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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Email today from the head of the CCO implies a good amount of frustration bubbling up.

Also strange that the CCO would need to send an email at this late stage clarifying their role. Maybe they should have spent more time talking about that kind of thing in the grade level meetings instead of just going over checklists that anyone could look at online.[/quote]

They said it a million times at meetings in 10th and 11th grade. Sorry if you don't recall that. They were crystal clear. Having to send that email today should be an embarrassment to the parents who are complaining.[/quote]

PP here. I am not a parent who has complained. I do disagree that they ever clearly explained their role to parents or that they said it a million times at meetings in 10th and 11th grade. Rather than saying parents should be embarrassed, maybe the CCO should be embarrassed that their role is not crystal clear to everyone. The fact that there are apparently enough parents with different expectations that an email is necessary should be evidence of the confusion.[/quote]

[b]They said in meetings in 10th and 11th grade that they do not make the decisions, they cannot call and lobby Admissions officers, etc. They can advocate for an applicant if an AO calls and they can make sure all of the paperwork is in on time and they can help develop lists based on the questions asked of the parents and students in 11th grade.[/b]

I don't know what to tell you or the people who apparently are complaining to the CCO.[/quote]

Junior parent here. This topic has never been covered at all in the 10th or 11th grade meetings that I attended, but we haven't attended our individual meeting yet....

That said, I have no expectation that the[b] CCO is calling AO's to lobby for applicants[/b].  I don't know how they would have the time (the CCO or the AO's!). Furthermore, I can only imagine the way this would play out in terms of favoritism and equity.[/quote]
It might be going on. My DC is a senior at a highly-competitive private in a different metro area whose students are the children of really wealthy people. Donor families get assigned a particular college counselor who I’m sure is lobbying for them. A lot of parents have buyers’ remorse by the end of their children’s tenure at the school when they see how things played out. My DC, who has plans to major in STEM, has learned how to write and reason, which is a rare thing these days. I had no illusions going in. He’ll do well wherever he goes.[/quote]

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