Why is Wilson's college counselor out the week applications are due?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yet another reason to hire your own college counselor and to collect your own recommendations for a Wilson senior.

You are allowed to do this?

Yes. Paid college counseling is a big business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Counseling team and assistant principals pulling together to get all recommendations and transcript requests due Nov. 1 finished. Only ED and EA applicants are affected. Real crunch comes leading up to Jan. 1 when RD applications are due. I pray Wilson puts someone reliable in that second senior counselor spot so this doesn't occur on a larger scale in a few months. So unfair to the kids.

What if the counselor was in a car crash, mother died, kid is severely ill.

Is it then unfair to your child? Omg I doubt they took a quick pleasure trip

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Counseling team and assistant principals pulling together to get all recommendations and transcript requests due Nov. 1 finished. Only ED and EA applicants are affected. Real crunch comes leading up to Jan. 1 when RD applications are due. I pray Wilson puts someone reliable in that second senior counselor spot so this doesn't occur on a larger scale in a few months. So unfair to the kids.

What if the counselor was in a car crash, mother died, kid is severely ill.

Is it then unfair to your child? Omg I doubt they took a quick pleasure trip

Yeah, I'd expect you'd what the counseling team in place to at least handle ministerial functions, etc., but I was under the impression that most Wilson parents wouldn't actually rely on school-provided counseling vice private services. We're not in the Wilson feeder pattern FWIW.

[Anonymous]

This thread is kind of gross. It feels invasive of this person’s privacy. We have no clue why they took leave and it’s none of our business.

[Anonymous]

Maybe a school as large as Wilson needs more than two college counselors! Family emergencies happen and the school needs to make sure it can meet its obligations. Plus, two counselors for 450 kids is ridiculous!

[Anonymous]

seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.

The school counselor has to write the recommendation. You cannot outsource that. Transcripts, etc also have to be sent by the school counselor. And there are plenty of low income kids at Wilson who cannot afford a private college counselor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.

The school counselor has to write the recommendation. You cannot outsource that. Transcripts, etc also have to be sent by the school counselor. And there are plenty of low income kids at Wilson who cannot afford a private college counselor

They write the recommendations for all the kids in the school. What about having the teacher doing it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.

The school counselor has to write the recommendation. You cannot outsource that. Transcripts, etc also have to be sent by the school counselor. And there are plenty of low income kids at Wilson who cannot afford a private college counselor

They write the recommendations for all the kids in the school. What about having the teacher doing it?

NP but those recommendations are separate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.

The school counselor has to write the recommendation. You cannot outsource that. Transcripts, etc also have to be sent by the school counselor. And there are plenty of low income kids at Wilson who cannot afford a private college counselor

They write the recommendations for all the kids in the school. What about having the teacher doing it?

NP but those recommendations are separate.

Yes, but colleges don't give a whit about recommendations from school counselors who barely know kids in big public schools like Wilson, those with under-resourced college counseling departments. Your kid should get a brief recommendation from a counselor to tick off that box, but you don't need to stop there. Your kid can always include a note with the college application stating that the counselor barely knows him or her, so s/he is including an extra recommendation from an adult mentor who does. No college will object to that approach. Admissions counselors know that students in tony suburban school districts with strong college advising and private schools have an edge where school recommendations are concerned. They still want to get to know your kid as well as possible to make an informed admissions decision.

[Anonymous]

To the OP, instead of asking where the guidance counselor is, what is your specific question? Perhaps others could answer for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:seriously if you send your kid to wilson outsource the college counseling and stop complaining.

The school counselor has to write the recommendation. You cannot outsource that. Transcripts, etc also have to be sent by the school counselor. And there are plenty of low income kids at Wilson who cannot afford a private college counselor

They write the recommendations for all the kids in the school. What about having the teacher doing it?

NP but those recommendations are separate.

Yes, but colleges don't give a whit about recommendations from school counselors who barely know kids in big public schools like Wilson, those with under-resourced college counseling departments. Your kid should get a brief recommendation from a counselor to tick off that box, but you don't need to stop there. Your kid can always include a note with the college application stating that the counselor barely knows him or her, so s/he is including an extra recommendation from an adult mentor who does. No college will object to that approach. Admissions counselors know that students in tony suburban school districts with strong college advising and private schools have an edge where school recommendations are concerned. They still want to get to know your kid as well as possible to make an informed admissions decision.

Yeah okay sure. I was responding to the PP who said why not just have teachers write the recommendations. And I stand by my response, they are separate recommendations from teachers.

[Anonymous]

Any chance the counselor is out BECAUSE applications are due? If I had that many recommendations due - and knowing that age group isn't exactly planning ahead -, I might take official leave from my inbox and office space for a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any chance the counselor is out BECAUSE applications are due? If I had that many recommendations due - and knowing that age group isn't exactly planning ahead -, I might take official leave from my inbox and office space for a bit.

Then you probably shouldn't be a high school college counselor, that is a huge part of the job.

[Anonymous]

Everybody's EAs apps materials were submitted on time. The Wilson department covered it all for him and all is well (or so I've heard).