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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems pretty clear that our counseling dept is using Kickstart to outsource list formation, essentially forcing students/families to tinker with their lists to generate a B+ or higher grade. This saves counselors a lot of work, since it compels families to include safeties and targets without during intervention on the part of the counselor. A B+ list is required for the most important late junior year meeting with the counselor. I can see why they have families use this, even though a lot of the information or features do not seem very useful.[/quote] They do it to get the student invested in creating their college list. Students typicallly want to focus on their reach colleges and no other colleges. This makes the student do more than that.[/quote]

The “required” is the problem (of a b+ before a meeting).  If no consideration for things like rigor, URM, a niche hobby/sport/art/ec, AND there is no legitimate reason to mandate this, it is unfair. You miss all the shots you don’t take. [/quote]

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