Why are counselor recommendations even important?

andrew1218
Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:31:45 +0000

i ask this because i go to a large public school and my counselor is counselor for last names that start with H-O, she is in charge of over 400 kids. To have her write a recommendation i had to fill out a folder which basically outlined a letter she would write for me and i could have put any EC/sport/award and she would have put it in the letter because she doesnt know me at all. Colleges have to know at big schools counselors dont really know everyone and probably use the same protocol my counselor does to write recs…