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[quote=Anonymous]Our big public (top 10 in America) has guidance counselors who write pretty perfunctory letters.

They ask for a sheet with very specific questions, so can add that "John only took three years of Spanish because he came in with advanced Spanish knowledge and started as a second year student. We don't offer a fifth year of Spanish so he maxed out what was available to him here. Starting another language would present a scheduling conflict with advanced science classes. He also works a job year round which would make a class outside of school difficult to juggle with his sports commitments".

And then they list club affiliations, will put in a plug where the record shows it (no days late!) and leave the personal out of it.

They also say, At XYZ school, each counselor has 450 students so we rely on teacher recommendations to provide colleges with qualitative evaluations.  But feel free to reach out should you require anything further and I can connect you with the right person.

It's polite and straightforward and plenty of kids go off to HYP every year.

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