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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very important in that your counselor likely doesn't know your kid well and you want to make their job easier.

Complete it like you are writing the recommendation for your kid.  Write in complete sentences and paragraphs...not bullets.

[b]You want to make it easy for the counselor to copy and paste from your answers.[/b][/quote]
Guess we're coming from a different perspective (even though we're also at a large, non-DMV public). DC1 (soon-to-be a collegiate junior because of all their DE credits) wanted no part of a stock counselor "rec" and wouldn't even give us the so-called brag sheet. They thought it'd be "canned," at best. To be fair though, DC also wasn't aiming super high, knew exactly what kind of merit to expect (there's a grid), and floated through the entire process. To the best of my knowledge, no counselor rec was ever put in the Common App portal and DC is happily ensconced at their top choice.

DC2 (now a junior in HS) will probably play it differently. Aspirations aren't much different but not willing to step [i]that[/i] much out of the norm. I'll be happy to brag, in complete sentences, about our talented and truly dear child. But after reading these boards for a few years and our own very recent experience, I've much doubt that'll it'll make any difference. DC will likely get in (low bar and we're OK with that) and any chased merit will likely be solely determined by scores and grades.[/quote]

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