<p>We’re all sensitive about our kids, but most of us are realistic too. If indeed your son had a 2.5, then that comment might have been called for to reign you in, but he doesn’t and it should be obvious to her from your son’s other accomplishments that he bright, hard working and is likely sought after by colleges. I don’t see any indication from your posts here that you assume your son will sail through because he’s Latino, so I doubt you’re that way with the HS GC either. She should be providing you information with all of the proper caveats, but also with some encouragement that as long as he has a well balanced list of schools he likes, he’ll be in great shape.</p>
<p>You are not alone, I have been skirting around our HS college counselor since D1 and continue to do so now that D2 is a jr. She has some very strongly held biases, many misconceptions and is actually unprofessional at times as she is not cautious with the private information that she is privy to. My first introduction to her was at the college information night for D1, she started out by telling parents not to worry about what schools their sr kids were applying to, that as long as they liked the schools, the financial part would work out later. This to a room full of typical suburban families who will likely qualify for little or no need based aid but with very few who could foot a 200k bill for college. When I cornered her later and asked if she kept records on the stats of previous students and their results to different colleges (like Naviance), she said, “oh no, that information is all in my head”. She told D1 to her face that she shouldn’t have applied to an OOS public because it would be extremely expensive since they wouldn’t give her much FA. That was true, but they did offer her a full ride merit scholarship ;). </p>
<p>I have a friend who’s kids are at a top private in the Bay Area (we’re talking 25k/yr/kid) and who’s GCs who are ex-Ivy adcoms, and she calls me for information! </p>
<p>No, I don’t think Latino recruitment is lip service at all. As a matter of fact, I think it’s a crime that more kids don’t know about the opportunities and take advantage of them. </p>
<p>x-posted with itsv</p>