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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone with experience give an honest (not emotional) review of the college counseling at DCI?[/quote]

The college counselors are OK, they give your kid some time. From my perspective, the main problem is that they don't have much experience marketing IBD background. The 2 counselors don't encourage DCI students to double up on registering for AP exams that correspond to IBD subjects. They're also not good about encouraging students to stretch themselves by competing in academic competitions to round out their CVs, essay competitions and the like.

We took matters into our own hands, had our kid take 3 APs in the spring at a different school (look on College Board web site for how to register for AP). Our kid scored all 5s on AP. Kid also scored high on the 2 IB exams she was allowed to take jr year. Geneva IB doesn't allow IB students to take more than 2 IB exams before June of senior year. We hired our own college counselor, have applied mostly to top 10 SLACs.[/quote]

I appreciate this thoughtful post. Thank you. [/quote]

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