How to get a counselor recommendation?

acdchai
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 02:50:01 +0000

Our public school had a scandal-ish in the counseling department resulting in lots of them quitting or being fired so 2 of my 3 had recs from a counselor that hardly knew them. 1 counselor had literally been hired the day before my kid was scheduled for their senior meeting. We do have senior packets here that take students hours to fill out. The 2 with the counselor who didn’t know them at all both got into elite schools. I think the rec forms ask how well the counselor knows you so maybe that helped them? I think the recs can help someone like in the private schools where they get to know students well or they can just be a non-factor most likely for kids like mine or from big schools where counselors have too many students to know people personally.