D26 (and I) feeling super frustrated with guidance office and their lack of urgency and organization. There was a whole issue a few weeks ago with her transcript request payment somehow getting credited to a duplicate account (the school’s error). That got fixed apparently but Naviance is still showing “No Request” under transcripts. She asked guidance and was told “you are all set do not worry about what Naviance is showing”. But she knows nothing has been sent to any schools because she is getting emails from schools saying “we still do not have your official transcripts, counselor report, teacher recommendations or school profile and these must be in by X date to be considered for EA and merit”. It is totally stressing her out. She is scheduling an in person meeting with her counselor next week to go over everything and make sure she is all set for her 10/15 and 11/1 deadlines. It just really bothers me that these kids have the added stress of guidance not having their act together. Their department is a hot mess this year. D26 got scolded by head of guidance for “jumping the gun and completing the Common App before senior seminar” which by the way was only last week. The part where they have to put the total number of students in their grade was apparently wrong. I told D26 the number she put was taken directly from Naviance so it is guidance’s fault if they did not update Naviance correctly. Students should not be scolded for completing their applications in a timely manner. And they should not have to wait until the end of September to BEGIN filling out their Common App just because guidance can’t bother to have a senior seminar meeting until then. The irony here is that they push the kids to apply Early Action so I am not understanding the timeline they are going by. They also require all transcript requests be AT LEAST 3 weeks before the deadline. But then hold senior seminar past that deadline. Ugh. Rant over.
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