HS college counseling influence on school apps

[Anonymous]

Did the college counselor at your DC's school actively steer your DC toward specific schools? If so, 1.) Did you agree with the suggested list, 2.)Did your DC apply to any of them and 3.) Were they accepted?

[Anonymous]

Private?

[Anonymous]

For unhooked?

[Anonymous]

Steered to apply at an REA college and was rejected.

[Anonymous]

Steered to ED UChicago. Accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Steered to apply at an REA college and was rejected.

Ugh, that sucks. But why do you think your DC was steered? Were they not considering the REA as their first choice?

[Anonymous]

Public school and no, she was not helpful at all

[Anonymous]

Public school
no steering going on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public school and no, she was not helpful at all

+1 we knew going in that the counselor has a technical role play, but has absolutely nothing to say about where to apply or not. Whenever I hear someone mention Naviance on here, I’m like, must be nice! We didn’t have access to anything like that.

[Anonymous]

Public school no steering but full 200% support. Accepted SCEA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the college counselor at your DC's school actively steer your DC toward specific schools? If so, 1.) Did you agree with the suggested list, 2.)Did your DC apply to any of them and 3.) Were they accepted?

No. Top kid, told to apply anywhere they wanted, they had full school support, only ED if had a first choice. Accepted at three T10/ivy unhooked.

[Anonymous]

Public school, zero support.

Accepted ED to Northwestern.

[Anonymous]

Public school. No hand holding or steering at all, which I loved! Parents know their child the best and I was happy to do the research and counsel my kid. Accepted ED to a Top 10.

[Anonymous]

Yes steered like crazy to Haverford for some reason! It's almost like she was personally invested (or paid) lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes steered like crazy to Haverford for some reason! It's almost like she was personally invested (or paid) lol.

Interesting. Our old private would try to steer kids to Northeastern. My friend was pretty upset about it. Daughter ended up at Stanford.