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[quote=Anonymous]The school enters in to the equation in a couple of ways. One is teacher recs. These are typically submitted through the Common App. If your school doesn't have a lot of college bound kids it's probably best to pick a teacher in an AP or equivalent class who is more likely to have experience writing recommendations. If the teachers really don't have this experience then I would consider giving them some background information on the student to help them with the process, like a resume or even a narrative summary of the child's accomplishments (which might find its way into the rec).

The second is the counselor rec. At our school the kids filled out a packet on themselves and their activities and we were required to write a note as well. We worked pretty hard on both with the assumption that the counselors probably use large parts of that to complete the narrative portion of their recs. If your school doesn't have this process again you might consider providing the info anyway.

Other than that it's mostly an admin role - sending transcripts. At our school that was mostly handled by a person in the college guidance office, not the individual counselors. You filled out the request, gave them $5 per transcript, and they sent it out. All of this gets recorded on the Common App so you can see where things stand.

Bottom line - if you want real counseling, you probably need a private counselor. I frankly wouldn't worry as much about the school's role.

Are you in an underperforming DC public school?[/quote]

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