<p>When the process is over and the decision is made, is it appropriate/expected to let the GC know of the acceptances and scholarship awards?</p>
<p>At our school students are asked to bring in copies of acceptance letters to their GC. I suppose that this allows the GC to be certain that a student has actually been accepted.</p>
<p>I think that knowing these things gives the GC knowledge to help other students in the future.
Many colleges email GC with acceptances already.
Your choice to share $$…</p>
<p>Seems like our GC office only wants to know about scholarships; they have a bulletin board where they list the amounts each kid has received, and a running total for the whole class…I guess this is for bragging rights, but also as an incentive for the underclassmen. Poor DD was the first to receive a scholarship; her name was the only one up there for several weeks in the beginning of the year; she was mortified.</p>
<p>DD has received back any copies of acceptance letters the GC might have gotten…doesn’t seem like they’re interested in acceptances.</p>
<p>When a GC is highly involved, available, and helpful, as ours has been, I think that the kid (and parents) really want to give the GC the blow-by-blow. As D’s results came in, we let our GC know, and I assume other families did the same thing. Our school’s GC’s tend to be assigned to all the sibs in a family, so we have an ongoing relationship, and when I see her, I even let her know how D is doing in college.</p>
<p>S let the GC know about his acceptances and renewed his thanks for the GC’s help (also asked the GC not to send RD apps). I know Zooserdaughter’s GC has not been very helpful, but perhaps giving him information will help subsequent students.</p>
<p>My D told her teachers who had helped with recs and proofreading and such and told the GC…she also got them each a small gift- a book, a photo album, a calendar, that sort of thing…personal but not too much so…one teacher she didn’t tell stopped her in the hall and congratulated her…</p>
<p>I would tell the GC, you don’t have to thank him/her if they were just not at all doing their jobs…</p>
<p>Many schools want to now where student is going so that final transcripts can be sent by school, and of course they don’t want to send them out unnecesarily</p>
<p>Sorry GC was not great…that can be frustrating</p>
<p>My S lets his GC know, as well as teachers who wrote recommendation letters for him, as acceptances come in. The teachers like to know, plus it shows some appreciation (besides the thank-you notes and gifts ). The GCs definitely use the information for our Naviance site which is SOOOOOO helpful for future applicants.</p>
<p>Our public school asks students to let their GCs know of all admissions decisions. 90% of the graduating class go on to attend 4-yr colleges and they compile this info to aid future students. In May, they ask each senior where they will be attending. A list of everyone’s future plans (college name, military or work) is included in the graduation program.</p>
<p>I had assumed the colleges would send a copy of the acceptance letter or at least a postcard to the high school notifying them of a decision one way or the other. Guidance had to provide the transcripts so they obviously know where everyone applied! </p>
<p>I know our GC would want to hear. They compile a list of colleges that seniors apply to, along with each applicant’s stats (GPA and SATs), then note all the acceptances and declines. The next year they have that info for the following seniors. For example, S was interested in Holy Cross. His GC was able to tell him how many students from our hs applied there in the last two years (no NAMES of course), each GPA/SAT and whether the kid was accepted, rejected or waitlisted. It really helped us to figure out which schools are appropriate/safe/reaches for him.</p>
<p>At my son’s HS they have a senior awards program in May every year with honors and local scholarships. At the end of the program they go student by student and read a list of everyone’s merit scholarships from colleges, and also the college they decided to attend. (The students had been asked to provide the information a couple of weeks earlier.) The info for each student is shown on a screen up on the stage. Each student goes up on stage as their name is read. The list of scholarships includes all schools, not just the one accepted. It was a lot of fun and very interesting to see how the kids have done, especially those we’ve known since kindergarten.</p>
<p>Of course, it’s expected that you’d let the GC know that info. After all, the GC helped you get those things. Getting the info also will help the GC help others. In fact, you should say a very warm “thank-you” when you give the GC the info.</p>
<p>You also should tell any people who wrote recommendations about where you were accepted and what scholarships you received. Thank them, too, even if you wrote them thank-you notes before.</p>
<p>Just checked with my son’s GC… they do NOT get notified from the colleges and they DO ask the students to please let them know the results. This info helps them to guide the next year’s seniors to appropriate colleges.</p>
<p>I told my son to let gc know of his acceptances asap. Told him again… and again… threatened to make the phone call myself! Message received.</p>
<p>At our school there’s a sheet outside the GC’s room in the Seniors area where people can right up any decisions that have been made by colleges. When a sheet is filled up our GC transfers it to the staff room so other teachers can see it as well.</p>