College counselor aiming too high

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ask your school counselor where the last 5 valedictorian and salutatorians have gone. Your school will have better data than the private counselor.

I think, for a great Boston suburban public school, this mechanism is risky. Chances are that several of the validictorians and salutatorians had parents who worked at Harvard or MIT, and/or had strong hooks at other top universities. Lots of fac brats at those schools. (And yes, those fac brats likely had perfect scores and top grades -- academics generally value and push for academic excellence in their children.)

Agree with the point of -- why did you hire this private counselor that you don't seem to trust?

This is the situation my nephew is in with his graduating class.

If your kid's only hook is full pay Valed. / Salud., from a strong Boston suburb, I doubt an ivy will happen. I'd help him find a T20-T30 to ED to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a DMV-centered website. We don't know shit about suburban Boston public high schools. How are we supposed to know?

You're paying some dude to advise you. Listen to him. Not us.

Geez stranger lol. Relax chill lol.