junior/senior year that the parent is pushing in areas the GC/teacher feels should be student-driven. Especially if the student concerned is aiming for the elite colleges. </p>
<p>There were a few GCs like this at my HS including the one I had. While he was reasonably knowledgable about competitive colleges and such, any suggestion of a parent meeting with him alone like this would likely be regarded by him as the actions of a micromanaging parent at best…or a student seriously lacking in the initiative department if said student initiated the idea. The latter would certainly hurt when he writes up the GC report to the colleges. </p>
<p>My HS was a public magnet where there were several GCs spread around a graduating class which ranged from 600-700+ when I attended. Prevailing practice was students were assigned a GC and there were a few mandatory scheduled meetings starting in the junior year. Parental requests for meetings were unheard of when I attended. Especially considering most parents wouldn’t have had the time due to work, cultural/language barriers, parental expectations junior/senior HS students should be mature enough to handle it themselves, most students living a fair distance from campus*, etc. </p>
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