<p>@Brownparent – the GC at my kids school tells them very little, and tells the parents nothing. They have a Parent University program (which we couldn’t do because it always conflicted with one of my classes, and always one that was only ever offered every two years, or my H’s work schedule). If you didn’t attend, you were out of luck in the info dept. Most of what I know about how to coordinate this HS program with college applications I learned by asking D’s boyfriend who is a year ahead. She’s the only counselor for the entire school of approx 350 students, so difficult to meet with. If you do catch her, she is great about answering questions, if you know what to ask. I find her to be quite passionate about what she does, but my D is intimidated by her. The students are assigned a counselor from the college as well, but she only looks at your major, writes down her choice for your classes with no discussion, and good luck trying to deviate from the Ed plan, even if the course you want to take is a option in your required courses. So even though I have a high regard for the amount of work D’s GC does, I can also see why a student might look elsewhere for info.</p>