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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of graduate at another "big 3". I think the problem with college guidance at these schools is that everyone is applying to the same schools and the college guidance counselor can't appear to pick favorites. I have a friend whose DC went to Field where the guidance was clearly head and shoulders above ours, because the students apply to a range of colleges (and do well across the board with the goals they set) so the guidance office can actually advocate for its students at the schools they want to attend. It may be the nature of the beast that if everyone applies to ivies and the same top SLACs, the office has no choice but to be more passive. Add to that is the parent expectations that this is somehow their (meaning the parents') reward for sending their child to that school) and the competitiveness fostered among the applicants, and it just becomes an unhappy situation.[/quote]
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