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[quote=Anonymous]The college counselor's job is to (a) get the recommendations and transcripts out, and (b) to advise you on which colleges are best for your kid. The first task, (a), basically consists of re-organizing what you've already told him/her into a narrative arc about your kid. The way (a) would become difficult is if there's something about your kid's grades or personal history that really needs careful explanation, but barring that, it's not rocket science. However, as PPs have pointed out, you don't want the assigned counselor to write an angry narrative.

Where you need wise counsel is (b), choosing the right college for your kid. For this part you can have informal and even formal conversations with the head of counseling or another counselor, since the school has already given an OK.  And if the head says your kid would be a good candidate for School X but the assigned counselor is pushing for School Y, well, if you manage it diplomatically, you can get the head to overrule the counselor.  [/quote]

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