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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really none for us.  We had a great partner in our school and that *really* helped.  I would say if your school starts its college counseling program junior year or later, get your own private counselor.  We had 4 years of college counseling services and they were invaluable.  The other recommendation we got from friends was to have a private tutor for SATs not a group class.  We followed this advice and were very happy.  My own personal piece of advice is not to get hung up on the PSAT.  It’s nice for your high school if kids score high and it certainly is helpful for the kids who do well, but not scoring in the stratosphere has no impact on admissions or how well your kid adjusts to college.  We knew people who prepped the PSAT and that just wasn’t worth the money to me.  And yes, get those good grades freshman year!  They make a big difference.  [/quote]

I agree with this. I used to think it was ridiculous. But at our NoVa, very rigorous private, college counselor won't even talk to you until mid-way thorugh junior year and nobody is helping kids and parents understand how important choices from 9th grade on really are. If I had to do it over, I would have had outside counseling for our first at least, until we got the lay of the land. Now that I learned all the mistakes with our first, I know how to help my youngers ones make better decisions.[/quote]

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