"Don't listen to anyone who is older than 21"

[Anonymous]

According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

[Anonymous]

My kids would smile and ignore him for the rest of their school career.

Sorry you got a dud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

What a pretentious loser.
So by his account the kid shouldn’t listen to him either.

[Anonymous]

School counselors are useless. All they do is to use an outdated formula (e.g., GPA and scores only), trying to fit students in each reach/target/safety bucket.
It's really clueless and laughable.

[Anonymous]

Wow, that was really rude. I do think that he has a point that if you take advice from someone who doesn't realize that things have changed a lot, you will very likely get screwed over. But that has always been true (it was true when I was applying to colleges 20 years ago) and for him to undermine adults trying to help him is terrible behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

What a pretentious loser.
So by his account the kid shouldn’t listen to him either.

Someone really should tell him that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

What a pretentious loser.
So by his account the kid shouldn’t listen to him either.

Someone really should tell him that!

Maybe that's his end game, convince kids that he's useless so he won't have to do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

I absolutely agree with this. The college admission game changed for kids graduating HS in 2021 and after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

I absolutely agree with this. The college admission game changed for kids graduating HS in 2021 and after.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

I absolutely agree with this. The college admission game changed for kids graduating HS in 2021 and after.

Woosh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

I absolutely agree with this. The college admission game changed for kids graduating HS in 2021 and after.

+1

+ 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to our guidance counselor, top 50 admissions has changed so much post-covid that you shouldn't listen to anyone's insight, unless they are currently in college. He literally said, "don't listen to anyone who is older than 21" and then he turned to me and said, "or a parent who has kid who is older than 21"

I absolutely agree with this. The college admission game changed for kids graduating HS in 2021 and after.

+1

+ 2

Oh look, OP, other people with similar IQs as your counselor.

[Anonymous]

He's 100% right.

MIT (for girls) was an easier admit pre-covid than USC (for girls ) is now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's 100% right.

MIT (for girls) was an easier admit pre-covid than USC (for girls ) is now.

was easier in 2016 cycle ..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, that was really rude. I do think that he has a point that if you take advice from someone who doesn't realize that things have changed a lot, you will very likely get screwed over. But that has always been true (it was true when I was applying to colleges 20 years ago) and for him to undermine adults trying to help him is terrible behavior.

College admissions used to change a lot over a generation. But it's very unusual what's happening now. It's changed profoundly from 5 years ago to now, for sure.