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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Happy kid, happy parents.

Lessons learned:

1. Do not share where you are touring schools. There will always be a mom in your kid's class who will take it upon herself to decide whether your kid is qualified to be touring said school.

2. Advise your kid to hide his/her grades from nosey peers. These kids are often grilled by their parents to try to figure out if your kid might be competition for theirs.

3. [b]Trust the college counselors as counselors. [/b]They can't get your kid in, [b]they can only advise [/b]what may or may not be possible and direct your kid in ways to help him/her give each application its best shot.

My kid is very happy with results. I think his/her results surprised some, but only because he/she kept stats close to the vest -- wanted to stay off of other's radar.

Finally, my kid had decent rigor and grades, but so do a lot of kids. I think his/her standardized testing and faculty recommendations are what set them apart. There will always be exceptions, but we just recently learned that most of the kids in their class who got into the top schools did submit test scores.

Good luck!

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Not all of the schools listed by OP have counselors that will advise......just sayin'.  It's ridiculous, but true. [b]Ours literally gave ZERO advice or feedback[/b] and clearly did not know the kids. Pure paper pushing and making sure each student has a true likely. (..which most of our DC's friends already had).[/quote]

can you share which school so we can avoid?[/quote]

Not the previous poster but Sidwell is notorious for having a totally dysfunctional college counseling office.[/quote]
Did your kid go there?[/quote]

I’m certain the answer is no. People love to talk sh!7 about Sidwell…based purely on rumor and speculation.[/quote]

No, based on the pain of parents who have had to deal with the nothing burger CCO.[/quote]

I have been through two cycles of CCO at Sidwell.

The parents expect way too much, and the CCO tells the parents what to expect early on, and the parents still expect way too much.

The CCO cannot chose your kids schools, they cannot "get a kid in" to a school. Their main function is to help make sure the admin side is handled in a timely and orderly manner. They are not going to tell you "hey, you have 12 classmates applying to school X ED, so you may want to think about a different one" and they are not going to tell you that big school Y is a better option than small school Z. The kid has to get a sense of belonging, which cannot be imposed by the CCO.

Just my two cents.[/quote]

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