Another Sidwell college counselor head quits
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Anonymous
| Tough job I guess |
Anonymous
| Ooh, when? BRB, getting my popcorn. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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We're in the worst years for college admissions:
1. Demographic glut of students. 2. Fallout of test-optional practices. Everyone is stressed out, including school college counselors and private counselors, who both take the blame when their student/client doesn't get admitted where the parents thought they might get in. In a few years, it will get slightly better on both these fronts. |
Anonymous
| I would imagine this can be an awful job for someone when surrounded by really high strung parents. I’m betting it’s not just Sidwell where college counselors are stressed. |
Anonymous
| I can only imagine telling parents that their kid is not going to be admitted to X school with a B average and the $200K you've paid is not fun. |
Anonymous
| Could someone share if this was in this years cycle or are we talking about 2019? |
Anonymous
Announcement today |
Anonymous
| Ok. How many “heads” are there? |
Anonymous
One - who left once before and came back - leaving again |
Anonymous
Leaving immediately or at the end of the school year? |
Anonymous
| Was it an abrupt, unexpected quit, or a planned departure coordinated with this year’s class getting their admission results? |
Anonymous
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CCO could benefit from a change (but SFS not big on change and this isn't meant to be specific about this person's job change)
But an influx of top-down energy that brings creativity, warmth, and more outreach to/relationships with students would be welcome. We all know it has been a tough year and another in the constantly changing climate, but the current process lacks any feeling of CCO working as a team with the students. It has never felt like the students have someone at CCO who is in the trenches with them, in their corner helping out and/or cheering them on. They are perfectly nice, but it's almost as if the primary expectations were only to make sure list has a safety and turn in documents. There has been no CCO-initiated one-on-one communications with students as decisions have come out and no outreach to have meetings to give next-steps advice on strategy based on those decisions (or even a congratulations on your acceptance!). It's a "call us because we won't call you" (but "we're here for you! yay!") relationship with students. You can't fault them if none of this was expected....but it's a shame that it isn't. These kids work hard and wouldn't it be nice for them to have someone who actually knew them and actively let them know they have their back in this process. |
Anonymous
Doesn't seem abrupt - just like any other job transition. No mention of immediate departure. But I'm not in the know. |
Anonymous
| Never liked her anyway |