We have about 1600 students in our HS, and 3 counselors. They do have one temporary counselor that comes in and is suppose to help the seniors with colleges.
I understand they are overworked, but there are so many parents/students who don’t understand this process. There are many of DS’s friends who hadn’t even taken an SAT or ACT. I don’t know if they school is that bad with this information or the kids did not pass it along to the parents.
I did talk to two of the counselors and suggest they put some sort of program together for the parents of the juniors, so they at least had some idea on where to start. I doubt it will ever happen.
And like the above poster, it seems most of the HS seniors go to the local colleges/universities. We do have a large number of them in driving distance, but there is a whole world outside this area, they just aren’t exposed to it.