What does a HS college counselor do with student applications?

[Mwfan1921]

@citivas

But the method of delivery does not change the fact that is it still a human process and yes sometimes counselors/schools and teachers fail to submit recs or transcripts to some students. Usually students have one or multiple ways to track this and follow-up/nudge. Most of the colleges have application portals which indicate if something is missing.

Yes to all this. It is fundamentally the responsibility of the student to keep on top of the various application components and deadlines for each school. Obviously the more schools a student applies to, the more difficult this can be.

Additionally, some schools allow a grace period for non-student controlled materials, while some do not…this is another aspect that a student has to understand for each school on their list.

Michigan is an example of a school where all application components must be received by the deadline of the round the student is applying. For example, if the teacher LoR comes in after the EA deadline the app is rolled to RD.