It really varies. My S22 had an excellent GC who met with him 4/5 times between the end of junior year and the first half of senior year. She reviewed his 2 potential common app essays and recommended one over the other and was helpful in encouraging his TO strategy. She reviewed his school list (very realistic for him) and suggested one or 2 additions to round it out. As we are full pay (and were willing to pay for whatever school he wanted to attend) and weren’t seeking merit, we didn’t get into FA discussions with her. That being said, not all the GC’s at our HS are nearly as good. Some only meet with the kids 1/2 times and aren’t helpful in terms of selecting colleges etc (beyond hooking kids up to SCOIR). Ours happened to have prior experience as a private college counselor which is somewhat unusual for a public HS so we definitely lucked out (as kids are assigned alphabetically). Fortunately S24 has the same GC.
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